Flotsam & Jetsam

PREFACE: We were trying to taste wines and talk at the same time, our microphones were in a single position, audio quality may not be the best!Check out Piyama Pijama wherever you get your music. If you are interested in any of the wines, send us an email at [email protected]

Ryan and Sam loosely talk about Buddhism as they explore Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Thank you to Pijama Piyama for the use of their song "Los Ninos de Rana" for our theme music. You can find them wherever you listen to music!

Ryan and Sam talk about the very first episode of the X-Files. Sorry about the long delay, broken bones and summer travel have thrown some wrenches in the scheduling engine, but we shout be back on track. As Always thank you to Pijama Piyama for the use of their song "Los Ninos de Rana" for our theme and interstitial music. check them out where ever you listen to music.

Ryan and Sam explore one of the stories that gave way to modern Science Fiction, A Princess of Mars By Edgar Rice Burrows. Is it good? does it lay any sort of groundwork, lets explore! (hint, sam hates it, ryan loves it.)Thank you the Pijama Piyama for our theme and interstitial music, you can find their album at:  https://open.spotify.com/album/3KLPxuKvUm33dwUbWJIlTk?si=pvJZmwe9QvO2csopPDx3pQhttps://music.apple.com/us/album/pijama-piyama-y-los-ni%C3%B1os-de-rana/1703134855

Sam and Ryan bring in a special guest this week to discuss and experience the Renn Faire of Arizona. We chat about expectations, realities, our experiences and all in between (potentially some mead and turkey legs thrown in there) please join us in welcoming our first guest to the podcast. Thank you the Pijama Piyama for our theme and interstitial music, you can find their album at:  https://open.spotify.com/album/3KLPxuKvUm33dwUbWJIlTk?si=pvJZmwe9QvO2csopPDx3pQhttps://music.apple.com/us/album/pijama-piyama-y-los-ni%C3%B1os-de-rana/1703134855

The Black cloud is a foundational Hard Sci Fi book from 1957. This week Sam and Ryan discuss the groundwork this book does for establishing a whole form of speculative fiction!Thank you to Pijama Piyama for the use of their song "Los Ninos de Rana" you can find it here:https://open.spotify.com/album/3KLPxuKvUm33dwUbWJIlTk?si=MpnYXI4kSmOyDTj_XWKVIghttps://music.apple.com/us/album/pijama-piyama-y-los-ni%C3%B1os-de-rana/1703134855

This week we have two topics for you! First we will be talking about our feelings of the hit metroidvania Hollow Knight and in the second half of the episode we will be discussing the first three books in the Red Rising Series by Pierce Brown. Check out our theme Music by Pijama Piyama here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4UonsEHHSSpT83oD12Sw2t?si=3631674bad2b488dhttps://music.apple.com/us/album/los-ni%C3%B1os-de-rana/1703134855?i=1703134858 

Sam and Ryan Talk about the wonderful 1992 book by Alan Lightman "Einstein's Dreams" a look at relativity through a human scope. 

Sam and Ryan talk about the first story in the book "A City of Saints and Madmen" by Jeff VanderMeer, published in 2001. 

Are we physicists? no. Do we like to pretend that we are? absolutely. Sam and Ryan Talk about to nature of black holes and the history of their 'discovery.' join two idiots talking about something way out of their league.  

Sam and Ryan talk about the hit 1985 SciFi Flick "Enemy Mine" staring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. Sam loves it, can Ryan find the love?

Ryan and Sam explore the grisly world of John Langan's "The Fisherman." A cosmic horror novel that explores the grief of loss and the things people will do to get back what they have lost. 

Ryan and Sam Talk about the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "In the Pale Moonlight." One of the most highly regarded episodes of Star Trek.

In our inaugural episode, We discuss the history of skateboarding with regards to the culture, design and changing perspective over the last one hundred years or so.