157: Interstellar Comet Breakup, Black Mirror ‘The Waldo Moment’ and ‘White Christmas’

This week on the Space Nerds podcast: SPACE NEWS: (starts at 9:52) Interstellar Comet 21/Borisov may have come to our solar system to die! Learn more in the article from sciencealert.com: https://www.sciencealert.com/interstellar-comet-2i-borisov-seems-to-have-come-here-only-to-die BLACK MIRROR: (Starts at 14:48) Our episode by episode journey through Black Mirror continues! This week we face the horror of a cartoon character running for elected office in ‘The Waldo Moment,’ before Jon Hamm conditions our digital consciousness in ‘White Christmas.’ As usual, Black Mirror leads us into examining our own society with some real talk about the Black Lives Matter movement and living in an actual dystopia. BONUS: Alexandria and Jesse share their current gaming obsessions as they escape to the virtual world during the Covid-19 pandemic, in this new episode of the Space Nerds Patroncast! https://www.patreon.com/posts/35867862 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/jessemercuryscifi PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/spacenerdspodcast DISCORD: https://discord.gg/H94mQWZ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jessemercuryscifi CONTACT: [email protected] WEBSITE: https://www.jessemercury.com Follow the Space Nerds on Twitter or Instagram: Alexandria: https://twitter.com/MissAJHenderson Doug: https://twitter.com/DouglasWFail Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/saraha_cha_chaAndi: https://www.instagram.com/andialhadeffJesse: https://twitter.com/spacenerdjesse The modern Star Trek renaissance is happening on CBS All Access! To sign up and support this podcast at the same time, click this link: https://cbsallaccess.qflm.net/XjMYG