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Synthaholics: A Sci Fi Podcast
by David Duncan, Brian Bannister
Synthaholics is a group for friends that love to talk about Star Trek, that started with David Duncan and Aaron O'Brian. Over time our little Star Trek podcast family has grown with the addition of Guy Davis. We look to bring you a weekly highly irreverent, somewhat comedic and yet clearly passionate take on all things Star Trek! So what are you waiting for click download for your weekly shot of Star Trek!
Episodes
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Episode 386: Ménage à Troi
Episode 386: Ménage à Troi Friend of the show Tanya Zerr makes her yearly appearance to join David this week to discuss the TNG season three episode Ménage à Troi. It's been a while since we've discussed Star Trek: The Next Generation on the show and I do believe this isn't an episode we ever...
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Episode 383: Dumpster Dive Tank Girl
Episode 383: Dumpster Dive Tank Girl Guess what time it is? It's Dumpster Dive time. We are jumping from the 80's and Legend to the 90's to talk Tank Girl. This is a comic book movie we are surprised hasn't been remade with all the comic movies that have come out in the last 25 years. But join us...
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Episode 382: First Impressions: 3 Shows, 3 Very Different Vibes
Episode 382: First Impressions: 3 Shows, 3 Very Different Vibes As part of our new line up on how we present the show this week is our new show first impressions where we take three shows, watch the first few episodes then discuss how we feel about them so far and if we think we'll continue on…
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Episode 381: Showdown War of the Worlds 1953 VS 2025
Episode 381: Showdown War of the Worlds 1953 VS 2025 This week it's a movie showdown! We put the 1953 War of the Worlds VS the 2025 War of the Worlds. Which will win the classic film or the modern direct to streaming Ice Cube led film? After Legend and Mission Impossible we decided to spare you...
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Episode 380: Dumpster Dive Legend 1985
Episode 380: Dumpster Dive Legend 1985 We have a new intro and now we are working on a newish format. We are bringing back the dumpster dive as well as a few other types of shows to add some organization to the chaos that is Synthaholics. This week's dumpster dive we are tackling the 1985 "film"...
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Episode 378: Mission Impossible
Episode 378: Mission Impossible Let's take a journey back to the days of yore when movies were shot on film and when Hollywood was doing one of its earlier runs of let's remake old tv shows into movies. The year is 1996 the movie Mission: Impossible. This movie would go on to spawn 7 sequels and...
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Episode 377: Star Trek First Contact
Episode 377: Star Trek First Contact We are back after an unexpected impromptu summer break. It's been a while since we've touched on Star Trek and since 90% of Brian's Star Trek knowledge comes from lower decks I thought it would be good to have him watch Star Trek First Contact since the film…
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Episode 376: Wheel of Time season 3 part 2 With the third season of the Wheel of Time rolling to a close we are able to bring you the second half of our review for the latest season of The Wheel of TIme. Season three is a massive improvement upon season
Episode 376: Wheel of Time season 3 part 2 With the third season of the Wheel of Time rolling to a close we are able to bring you the second half of our review for the latest season of The Wheel of Time. Season three is a massive improvement upon season one and season two and if seasons one and…
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Episode 375: Invincible Season 3
Episode 375: Invincible Season 3 Invincible is already back for a third season. Are you as surprised as we are? Not that it's a bad thing that we have a new season, it just feels like it wasn't nearly as long a wait as it was for season 2. We haven't read the comic if you have, please let us know...
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Episode 374: Wheel of Time Season 3 Part 1
Episode 374: Wheel of Time Season 3 Part 1 The show loosely based on David's favorite fantasy series The Wheel of Time is back for its third season. This week we will be covering the first half of season three, and this season does not disappoint. Season three feels almost like a brand new show…
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Episode 373: Arcane Season
Who's ready for more Arcane? Synthaholics are back to discuss Arcane season 2 the final season of Arcane but probably not the last Riot/League of Legends show or movie. Was it a step up from season one? Or was it more of the same? Are you a fan of Arcane? Let us know what you think in the…
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Episode 372: Dune Prophecy
Episode 372: Dune Prophecy What happens when you take a blockbuster movie and make an HBO Max series set 1200 years before said movie? You get Dune Prophecy, a show seemingly for no one. If you saw the Denis Villeneuve movies and decides to check out the show you were probably lost much like…
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Episode 371: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 5
Episode 371: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 5 This week we get back to our Star Trek roots to discuss the final season of Lower Decks! Star Trek has been in a dark ages under the cruel yoke of Alex Kurtzman but Lower Decks has been the one bright jewel of the new trek shows that actually feels like...
