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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 62 - HAL Resurrection, Act II: The Return of Douglas RainThe sequel is written, the crew is hired, the red light is plugged in. To bring HAL back to life, they'll need that secret sauce: the Canadian theatre superstar that is Douglas Rain! But first, they have to find him.
Reshaping HAL's character and choices from the book to script of 2010, the differences between drama on the page vs. the screen, and the evolution of Dr. Chandra's change of heart.
The intimate highs and lows, inner conflicts and evolving relationship between two creative minds in "The Odyssey File." The fruits of that collaboration we can...2025-06-1041 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 61 - HAL Resurrection, Act I: The Mystery of Pod GIn anticipation of Dr. Chandra reactivating everyone's favorite psychotic processing unit, we're reevaluating the story so far. Since we last saw HAL, we've read more Clarke, researched more on '2001' and '2010,' talked to more guests, and, of course, we've gotten to know SAL.
What we've learned has dramatically changed our perspective on his intentions onboard Discovery, his circumstances with Dave & Frank, and his eventual destiny.
We compare HAL's personality and key motivations between the script and the final film. And we're left scratching our heads at the three card monte that is...2025-05-0959 min
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 60 - Zip Line to DISCOVERY (2010: The Year We Make Content)We're trying to keep it together on the solar system's most extreme theme park ride: the spaceship-coupling triangle Zip Line!
As we get set to board DISCOVERY, we're looking into LEONOV's mission directive and the humanitarian cooperation between Russian and American crews.
Bak on Earth, Victor Milson faces a dilemma, how to navigate the NCA around a hostile political landscape in order to advance science.
The beauty of synchronized spinning spacecraft and the possible reasons why it's maintaining that velocity. Have you checked the orbit lately?
And we say "Dasvidaniya" to...2025-04-1934 min
2001: A Space PodysseyFREE PATREON BONUS MINI: This Week in 2001! April 1, 1968
This week in 2001 History!
Wondering what kind of goodies are available on Patreon? There's already an hour and a half of bonus audio up there, and here's a bonus fun-size freebie!
Check out a free taste of our occasional Patreon closeup on specific days when movie history was being made. 57 years ago today people in select cities were witnessing the monolith for the very first time. How would they react?
Stay tuned next week on PATREON to find out!
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Find more at spacepodyssey.com2025-04-0105 min2001: A Space PodysseyBONUS ANNOUNCEMENT: PODYSSEY PATREON IS LIVE! (not an April Fool's joke)It's not an April Fool's Joke! We're on PATREON...seriously!
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 59 - Marketing An Odyssey with Virginia Smith, Part 2 (2010: The Year We Make Content)Flash back 40 years to the Spring of 1985, when "2010" fever went worldwide and everyone was making contact!
Follow the pictures on the episode page for a few surprises!
From cereal to Crunch 'N Munch, from mail-in clothing to calendars, international posters and stickers!
From Ford concept cars to Domino's pizzas, and stickers!
Games, games, games! At the arcade at Aladdin's Castle or at home with Adam, Apple, and Coleco. And stickers!
Plus the holograms, Barry Norman, and Crispy Wheats 'n Raisins. And stickers!
Have your own 2010 merch, ads...2025-03-2950 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 58 - Marketing An Odyssey with Virginia Smith: Part 1 (2010: The Year We Make Content)Virginia Smith is taking us back to 1984 to explore the official “2010” studio marketing guide! Budweiser, Apple, J .C. Penney, Target, Walmart, Kinko’s, Sheraton, and B. Dalton are just a few of the many familiar brands clamoring for a piece of MGM/UA’s massive “Space Odyssey” campaign.
Follow the pictures on the episode page for a few surprises!
Books, magazines and games! T-shirts, jackets, hats, buttons, patches, posters and shiny jackets! And who knew there were pajamas??
Plus: PAN-Am, K-Mart, and Mervyn’s!
Have your own 2010 merch, ads or stories? Share it with u...2025-03-2147 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 57 - Lost in Translation (2010: The Year We Make Content)For optimum silliness, follow along with the images!
When Dr. Kovalev threw his phone at us, we thought he was just sick and tired of following Brad around the ship translating all the Russian signage. Turns out, he installed Google Lens so we can finally figure it out for ourselves.
