Episode 42 - Time

Andrew is back in Tucson with Ben this week, and it’s about time… figuratively AND literally!  Andrew shares stories about teaching, inspirations for his novel, his favorite authors, riding the light rail in Portland, and dreaming about acronyms.  Ben talks about Choose Your Own Adventure books, a mildly disappointing reality show, a favorite time loop movie filmed near his home town, and the arcade game “Time Killers.” 00:00:21 - Ben and Andrew (and maybe Bash and Mango) are this week’s hosts. 00:03:00 - Time gets funny for Andrew, the perception of time, and Andrew’s new novel  00:06:40 - What inspired Andrew to write about the horrible time travelers  00:13:50 - “The Beast Beyond Time,” and writing around the pandemic 00:15:45 - The second coming of Frank Zappa, and public stock manipulation 00:20:00 - Not familiar with the band, another recess story, and more perception 00:23:46 - The origin of “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, remembering InfoCom games 00:27:40 - Don’t say “fanny pack” in AU, Andrew’s light rail story, and Prius stigma  00:34:20 - Andrew’s spacetime explanation, and not enough hallucinogens 00:37:20 - A teachable moment for Norah, acronyms, and “Kiss of Death”  00:40:37 - Lego Masters and… Domino Masters? 00:43:07 - Ben’s reality show idea, and a cool short story Andrew read 00:46:50 - Many spider mans, the Marvel Multiverse, and other time travel movies  00:50:04 - Andrew has issues with Christopher Nolan  00:54:01 - Groundhog Day movie trivia 00:58:10 - One time travel themed fighting arcade game history segment 01:00:47 - TV series Russian Doll, and a discussion on “straight to streaming” projects 01:04:30 - Time travel in Star Trek, and Andrew’s favorite time travel movie 01:07:52 - Shut… it… down… and goodbye.