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Episode 370: Starship Troopers
Episode 370: Starship Troopers The holidays are over but our discussion on Paul Verhoeven is not! This week we got into his big budget sci-fi film Starship Troopers. It is pretty incredible the last few podcasts have been on movies directed by the same man and they are all vastly different and...
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Episode 369: Showgirls
Episode 369: Showgirls It's that time of year again, the winter holidays like Christmas! In honor of the holiday and the number 369 we decided to get you the gift that unwraps itself Showgirls! We have long time listener and former guest Tawnya joining David this week as Brian is nowhere to be...
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Episode 368: RoboCop
Episode 368: RoboCop Let's take a ride back to 1987 with the original Paul Verhoeven film RoboCop! A classic film that David had never seen all the way through until this week. Yes shame on him but better late than never right? While not a deep film this is a great blast from the past. If Paul...
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Episode 367: Gladiator
Episode 367: Gladiator It is time to take a break from season two's of television. This week we go back in time to the year 2000 to discuss the Ridley Scott classic Gladiator starring Russel Crowe and Joaquin Pheonix. It was definitely wonderful to take a look back at such a classic early 2000's...
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Episode 366: Wheel of Time Season 2
Episode 366: Wheel of Time Season 2 It's the season of season two's sorry we are a little late to the party on the Wheel of Time Season 2 but it works well with all the other fantasy shows that have been happening lately. This season of Wheel of Time combines parts of book 2 and book 3 into a...
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Episode 365: Rings of Power Season 2
Episode 365: Rings of Power Season 2 This week the Synthaholics sit down to discuss yet another second season of a tv show. This time it's season two of the most expensive show ever made, Rings of Power! If you remember our review of Rings of Power season 1 we are not kind to the show. Did Rings…
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Episode 364: House of the Dragon Season 2
Episode 364: House of the Dragon Season 2 Another episode, another season two to discuss, this time it's the Game of Thrones spin off show House of the Dragon. Does season two live up to the heights of its debut season or do we have a The Boys season 3 situation? Brian has probably the most...
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Episode 363: Invincible Season 2
Episode 363: Invincible Season 2 Summer "vacation" is over and Synthaholics is back to discuss the second season of Invincible. Two Amazon Prime superhero podcasts back to back? Are the Synthaholics turning back into superhero nuts? How did this season stack up was it a solid season or did it...
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Episode 362: The Boys Season 4
Episode 362: The Boys Season 4 We are back for another season of The Boys Amazon Prime's irreverent super hero show. Last season was, we hope, the lowest point for the show because if you didn't hear that podcast discussing season 3 we were both calling for the show to just be over. Our overall...
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Episode 361: Furiosa A Mad Max Saga
Episode 361: Furiosa A Mad Max Saga Her name has been spoken on many a recent podcast, but we have delayed and delayed but NO MORE! We have finally WITNESSED Furiosa and we are here to tell you what we thought of the latest entry into the Mad Max universe. I hope we have it in us to make it Epic....
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Episode 360: Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
Episode 360: Star Trek IV The Voyage Home Do your eyes deceive you? Star Trek topics two episodes in a row. How could this be? As we saw two weeks ago Brian loved Lower Decks season 4 and it just so happens the poster for Lower Decks season 4 paid homage to the Star Trek IV poster. So we thought...
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Episode 359: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 4
Episode 359: Star Trek Lower Decks Season 4 You know what they say, "better late than never" well I think that applies to our review for the fourth season of Star Trek Lower Decks. Brian and David discuss yet another fantastic season of Lower Decks. We only had one episode this season we didn't...