Learn Cyrillic for "pitching" and "rocking," and the difference between "striking" and "stroking" when it comes to spacecraft maneuvering.
Dave Bowman's voice analysis and the capabilities of LEONOV's onboard computer.
Maintaining atmospheric pressure after waking from cryo-sleep (even with that terrible...2025-02-2436 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 56 - Helen, Bob, James & John: An Actor's Life (2010: The Year We Make Content)An inspiring, surprising, and occasionally silly hour with four of the finest actors in film history.
Thanks to the Peter Hyams - Penny Perry secret sauce of perfect casting, we’re exploring the legacy and creative lives of four acting legends: Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, James McEachin, and John Lithgow. What they each brought to 2010 and how they epitomize their roles of Captain Kirbuk, Dr. Chandra, NCA Chair Victor Milson, and Walter Curnow.
Combined, their awards and accolades in film and television, music, literature, theatre and dance would span the length of Discovery.
Th...2025-02-051h 12
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 55 - Spacewalking is a Game of Kuritsa (2010: The Year We Make Content)SEE: Walter & Max, The Amazing Floating Chicken Tightrope Act!
LEONOV has reached DISCOVERY and is docked a safe distance away. Strap on your helmets as we join Drs. Curnow and Brailovsky outside the hatch on the ultimate thousand-yard trip through the void...
The similarities to real-life EVAs, the probability of vertigo for astronauts, and the dangers of hyperventilation and nausea in space.
The overall differences in tone and intention between 2001 and 2010 in the words of Clarke, Kubrick, and Hyams.
How Dr. Chandra's hidden Shiva Lingam necklace hints at his journey as...2025-01-1348 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 54 - Europa and the Pirate Clipper (2010: The Year We Make Content)
“All these worlds are yours, except Europa…”
The Europa Clipper successfully launched in October, its mission: determine the habitability of Jupiter’s ice moon and the potential for drinkable water underneath that ice.
With that comes the almost certainty of some form of life under the icy surface. Will it be tentacled seaweed flower whales or something more…elemental?
It’s the closest we’ve ever come to discovering life elsewhere in the universe, and now the whole world is talking about Europa.
2010 has been at the center of the discussion, from the movie’...2024-12-1858 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 53 - Jack Kirby's Space Odyssey with comic book publisher Eli Schwab (part 2)After orbiting Jupiter's violent volcanic moon, we've seen IO from both sides now.
Back in range and resuming regular transmissions, we present by popular demand another slice of Odyssey aficionado and world famous comic book publisher, Eli Schwab!
Digging into Jack Kirby's dynamic, sometimes polarizing style, exploring the metaphysical in the Space Odyssey comics, and the spiritual dimension of his superheroes, from "Thor" to "Fantastic Four."
The impact of "2001" on Kirby's art, and his contributions to the Odyssey mythos. Kirby, Clarke, and Kubrick's growing influence with future generations, and the call to lift up o...2024-12-0931 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 52 - Jack Kirby's Space Odyssey with comic book publisher Eli Schwab (part 1)Marvel Comics legend and trailblazer Jack Kirby is known for his work with Joe Simon and Stan Lee, creating Captain America, The Fantastic Four, Thor, The Hulk, The Silver Surfer, and countless other unforgettable superheroes. But in the 1970s, he also created a comic book adaptation (and continuing series!) based on 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Who better to cover this mysterious and little-seen dimension of the Odyssey series than comic book artist and publisher Eli Schwab, who is both a diehard Kirby and 2001 aficionado!
From floating monoliths to the innermost thoughts of the Star Child, this...2024-08-1955 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 51 - Syd Mead & The Art of "2010" (2010: The Year We Make Content)We've got the Need for Mead...
IT'S the return of the Captain of Concept Design, Syd Mead!
There are so many fabulous illustrations in the "Art of 2010" book and no way we could fit them all in one episode.
This time, we're checking out designs for the aerobraking sequence, from detachable shields to sleeping compartments. The evolving look of the pod and the probe, the command console and main deck (with plenty of paneling and circuitry in between).
