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EPISODE · Oct 21, 2025 · 1H 5M

eXistenZ with Geraint D'Arcy

from Just The Thing · host Joel Jessup and Chris Regan / Geraint D'Arcy

This episode on Just The Thing, we’re jacking in and glitching out as the Antarctic shapeshifter meets David Cronenberg’s fleshy virtual reality fever dream, eXistenZ. Joined by returning guest Dr. Geraint D’Arcy, Associate Professor and Head of Media at the University of East Anglia (who also helped us put The Thing into Slipstream, link below), we dive deep into questions of identity, simulation, and what happens when The Thing enters a world that’s already mutating.It’s parasites vs players, bodies vs bioports, and reality itself might not make it out alive.Check out Geraint's previous appearance on the pod here:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1990618/episodes/15933123Find us on social media https://linktr.ee/justthethingpodMusic by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

This episode on Just The Thing, we’re jacking in and glitching out as the Antarctic shapeshifter meets David Cronenberg’s fleshy virtual reality fever dream, eXistenZ. Joined by returning guest Dr. Geraint D’Arcy, Associate Professor and Head of Media at the University of East Anglia (who also helped us put The Thing into Slipstream, link below), we dive deep into questions of identity, simulation, and what happens when The Thing enters a world that’s already mutating. It’s parasites vs playe...

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