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Episode 358: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
Episode 358: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children What happens when you are Squrenix and its 2005 and you want to milk Final Fantasy VII some more? You make a Final Fantasy VII movie and boy did they ever when they made Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. We go through the ins and outs on what we…
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Episode 357: The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Episode 357: The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes It's monkey mania or is it Ape mania? This week we dive into the latest of the Planet of the Apes saga The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Just when you thought they were done with Planet of the Apes they released a new one. Join us as we...
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Episode 356: Fallout Season 1 Part 2
Episode 356: Fallout Season 1 Part 2 This week we are discussing the second half of Fallout season 1. Will this change our total mindset on how the show is and will we like it even more or even less now that we have the complete picture that is season 1. Have you see Fallout? Were you a fan of…
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Episode 355: Fallout Season 1 Part 1
Episode 355: Fallout Season 1 Part 1 This week we are discussing the first half of Fallout season 1, from the studio that brought us classics hits such as Rings of Power and Wheel of Time!. Will Amazon turn in another quick cash grab and ignore all the lore? Well It turns out Amazon studios does...
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Episode 354: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire
Episode 354: Ghostbusters Frozen Empire As promised this week we have our review of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire rounding out our few weeks talking about Ghostbusters. This time Brian has also gone back to see the original Ghostbusters film. So we get our thoughts out on that film as well. Did you...
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Episode 353: Ghostbusters Afterlife
Episode 353: Ghostbusters Afterlife This week Brian learns there are other Ghostbusters films other than the failed 2016 reboot as we discuss Ghostbusters Afterlife! With Ghostbusters Frozen Empire now in theaters we figured it would be a good idea to catch up on Ghostbusters before we see the…
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Episode 352: Dune Part 2
Episode 352: Dune Part 2 It is time to return to the desert world of Arrakis and meet the Lisan al Gieb to discuss Dune Part 2. Denis Villeneuve creates a beautiful masterpiece with many names David loves to say and that Brian just can't keep straight. Spoilers ahead for the film and the first 4...
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Episode 351: Gran Turismo
Episode 351: Gran Turismo Surprise we continue on with yet another film from the Summer of 2023 this time reviewing Gran Turismo. Gran Turismo is a video game movie and also somehow based on a true story. Jann Mardenborough is the real person and now race car driver this film is based on. While…
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Episode 350: Barbie
Episode 350: Barbie Behold! The Synthaholics have returned. Now that we are back it's time to complete the Barbenheimer meme with our review of the Barbie Movie. Summer 2023 was sure the summer to not miss with its two whole big movies! We have a new format with video game news as its own…
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Episode 349: Oppenheimer
Episode 349: Oppenheimer Hello there! Thanks for joining us on episode 349 of the Synthaholics podcast! In this episode we stay topical and discuss Christopher Nolan's next hit Oppenheimer! Is it the best movie of the year? Were you, yes you, able to understand the dialogue? Is it weird to you…
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Episode 348: The Flash
Episode 348: The Flash Hi! Thanks for coming back to the Synthaholics podcast! Life goes on and so does another podcast. In this action packed episode we talk about all sorts of things but really dial in and focus on The Flash. Which if reviews have anything to say is the greatest superhero movie...
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Episode 347: Spaceballs
Episode 347: Spaceballs Hello!! Welcome one and all to episode 347 of the Synthaholics podcast! In this jam packed episode we discuss video games, our main topic Spaceballs and of course Philosophical Theory. You are not gonna wanna miss this one. Leave a comment. What did you think? Let us know...
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Episode 346: Big Trouble in Little China
Episode 346: Big Trouble in Little China Why hello there! Welcome to episode 346 of the Synthaholics podcast! In this one we talk about one of the better and worst movies from the 1980s. Big Trouble in Little China starring Kurt Russell and his truck. On top of that we also discuss the good Tears...