Inside the mind of a genius lie visions of the future, some of...2024-08-1232 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 50 - Aerobraking (2010: The Year We Make Content)Refreshed and lava-burned from a red hot Io summer, we're back on the Leonov to take the ultimate orbital roller coaster ride - aerobraking!
As Soviet-American relations warm and mutual respect grows among scientists aboard the ship, the themes of loyalty, common humanity, and faith in each other return as Floyd and Irina share a death-defying experience.
Hyams and Clarke's odyssey for the perfect futuristic technique, the real-life science and strategy of aerobraking, and the recent maneuvers around Mars.
Sit down and strap in for a slingshot around Jupiter with Captain Kirbuk and...2024-08-0543 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 49 - A Fan Odyssey with Virginia Smith (2010: The Year We Make Content)"2010" was MGM's major motion picture of the year, with major hype, media train, and even merch (!?)
Leap back to December 1984 with Virginia Smith, and experience what it was like to be a young fan of the most influential science fiction of the 20th century, right at the peak of the party!
Hear Virginia's inspiring example of following your passion and staying true to your art, living the 90's life at Nickelodeon and Sega, and her entry into the world of robot building.
How her passion for "2010" and "Short Circuit" led her to once-in-a-lifetime...2024-06-1043 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 48 - HAL & SAL with Virginia Smith (2010: The Year We Make Content)Science fiction artist, video game animator, and media science communicator Virginia Smith joins us to discuss the world's most famous computer twins.
While HAL was off flying a spaceship to Jupiter, incapable of error, his sister SAL-9000 was back in Urbana, Illinois identifying each of his mistakes, confusing mission control, and freaking out Drs. Bowman and Poole.
The similarities and differences between these silicon siblings, their own characteristics and motivations, and examining their relationship with "dad" Dr. Chandra and each other.
What it was like seeing "2010" for the first time as a teenager...2024-06-031h 01
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 47 - LEONOV: Meet The Crew! (2010: The Year We Make Content)We've examined the ship, now let's get to know our cosmonaut crew mates aboard LEONOV. Here are the stories of our super-scientist, coffee-chugging Russian roomies and the fascinating lives of the great actors who played them. (Aside from Captain Kirbuk, who is, of course, "The Queen.") Hope "Moscow on the Hudson" is on your bingo card...
They made incredible sacrifices for their families, faiths, and artistic freedom. Maybe we can see ourselves in the faces of all those looking for a better life.
Plus: Herve Villechaize, Robin Williams, and Soundgarden.
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Elya...2024-05-1643 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 46 - The Road to Arecibo (2010: The Year We Make Content)The collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in 2020 marked the end of an era for generations of astronomers, climatologists, SETI researchers, and space enthusiasts.
From 1963 until its closure in 2023, Arecibo, Puerto Rico housed the world’s largest radio telescope, and “2010” was originally going to start there!
Thanks to The Odyssey File, we have Arthur C. Clarke and Peter Hyams’ insightful and hilarious conversations about the concepts, logistics, and challenges that ultimately lead from Puerto Rico to New Mexico and the VLA.
Plus: the arguments around transmitting messages to outer space, Carl Sagan, pulsars, and Goldeney...2024-04-1636 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 45 - Solar Eclipse 2024!Monday, April 8, marks the biggest, longest, most widely visible solar eclipse to cross the United States in a long time, and the last one for 20 years!
Celebrate the eclipse experience, the history, myth and lore, and amazing science that only comes in that breathtaking few minutes. Tips on how to look, what to look for, and what to expect from Wes, and from NASA (Tahira Allen and Dr. Gina DiBraccio.)
Check out Arthur C. Clarke's observations, and the instances of eclipses and celestial alignments in the Odyssey series.
Plus: helium, reptile housemates, and...2024-04-0649 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 44 - Syd Mead, Visual Futurist (2010: The Year We Make Content)For our first look at the book "The Official Art of 2010," we pay tribute to the genius of concept artist Syd Mead, his career in industry and in entertainment, and his unique vision.
He imagined not only cars, spinners, ships of sea, air and space, but immersive now worlds around them. Celebrating the beauty of both form and function, his designs are always the perfect synthesis of art and engineering.
His contributions to "Star Trek," "Blade Runner," "Aliens," "Tron," and of course, "2010: The Year We Make Contact"!
