Podcasts by Busy Dads Do Sci-Fi
Kevin and George are busy dads. They do Sci-Fi. New podcast episode every 2 weeks.
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87: BMX Darings Dodging Simple Felonies from 2023-05-25T05:41:04
"Does a spaceship make it sci-fi?"
Come along with us for an episode that was originally recorded in January of 2021, deep in the throes of the pandemic. So, does this mean The ...
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86: Brody Double Dies Straightjacket Future from 2021-07-27T19:34:22
Have you ever seen a movie that you're not sure is good or not? Event after a few weeks, you're still like "was that good or was it just different?" Enter: THE JACKET. Continuing on with our...
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85: Boring Donnie Darko Seeking Futures from 2021-04-27T02:34:25
You know how you like a movie and then you dislike it and then you like it again? No? Only me? Ok.
The Busy Dads take a weird transparent worm out the chest to Donnie Darko, the only g...
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84: Bald Dude Dealing Simian Feces from 2021-03-10T05:23:54
I can't tell if Brad Pitt is a great actor or a terrible actor.
It doesn't matter, because the Busy Dads are taking a trip from the not so distant future to the not so distant past. And,...
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83: Bruce Dillis Dodgers Sexy Farmgirl from 2021-02-17T05:48:11
Oh, so he is like playing Bruce Willis but Bruce Willis ISN'T playing Joseph Gordon Levitt? Hm. That hardly seems fair.
In this episode, a continuation of our EPIC time travel suite, th...
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82: Biolateral Dimensional Dicks Saving Futures from 2021-02-02T19:08:24
When you've got a movie that has been consistently billed as the smartest time travel movie ever made, what else can you do but make fart jokes about it?
The Busy Dads tackle the monster ...
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81: Bleak Dark Dank Space Fatalities from 2021-01-19T18:16:58
What do you get when you cross Robert Patinson, outer space and a baby? Sounds like a fever nightmare I once had in 2006.
Surprisingly, you get HIGH LIFE, a fantastic piece of meditative...
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80: Biblical Dude Decides Scripture Fails from 2021-01-05T06:37:56
Come on now! I'm pretty sure that we've ALL slept with our own mothers at some point.
Well, perhaps not to THAT extent. However, in this episode Kevin and George take a look at the amaz...
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79: Bug Delicacy Delight Starving Filth from 2020-12-22T19:52:09
Remember that movie about the remnants of humanity stuck on a train and they had to constantly move on the train or they'd all freeze to death and Captain America and John Hurt and Ed Harris...
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78: Burned Dude Dead Sawing Foot from 2020-12-08T20:14:27
Wow. Winter Break seemed extra long this year.
Kevin and George (and Producer Vic) are BACK...from the dead? Maaaaaaaybe. More specifically, they are back with the brand of mediocre po...
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Ep. 77: Black Drowing Depths Scottish Fudgecake from 2019-04-03T03:56:35
"Cockroaches."
--Kevin
In the third installment of our Inhuman Women Suite, Kevin and George take a look at the Jonathan Glazer flick UNDER THE SKIN. Scarlett Johannsen h...
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Ep: 76: Bella Dolce Dripping She-Breast Fornication from 2019-03-20T06:22:33
"That's why I had to move out of Highland Park."
--George
Often a monster movie comes with a level of suspension of disbelief. At times, that level can be asking too much...
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EP. 75: Blues Dominated Disaster Saturated Future from 2019-03-06T05:49:52
"Let's just read the notes!"
--Kevin
IO is a Netflix original movie that we just couldn't.
We take a “fly on the wall” approach to our listeners. As such, so...
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Ep. 74: Biomechanical Damsels Dating Shiny Fatfaces from 2019-02-20T07:34:23
"Subby Lawrence."
--Kevin
What is one of the worst things a movie can do? Is it when it's just bad? Is it when it's good but could be better? Perhaps both. However, as...
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Ep. 73: Brothers Ditching Deity Suspended Freaks from 2019-01-23T05:18:20
Every once in a while you come across a movie that was birthed of a fantastic idea. No one really nurtured it by giving it a huge budget or a ton of publicity, but it didn't really matter. Per...
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Ep. 72: Boring Doers Debating Scientific Fallacies from 2019-01-09T06:00:51
"Dondo!"