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Episode 345: Super Mario Bros. Movie
Episode 345: Super Mario Bros. Movie Hi there and welcome back to the Synthaholics podcast! In episode 345 we tackle the highest grossing animated film of 2023 so far! The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Join hosts David and Brian along with our guest Joe as we talk about things we liked and something's...
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Episode 344: Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves
Episode 344: Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves Hello! Welcome to episode 343 of the Synthaholics podcast! Join hosts David and Brian as they talk Dungeon and Dragons Honor Among Thieves. Quite a title isn't it! Since we are all about spoilers around these parts I encourage you to go see…
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Episode 343: DOA Dead or Alive
Episode 343: DOA Dead or Alive Hey there! Welcome to episode 343 of the Synthaholics podcast! Grab a drink, sit back, and relax while hosts David and Brian guide you there to the 2003/2007 "hit" Dead or Alive movie. Yes, two dates listen and find out why! Also words are said about the…
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Episode 342: The Last of Us Season 1
Episode 342: The Last of Us Season 1 Hello and welcome back to episode 342 of the Synthaholics podcast! In this action packed one hosts David and Brian talk about The Last of Us the latest and greatest from HBO with some comparisons to the game sprinkled in. What did you think? Have you played…
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Episode 341: Cocaine Bear
Episode 341: Cocaine Bear Hi! Welcome to episode 341 of The Synthaholics podcast. In this week's episode hosts David and Brian tackle the very important "historical" movie Cocaine Bear directed by Elizabeth Banks yes the very same one from the 2017 movie Power Rangers that we all know and love.…
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Episode 340: Star Trek Deep Space Nine Season 1
Episode 340: Star Trek Deep Space Nine Season 1 Hello and welcome back to the Synthaholics podcast! Where only dreams happen! In episode 340 hosts David and Brian visit Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 1. It's known to be one of David's favorite series in Star Trek but what did Brian think? Tune...
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Episode 339: RRR
Episode 339: RRR Hello and Welcome back to episode 339 of Synthaholics Podcast! In this week's action packed show David and Brian dive into their first Bollywood movie. RRR. What a surprise it was in a sea of media it can be difficult to find the good stuff. So which side did RRR fall on? Well to...
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Episode 338: Mythica A Quest for Heroes
Episode 338: Mythica A Quest for Heroes Why Hello there! Welcome back to our second internet archive dumpster drive on the Synthaholics Podcast! Where this week we corrected our audio! In episode 338 we tackle Mythica: A quest for heroes. Never heard of it before? Neither have we! Join host's…
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Episode 337: Avatar 2 The Way of Water
Episode 337: Avatar 2 The Way of Water Hi! Happy New Year! Welcome back to episode 337 of the Synthaholics podcast! In this episode host David and Brian are together. Eywa has brought them together and put them underwater. As of writing this, Avatar The Way of Water is the 7th highest grossing...
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Episode 336: Avatar
Episode 336: Avatar Hello, how are ya? Welcome back to episode 336 of the Synthaholics podcast!In this episode join hosts David and Brian as they become one with Eywa and talk about James Cameron's Avatar. Let them bring up things about Avatar that you never thought of like Jake Sully's moral...
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Episode 335: House of the Dragon
Episode 335: House of the Dragon Hello you wonderful people! Welcome to episode 335 of the Synthaholics podcast! In this weeks podcast hosts David and Brian chat about random topics like how many deadly sins happen on Thanksgiving? Or how would you develop a Dune MMO? But the meat and potatoes of...
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Episode 334: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Episode 334: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Hi there! Welcome one and all to episode 334 of the Synthaholics podcast! In this weeks action packed show hosts David and Brian tackle the question we all had before airing… Did Rings of Power live up to not even the hype to a reasonable...
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Synthaholics is a group for friends that love to talk about Star Trek, that started with David Duncan and Aaron O'Brian. Over time our little Star Trek podcast family has grown with the addition of Guy Davis. We look to bring you a weekly highly irreverent, somewhat comedic and yet clearly passionate take on all things Star Trek! So what are you waiting for click download for your weekly shot of Star Trek!
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David Duncan, Brian Bannister
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