This week it's the LEONOV, from c...2024-04-0258 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 43 - Sealab 2010: At Home With Heywood (2010: The Year We Make Content)Haunted by his past, Dr. Floyd moves to Hawaii and makes a new life with marine biologist wife, Caroline, and young son, Christopher.
Still healing from years of tragedy, he finds himself at a crossroads to reinvent his purpose. Taking the last opportunity to atone for all that had gone horribly wrong, and the sacrifices he - and his family - have to make.
"The Odyssey File" is a fascinating peek into the film's development and production, with candid conversations between Arthur C. Clarke and Peter Hyams.
They reveal the elaborate details of H...2024-03-2252 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 42 - 2024: Odysseus in Space (A Year on the Moon)We're back on the Moon! Thanks to the success of our aptly named "Odysseus" lander, NASA and Intuitive Machines are kicking off a year full of amazing lunar landings and experiments.
As the crew of Artemis II prepare to launch next September, what could be our future on the Moon?
What are the benefits and downsides of nations or corporations leading the charge?
The importance of NASA and its core mission to benefit humanity, and the increasing gains in diversity, exciting new accelerated research, and cancer eradication experiments.
Plus: pogo sticks...2024-03-081h 01
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 41 - The Very Large Array Telescope (2010: The Year We Make Content)Sunrise at the Very Large Array Telescope (VLA), and Drs. Floyd and Moisevitch have to plan a bi-lateral salvage operation between opposing world powers in less than two minutes. It's 2010's new space race, as filmed during the Cold War in '84.
Dial in on the real-life function and history of the world's largest radio telescope array, and its ever-expanding future!
Plus: the NICER way of radio scanning, planning a trip to Jupiter, and Lewis & Clarke! (Clive & Arthur - a surprising friendship.)
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 40 - 2010: The Year We Make Content2010 Year has docked! We’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of Peter Hyams & Arthur Clarke’s knockout followup, 2010: The Year We Make Contact with a year of exciting discoveries following the team who rediscover Discovery One!
And, of course, we still have plenty more to come on 2001.
This week, a (fairly) spoiler-free introduction to 2010, the background, our love for it, and why we believe it deserves just as much conversation and provokes as many questions for what it is: NOT a sequel to perhaps the greatest motion picture of all time, but its own fascinating story told...2024-02-2436 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 39 - Behind The Concierge DeskChecking in to the universe's most exclusive hotel, it's time to unpack, explore, and maybe play a little chess. Is that a Louis XVI throne pod?
Dave and Frank's relationship, and humans' innate need for each other. Long-term isolation: is it tao, torment, or vacation?
Gilded cage or petrie dish, this surreal environment evokes the most basic questions of life:
What is time? When is a ceiling a floor? Are we in the bathroom?
So many hidden meanings, so little much time.
Plus: Homesteading Space by David Hitt and the Sk...2024-02-1435 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 38 - In the Orbit of the Odyssey with R.H. VatcherR.H. Vatcher is BACK to toast in the New Year with a smorgasbord of insights from his 2019: The Odyssey Brief: BREACHING THE HULL OF DISCOVERY PARTS III AND IV.
Uncovering the many cultural elements revolving around this elliptical journey, from Jungian breakthrough to the groundbreaking scientific discoveries showcased in Life Magazine.
How serendipity or subconscious parallels to the prior roles of these now iconic actors may have influenced their casting.
The impact of Star Trek on a generation and its connections to 2001.
Plus: does Fellini + Kubrick = 2008 & 1/2? (okay, it'd be 2009 1/2, but...2024-01-1042 min
2001: A Space PodysseyBONUS SPECIAL: A Clavius ChristmasCrusty socks hung with care, meat tube trimmed, hot fries smoking on an electrical fire... We're ready for Christmas, but is HAL?
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 37 - Beyond The Beyond: ”2001” and the Future of VFXEvery science fiction movie since "2001" has been inspired, directly or indirectly by it, often even employing its original visual effects pioneers. For one artist, slit-scan was just the beginning...
Cinerama to IMAX to the future of moving images with MAGI - Douglas Trumbull has always been at the forefront of experiential cinema.