--G
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse manages to have something that very few big screen adaptations of the wall-crawler have had: heart.
I think that this is the...
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Ep. 71: Baby Daughter Delivered Secretly Filmed from 2018-12-19T05:55:13
"I just don't think about it."
--Theo
CHILDREN OF MEN was a 2006 dystopian science fiction masterpiece that showed up what a slowly decaying world would look 20 years into...
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Ep. 70: Bio-Diversified Damsels Shooting Fauna from 2018-12-05T07:09:52
"Fingerling potatoes."
--Kevin
Annihilation is an Alex Garland joint. We watched the movie. Some of us even read the book. Ok, one of us. It was Kevin.
Let us...
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EP. 69: Worry Free (Sorry to Bother You) from 2018-11-14T21:46:45
"This could be our raciest episode. I said raciest."
--Kevin
The Busy Dads take a long, hard look at Boots Riley's SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, which in turn leads to a long, hard look at...
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EP. 68: Flee From New Jersey (Escape From New York) from 2018-10-31T06:20:12
"I think the 15 pizzas are here."
--Kevin
John Carpenter's ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK is long considered a classic of 80s Sci-Fi and a gem of the cult movie genre. Kevin and George take...
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EP. 67: Screamers and Second Variety from 2018-10-10T06:09:46
"Mark Twain."
--Kevin
1996 might not be known as the best year in Science Fiction, or maybe it is. I don't know. I didn't exactly do any research on it. However it was ...
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EP. 66: Star Trek 2...the First One from 2018-09-26T06:13:49
"NOPE!"
--George
What does one talk about when everything that can possibly be talked about has been talked about? This is the dilemma that confronts the BUSY DADS as they take a ...
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EP. 65: The Last Question by Isaac Asimov from 2018-09-12T06:57:39
"INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER"
Isn't that what we're all after? A meaningful answer. So, in lieu of our Wrath of Khan episode, we are instead going to be doing another dram...
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EP. 64: Extinction is Extinct, But Not Dead from 2018-08-15T15:10:46
"We don't know what's good for us."
--George
As though we are going to find a diamond in the rough if we just keep sifting, Kevin and George return once again to the "trea...
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EP. 63: Possessed by Possession's Possessiveness from 2018-08-01T04:11:42
"Heinrich was my favorite character."
--George
The BUSY DADS take the plunge on the 1981 horror/thriller/sci-fi cult classic POSSESSION. What seems to be the simple story of a spy...
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EP. 62: Orbiter 9 On Fire from 2018-07-18T05:54:12
"Sorry to bother you."
--Kevin
We are back and "better than ever! So better in fact that we've decided to jump back into the dumpster fire that is Netflix's Science Fiction sectio...
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BDDSF CLASSIC: Ep. 33: The Return of Tarkovsky's Ghost (Stalker) from 2018-05-30T15:44:25
As if George's life wasn't busy enough, his favorite Russian film making antagonist is back from beyond the grave. Kevin and George sit down, crack a bottle of non-flavored seltzer (thanks, Vic...
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Ep. 61: Huge Peter Dinklage (Avengers: Infinity War) from 2018-05-16T05:37:48
"I love chaos!"
--Kevin
Kevin and George talk about the movie that the entire planet has seen twice. The culmination of 18 movies and 10 years of movie making and it, SOME HOW, di...
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EP. 60: Sci-Fi Shorts Round Up (Oats Studios' Adam) from 2018-05-02T15:14:36
"...shorter."
--Kevin
In this episode we take another look at Neil Blomkamp's Oats Studios and their new three part short series, Adam.
What did it do for us? What...
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EP. 59: Not The Man From Earth Sequel (Mr. Nobody) from 2018-04-18T06:45:53
"That doesn't sound right. That sounds negative."
"It sounds fecal."
How can one movie make George go from crying during the viewing to throwing a keyboard at Kevin while...
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BDDSF CLASSIC: Ep. 20: Sleep Exhaustion, Parsecs and the end of MAN FROM EARTH from 2018-04-13T16:32:09
This time BUSY DADDIES Kevin & George walk through the quiet cult film MAN FROM EARTH. Kevin discusses the vast differences between sci-fi authors Yoss and Richard K. Morgan. George lavishes p...