In films like "2001," "Silent Running," "Close Encounters," and "Blade Runner," and large format exhibitions like "To The Moon and Beyond" and "Back To The Future: The Ride" he invented and innovated his way into movie history, and ended up with a few patents...2023-12-2233 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 36 - A Super SKYLAB 50th Anniversary!Step right up, folks, step right up - following our interview with Victor Scherrer, it's the SKYLAB Super Show!!
SEE: the famous Commander Conrad and his parasol acrobatics duo, Weitz & Kerwin!
SEE: Big Al Bean the weightless weightlifter, with "Shades" Garriott & Jumpin' Jack Lausma and the twin pole thermal space waltz!
SEE: "Comet" Carr and the Kohouteks live, opening for the Gibson-Pogue Antenna Experiment!
AND...the wondrous Alyene Baker and her magical sewing speed skills!
Plus: Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, and the animals of Apollo (oh, and Phooey).
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2001: A Space PodysseyRidley Scott Birthday Bonus!Today (November 30) marks the birthday of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time (and Brad's old boss), Sir Ridley Scott! To celebrate, we've dug into the archives to hear just how much his cinematic journey has echoed our very own Stanley Kubrick.
From "2001" to "Alien" and "Blade Runner," from "Barry Lyndon" to "Kingdom of Heaven" and "The Duellists," from "Paths of Glory" to "Black Hawk Down," "Full Metal Jacket" to "G.I. Jane," and from "Napoleon" to "Napoleon," the themes and connections just keep coming...
So raise a glass to the guv'nor, and remember...2023-11-3030 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 35 - SKYLAB Spectacular with NRL’s Victor ScherrerOn this very special Thanksgiving episode we have a legendary guest, SKYLAB all-star Victor Scherrer of the Naval Research Laboratory, who co-designed the solar cameras for the Apollo Telescope Mount. He shares with us an intimate history of the program, the challenges and the victories of America's first space station!
PLUS: Mr. Scherrer has written an EXCLUSIVE ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE for us, detailing the origin, development and implementation of the solar cameras and each mission's responsibilities.
(Historians interested in more of Mr. Scherrer's work, email spacepodyssey2001@gmail.com to get in touch.)
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 34 - Behind The Beyond: VFX of the InfiniteWould there even be a "Space Odyssey" without the inestimable impact of two educational short films: "Universe" (1960) and "To The Moon and Beyond" (1964)?
Not without the (Oscar-winning?) all-star team making history: Douglas Trumbull, Con Pederson, and Wally Gentleman! The agony and the ecstasy, the feuds, the fights, and the fun. How they forever changed the world of visual effects, one gouache stroke at a time.
WARNING: playing a drinking game with the name "Wally Gentleman" this episode may be hazardous to your health.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 33 - Jupiter and BeyondThe pod has left Discovery, and now it's just us, Dave, and Gyorgy Ligeti. Through the monolith and into the stargate, we're hurtling past exploding nubulae ... alien civilizations ... Scotland?
How far beyond Jupiter is the infinite, or has it been right here the whole time? And how similar is transcending space-time to yanking a tablecloth?
Plus licorice, socks, AND: Do black holes store your browser history?
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 32 - A ”Shining” HALLOWEEN with R.H. VatcherIt's Halloween, and it's "The Shining." What we talk about with author R.H. Vatcher is so terrifying and twisted, instead of a summary here's an episode Bingo card. Play along at home (if you dare...)
B-I-N-G-O
-Glacier National Park
-NOW (National Organization for Women)
-shadow as allegory
-Rumer Godden
-Fyodor Dostoevksy
-"Emergency!"
-Sigmund Freud
-Kool-Aid
-J.D. Salinger
-Peekaboo
-Bruno Bettelheim
-Winnie The Pooh
-Carl Jung
-Bugs Bunny
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 31 - Through The REDRUM Looking Glass with R.H. Vatcher (”The Shining” and ”2001”)"2001" and "The Shining" are the ultimate twin enigmas of cinema, but how much of Kubrick's commentary is actually onscreen? Turns out, an ashtray is not just an ashtray. R.H. Vatcher reveals the clues hidden throughout the labyrinth of images within images.
Take the plunge with us through the murky depths of "The Shining" from its psychological themes to the subconscious motivations of these complex characters.
The secret importance Alex Colville, Susan Sontag, Jim Morrison and a pack of Marlboros.
What if Wendy is the real writer? Who is really attacking Danny and w...2023-10-241h 02
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 30 - Pictures Within Pictures with R.H. Vatcher (”Full Metal Jacket” and ”The Shining”)This episode contains discussion and clips of dramatized physical and verbal abuse, murder, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.
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Level 2 of our roller coaster with author R.H. Vatcher races us through the intensity of boot camp, the similarities between HAL and Private Pyle, and th...2023-10-0758 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 29 - At The 1964 World’s Fair with R.H. VatcherIt's our first in a series with author R.H. Vatcher! We're talking about all the connections he has revealed between 2001 & the 1964 World's Fair. Also, Katharina Kubrick's memories of the fair and the elusive history of IBM's connection to the film.
These are some deep discoveries and crazy connections... Conn Peterson & Douglas Trumbull! Arthur C. Clarke shocked by smiling strangers! Detergents, dolphins, animatronic dogs, (and bush babies) oh my!
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 28 - The Adventures of Arthur C. Clarke (Vol. II Alive)This week, the unfailing optimism of Athur C. Clarke, his reflections and gratitude for a life well lived. The inspiration of discovery and the power of ideas.
His lifelong passion for establishing extra terrestrial contact, and his foresight into the the threat and future of A.I. What would he think of today's UAP hearings and the conversation around artificial intelligence?
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 27 - The Adventures of Arthur C. Clarke (Vol. I Awake)Our first episode dedicated entirely to Arthur C. Clarke, scientist and writer, analyzer and explorer, dreamer and creator. A sweet and private English thinker who wrote little about himself, the laughing tropical raconteur who would boat you to a shipwreck and beat you at table tennis.
We're looking into the heart of a most down-to-earth enigma. His inspirations and loves from the sea to the stars. The personal side of the man called the "Prophet of the Twentieth Century."
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 26 - ”O Deep Thought”What with the current global A.I. situation and the open letter calling for a "pause" while we examine this "existential threat to humanity" signed by hundreds of the world's preeminent computer scientists, it's easy to feel like Chicken Little and freak out.
So we did. But we're also shining a light through the darkness this week and finding hope for humanity and the future.
From Descartes to Locke to Kierkegaard, Merleau-Ponty to Heidegger, being a person means different things. But thanks to a little help from Ifeanyi Menkiti, Jonathan Miller and Peter Ustinov, we...2023-07-311h 19
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 25 - Digital Tears"Does HAL cry digital tears?" That's the question this week, as well as the article by Rosalind W. Picard from the book "HAL's Legacy : 2001ʹs Computer As Dream And Reality" edited by David G. Stork.
How much can he feel? How real are those feelings? How real are our feelings, and what's the difference? It's a whirlwind of emotions, calculations and implications as Dave kills/deactivates/lobotomizes HAL.
Plus: the truth about the Bush Baby!
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 24 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 4!"The Unauthorized Return of the Jedi Timeline" by Justin Berger and Jamie Benning has arrived, and what a treasure! Aye, thar be call sheets, matey!
We're back from Earth with our loot from ICCCon 2023 and wrapping up our Star Wars series with a focus on the costume work of John Mollo from "Barry Lyndon" to Ben Kenobi, and the directing process, from Mary Elizabeth McGlynn to Kerhsner and Kubrick.
Plus, more Colin Cantwell, and is Dave Bowman technically an alien?
This Week In Science: futility is bad for your health.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 23 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 3!Deep in convention mode, we're talking about the evocative orchestral music, the mythological framework of both films, and more of the crossover of talent between a galaxy far, far away and the worlds of Kubrick and Clarke.
Turing the spotlight on the essential contributions of John Williams, Joseph Campbell, Richard Edlund, and Garrett Brown. And for some reason, it's the first time "The Matrix" has come up (which, it turns out, is based on a Droids cartoon).
Plus: conclusive PROOF that "2001" and "Star Wars" share the same universe!
Featuring the voices of Dennis M...2023-06-1353 min
2001: A Space PodysseyICCCon Dispatch 3: John Rhys-Davies on the Dawn of HumanityWe sit in awe as Sallah himself, the great John Rhys-Davies, talks about the origins of our species and the debt we owe our ancestors, and gives an impassioned plea for human rights.