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EP. 58: Altered Carbon Dies At The End from 2018-03-28T05:37:23
"If you just wanna hear the Altered Carbon part of the podcast, skip to 33 minutes 14 seconds."
--George
Don't worry. We certainly don't go out on a high note. As George and Kevi...
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EP. 57: Oh! So WE Are The Apes. Or Are They US?! from 2018-03-14T03:59:59
"Oh, so we're still talking about the birds and the bees here."
--George
We have just recently watched WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (I know, we're late). So, the Busy Dads decid...
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EP. 56: Flying Horses and Fish Sex (The Shape of Water) from 2018-02-28T06:51:06
"Is this a documentary?"
--Kevin
Guillermo Del Toro has served us up the perfect mix of Swamp Thing and Amelie that we've all been waiting for. With a combo like that how...
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EP. 55: Is Anybody Out There (The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers) from 2018-02-14T04:55:35
"Listener drive."
--George
The Busy Dads jump into the vast world created by novelist Tim Powers in his 1997 fantasy/sci-fi/period/action/time-travel epic THE ANUBIS GATES.
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EPISODE 54: Dark Toilet (Black Mirror, Season 4, Ep. 1) from 2018-01-17T05:36:54
"Is BLACK MIRROR the visual answer to everything that I critiqued about BRIGHT?"
--Kevin
Everyone's darling dystopian Sci-Fi series is back, but this time there's a bit of a twist....
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EPISODE 53: Not So Bright from 2018-01-03T07:15:01
"Bright is not a movie"
--Kevin
David Ayer and his best friend Will Smith can never make a movie together again after Suicide Squad. So they have come to Netflix. They've teamed ...
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EPISODE 52: Did I Stutter? (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) from 2017-12-20T07:43:55
"Whatever you do don't pull your punches!"
--Kevin
Star Wars is known the world around. It's pervasive and it's iconic. The Busy Dads have watched the most recent entry into the ...
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EPISODE 51: The Gods Are Angry (Stranger Things 2) from 2017-12-06T06:57:01
"The name of this episode should be DO WE HAVE TO?"
--Kevin
After a well-written and critically acclaimed first season The Duffer Brothers return to Netflix with STRANGER ...
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EPISODE 50: The Last Night of the World by Ray Bradbury from 2017-11-22T06:45:27
"What would you do if you knew this was the last night of the world?"
For our Thanksgiving special Busy Dad George does ANOTHER reading of a great Ray Bradbury short. T...
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EPISODE 49: Loved Ones On Fire (Alien: Covenant) from 2017-11-08T06:57:06
"I think that believes how in depth you are."
--Kevin (tired and still on East Coast time)
It's a sequel to Prometheus. It's also a prequel to Alien. Oh, and it's a preq...
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EPISODE 48: Last Episode Plus 30 Years (Blade Runner 2049) from 2017-10-25T05:31:41
"Stupid people ruin shit."
--George
As part of our exploration of all things Blade Runner, the Busy Dads take a solid look at the new sequel to the cult classic. What does a movie...
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EPISODE 47: Do Fanboys Dream of Electric Fords (Blade Runner) from 2017-10-11T06:33:04
"The meditative quality of this meditative movie was moving."
--Kevin
In a continuation of our return to some of the classic of Sci-Fi, and in anticipation of the sequel, the Busy ...
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EPISODE 46: The Orville...'Nuff Said. from 2017-09-28T19:01:21
"I don't know how Moonraker isn't Sci-Fi if The Orville is."
--Kevin
We take a look at the first 3 episodes of the hot new FOX show The Orville. From the mind of Seth MacFarlane (...
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EPISODE 45: Paging Mr. Blomkamp (Oats Studios Short Films) from 2017-09-13T06:10:48
"Why we gotta talk about people?"
--Kevin
Neill Blomkamp is a big name in Sci-Fi, unless you were to ask Kevin. In this episode we take a look at three separate short films from Bl...
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EPISODE 44: Netflix Dumpster Diving (Embers) from 2017-09-01T06:04:58
"It's so European. Maybe even worse: it's Canadian!"
--Kevin
We might get a little out of hand on this one. If that's the case, it's only because we care so much. The independe...
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EPISODE 43: The One Who Waits from 2017-08-16T04:45:20
"The numbers are goin' through the roof."