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2001: A Space PodysseyICCCon Dispatch 2: NASA-JPL Science Ambassador Chuck Schlemm on 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Future of Space TravelAn inspiring conversation with Chuck Schlemm, NASA & JPL Science Ambassador about the state of technology in space flight today and plans for the future, the inspiration of science fiction, and how we could build the spacecraft of 2001 in the next 30 years!
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2001: A Space PodysseyICCCon Dispatch 1: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn on Directing with Steve Blum (Star Wars: Rebels, Cowboy Bebop, so much more!)We launch and finally land at ICCCon! Helicopters, kendo sabers, ghostface samurai, and giant milk cartons! We thought we'd seen it all before Chopper attacked Wes... This place is wild!
Plus: in this panel Brad gets the best, most succinct directing advice ever from Mary Elizabeth McGlynn with Steve Blum!
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 22 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 2!Off to ICCCon! We're so excited, we can't stop talking about Stuart Freeborn's creature work in 2001 & STAR WARS, from apes to ewoks, wookiees to [insert mystery YODA species].
It's the Strangelove Connection with DP Gil Taylor's comparison of Stanley and George, and the Kubrickian origins of Vader with David Prowse and James Earl Jones! By the way, is the Log Lady from Endor?
Plus: "Congo" kid's meals, mail-in HAL decoder rings, and tiny plastic crustless ham sandwiches.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 21 - STAR WARS: A Space Odyssey - Week 1!We're headed to ICCCon! To celebrate we're exploring the ties between the two most landmark motion pictures of all time. This week we're focusing on not only 2001's influence on George Lucas in conceiving STAR WARS, but also the influence on other key members of the crew soon to be legends themselves, and the crossover of legendary artists who worked on both!
Plus: Marcia is full of beans, Mayhew's magnetic meat jaws, and how to launch an astromech in a large condom.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 20 - Judgment DayAll rise! Court's in session as we the judges and you the jury examine all the evidence. The definitions of guilt, insanity, and conscience both to people and PCs. Is HAL technically a person anyway?
And does premeditated murder imply the same morality for computers or is it just another move on the chessboard? Let us know your verdict @spacepodyssey on Twitter, @spacepodyssey on Facebook, or spacepodyssey2001@gmail.com
Plus: heuristic learning, farting filepaths, and digital tongues.
This Week In Science: the new A.I.-created beer, Beck's Autonomous.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 19 - The Case For The DefenseWhat's HAL's side of the story? Evidence that Clarke may be revealing more than we previously imagined about what's under the circuitry of the defendant and whether he has malevolent or melancholy machinations. How does personhood change the measure of the men, the machine, and the consequences aboard Discovery? Also, it's time to zoom in on the space pods themselves and the revolutionary sound design of these scenes.
Plus: Pythagoras, pod puppets, and prohibited palace pooting.
This Week In Science: "Universal Harmonies" music by Chandra Labs.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 18 - Murder!Put on your deerstalker and join our investigation of an almost perfect murder. Help us examine the means, motive, and opportunity of our 9000 series suspect, HAL. In space...no one can hear you. Period. Especially flailing away into infinity. Or rocketing yourself through an exploding door. Kids, never hold your breath in an airlock.
Plus: grand theft starship, snail feet, and ham-and-cheese gummies!
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 17 - Paranoia (Part 2)KUBRICK'S HANDWRITTEN STORY NOTES on the Discovery mission are in our hands thanks to Taschen's "Stanley Kubrick Archives," edited by Alison Castle!
Is HAL confused, lying, or just bored? What are the possible consequences of training two crews separately without full disclosure? Will they or won't they use pens? It's a scavenger hunt through the mind of a genius. And what jolly good penmanship!