--Producer Vic
Kevin has gone on a long journey to a mysterious, alien place known only as Florida. George decides to take this ONE momen...
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BUSY DADS CLASSIC: Episode 1: Kevin Calls William Gibson "Cute" from 2017-08-02T04:01:38
The Busy Daddies tear into TIGERMAN, carefully consider William Gibson’s SPOOK COUNTRY while Adam schools us all on cyberpunk. We also talk about movies MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and the worthwhile d...
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EPISODE 42: "Life" Sucks. from 2017-07-19T06:05:59
"Is this a hand job in the theater movie?"
--Kevin
LIFE is beautiful. LIFE is precious. LIFE is a many splendored thing. All of that. This is not the case with all things that ...
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EPISODE 41: Is It Just A Love Story? (The Fifth Element) from 2017-06-21T06:26:29
"I would have rather been reading."
--Kevin
Luc Besson's 1997 "masterpiece" THE FIFTH ELEMENT is an audience divider. Or is it? Do you really have to split one way or the other o...
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EPISODE 40: Four Way Bradbury from 2017-06-07T07:02:05
"How deep was the well back then?"
-- Kevin
We are a sci-fi podcast and we'd be remiss in our duties if we did not, as some point, talk about the genius that is Ray Bradbury. The ...
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EPISODE 39: Doctor Why? from 2017-05-24T06:01:48
GEORGE: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, John Hurt (kinda), Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith...
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EPISODE 38: Comic George Vs. Movie George (Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2) from 2017-05-10T05:52:08
"Is that real?!"
--Kevin
Kevin is none too happy when he discovers that the Marvel movies are not VERBATIM adapted from the comic books. We talk about GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, Vol...
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EPISODE 37: Friendship Saves The Day (Guardians of the Galaxy) from 2017-04-26T06:12:33
"That's the opposite of having a gift, George."
--Kevin
How could you possibly condense 40 years worth of comic book stories, told across multiple titles and timelines into one mov...
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BUSY DADS CLASSIC: Episode 12: George Has Pink Eye from 2017-04-12T04:46:06
Original Airdate: April 13, 2016
“Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you limp.” –Adam
Well, consider the title a bit of a content spoiler. With Kevin getting back from a brutal work...
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EPISODE 36: Smell This! (Hard To Be A God) from 2017-03-29T20:32:36
"Diamond Age!" -- George (after the podcast was recorded)
Kevin and George watch a worthy follow up to Tarkovsky's STALKER in HARD TO BE A GOD. A movie that gives you a premise and asks...
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EPISODE 35: The Name of the Movie IS Her. from 2017-03-15T03:43:38
"I don't know what's creepier a bang on the door or a prolonged soft knock as as to not disturb you."
--Kevin
Bill Paxton is dead. Long live Bill Paxton. Intern Tony has all but ...
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EPISODE 34: Busy Dads Do Sci-Fi Shorts (Prism&Goldilocks) from 2017-03-01T05:12:54
"I don't even know what I'm doing any more, but I'm enjoying the hell out of the ride."
--Kevin
It can be argued that no genre suits the template of short film or story be...
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EPISODE 33: The Return of Tarkovsky's Ghost (Stalker) from 2017-02-15T07:17:12
As if George's life wasn't busy enough, his favorite Russian film making antagonist is back from beyond the grave. Kevin and George sit down, crack a bottle of non-flavored seltzer (thanks, Vic...
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EPISODE 32: There Will Come Soft Rains from 2017-02-01T07:45:33
"Today is August 4, 2026"
A little change in the pace of things seems appropriate right now. Even more appropriate right now is the Ray Bradbury short story There Will Come Soft Rains. ...
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Murder, Misogyny&Mayhem: A Love Story (Passengers) from 2017-01-18T05:46:03
"I have cut the Russian SOLARIS down to a slick 22 minutes. It's brilliant and it has a laugh track."
--George
"Panty dropper!"
--Kevin
PASSENGERS is essentially a s...
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EPISODE 30: The Star Dogs of War (Rogue One) from 2017-01-04T04:57:30
A non-STAR WARSy Star Wars movie that somehow ends up being more STAR and WARS than any of the previous movies, you say? Is this a good thing? Do we need a world in which these stories are exp...
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EPISODE 28: Look At Yourself (Black Mirror, Season 3) from 2016-12-14T07:29:35
Off the BBC and straight to Netflix. There was a time when that was NOT a good thing, but for Season 3 of the fantastic Sci-Fi series BLACK MIRROR it's a great thing.
We talk about eac...
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EPISODE 28: Kevin, have you ever ARRIVED? from 2016-11-30T06:50:48
"I don't care." -- Kevin
Kevin and George talk about ARRIVAL starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forrest Whitaker. They compare it to the sci-fi short STORY OF YOUR LIFE by Ted Chiang ...
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EPISODE 27: George Thinks Moon Sucks. But Does He Really? from 2016-11-09T04:39:10
It's okay. The world is NOT coming to and end. At least not the way you think that it's going to. Kevin and George take to the microphone to discuss Duncan Jones' 2009 epic MOON starring mult...
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The Ballad of Tommy Jarvis from 2016-10-31T04:42:03
Jason Voorhees' most dangerous adversary was, and always will be, a little boy in glasses that likes to make scary masks.
In honor of Halloween, BUSY DADDY George takes you on a nostalgi...
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EPISODE 26: It's OK To Not Read The Diamond Age from 2016-10-26T06:20:05
"Shouldn't this thing have me by now?!" -- George
Kevin and George talk about whether or not it's alright to bail on a book and who the onus to continue is on: the reader or the author....
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EPISODE 25: Solaris vs. Solaris: The Fight Where There Is No Winner from 2016-10-12T06:53:58
"It was hard to get a word in edgewise." -- George
We've got a theme song thanks to the musical genius of professional musician and friend of the show Tony Fernandez. Producer Vic has a...
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EPISODE 24: Senn is just a bad movie&George knows how to read. from 2016-09-28T06:11:27
George and Kevin back from the Ether, wherever the hell that may be. This episode is like an after school special. There are many lessons to be learned. The first of which, regardless of his ...
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EPISODE 23: The Bridge Trilogy, Y.A. and Westworld Trailer Reaction from 2016-09-14T18:38:41
"Jackie Chan was NOT in Wild, Wild West." -- George
Adam may be dead for all we know. However, Kevin and George soldier on in his stead. After a brief interlude into Supermanism, we tal...
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EPISODE 22: Dark Matter is a slow burn I don't have time for. from 2016-08-31T17:09:45
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer is like punk fans saying they love The Smiths." -- Kevin
We essentially eat ice cream and talk about how bad a job we are doing. So, essentially an episode of S...
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EPISODE 21: Stranger Things Did Some Stuff from 2016-08-18T03:24:20
"Is that how movies work?" -- Kevin
We talk about Stranger Things. That is literally all that I can write because my wife is having a baby RIGHT NOW! Enjoy the show!
Episode 20: Sleep Exhaustion, Parsecs and the End of MAN FROM EARTH from 2016-08-03T17:49:57
This time BUSY DADDIES Kevin & George walk through the quiet cult film MAN FROM EARTH. Kevin discusses the vast differences between sci-fi authors Yoss and Richard K. Morgan. George lavishes p...
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Bonus #1: Welcome To Comic Con from 2016-08-01T08:03:36
Busy Daddy George recently attended Comic Con, as he does every year. This is a short tribute to walking through those front doors, into a haven of geekdom. How did it used to feel? How does ...
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Episode 19: This Was Way Better Than FREEJACK from 2016-07-20T05:07:15
"No seltzer this week. You get water."
--Producer Vic
After a chiding from our producer, we're back to George and Kevin in the booth as Kevin is still off fighting for the future...
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Episode 18: Kevin Starts Rumors About Patrick Rothfuss from 2016-07-06T05:12:29
"I think I've said enough." -- Kevin
George is on a family vacation with no cell service. Adam is off in the Antares System fighting a multi-generational, multi-dimensional war strangely...
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Episode 17: George Walks The Lonely Road from 2016-06-22T05:27:33
It's JUST George on this one, friends. So, enter at your own risk and may God have mercy on us ALL!
First we lost Adam to the busy nature of the human world and now Kevin has taken a tur...
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EPISODE 16: It Doesn't Matter from 2016-06-08T05:50:43
Adam is still fighting the evil clone of Chuck Norris in Syria, so it's just George and Kevin once again. This time we start off with a philosophical discussion about what does and does not mat...
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