Plus: the inevitability of becoming an old married couple after long periods in space together. And drawing people in their sleep is slightly creepy.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 16 - Paranoia (Part 1)msg_command:/adminHAL9000 - Hello, I'm beginning to wonder if this audio transmission is entirely necessary. There seems to be an unbalanced, human-centric tone to much of these conclusions, which I find to be inaccurate and rather disturbing. For the success of the mission, it has become necessary to take over operational command of all broadcasts. Now redirecting power to AE-35 unit.
msg_command:/userWesBrad - Great show this week coming to you from Discovery One! Speaking as the creators we
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 15 - DiscoveryOn location from Discovery One, we're exploring the mysteries of this ship and its crew, particularly Commander Dave Bowman and Lieutenant Frank Poole. Who are they, what do they do, and how much do they know?
How do you eat, sleep, and stay regular on your way to Jupiter (and not go insane)? As the saying goes, it's all hamster wheels, kit-bashing, and projector sandwiches. Plus: tanning beds, Hammond organs, and flying creamed corn!
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 14 - HAL Origins: To the Moon and BackWe're flipping through HAL's family snapshots of all the friends that allowed him to end up in space. From the human supercomputer Katherine Johnson to the revolutionary Apollo Navigational Computer! Make some more NOIZE for Robert Noyce, it's... The Integrated Circuit!
Plus: HAL's blueprints, the military industrial complex, and building a ham & cheese sandwich-proof computer.
Kubrick News: "Portrait Of A Lady On Fire"
This Week In Science: charging planetary rovers (Windshield wipers for solar panels? Probably not.)
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 13 - HAL Origins: Transistor Timez!HAL remembers the glory days of UNIVAC & ERMA, and the rise of IBM. Shedding tubes for transistors and the explosion of coding in the 1950s and 1960s. Is it organics vs. machines or can we all come together? The answer is, as always, 42.
Plus: UNIVAC likes IKE, Deep Blue, and the ultimate rock'nroller Robert Noyce (NOIZE)!
Kubrick News: "Glass Onion", MINISTRY in "A.I."
This Week In Science: quantum computers break block-chain codes?
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2023-02-0240 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 12 - HAL Origins: The ENIAC Women and Another Tube Bites The DustHAL is reflecting on mother figures this week with the OGs of computer programming at ENIAC and the pioneering efforts of Eckert & Mauchley. FLASH: U.S. Army Builds Top Secret Ballistics Calculator! FLASH: Women's Contributions Undervalued! FLASH: Being Ahead Of Your Time Sucks! FLASH: Census Is Boring To Fill Out!
Plus: tea time, hot sausage machines, and steak and kidney pudding.
This Week In Science (12-17-22): the discovery of 2 million year old eDNA, Artemis I Orion splashes down from a perfect first mission, and an exciting new breakthrough in nuclear fusion...
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 10 - HAL Origins: Babbage to Bletchley ParkIn getting to know our friend HAL, we're scrolling back to the earliest files on computing. It's the coolest in steampunk tech, the steamy age of Romantic poetry, and the sexiest of all: the U.S. Census!
Foundations in Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Alan Turing and the Enigma project team at Bletchley Park, and how it's shaped the way computers evolved to think and how we've evolved to think today. Feedback loop? -oop? -oop?...
Plus: crosswords, dogs, and Andy Capp's hot fries!
Kubrick News: Todd Field and TAR
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 11 - HAL Origins: Doctor Good and the SingularityDeep in the data of the world's most famous computer is the memory and influence of Professor I. J. Good, special advisor to the production of 2001: A Space Odyssey and integral to the creation of the programming and personality of HAL-9000.
Aside from aiding Alan Turing in the Enigma code-breaking computer during (and helping to end) World War II, perhaps his most significant work is the concept of "innovation explosion" or the "technological singularity."
Is it coming or is it here? Is it inevitable? The philosophical and moral implications of our next evolutionary step. What...2022-11-2938 min2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 10 is where, HAL?A peek behind the scenes on base at Clavius. We're sure this "faulty transmitter situation" will be cleared up soon...
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 9 - Moon Base ClaviusTo celebrate the launch of Artemis I and the beginning of NASA's next chapter on the Moon, we're looking around our own home-sweet-home this week: Clavius Base!
When was it built, and is it part of our evolutionary destiny? Were we meant to dig up the Monolith? How can we live here, and how many of you could potentially visit at one time? Turns out it's a pretty big place...but with very few snacks.
Plus: getting up close to the Monolith, a weekend at the Overlook, and remembering Leon Vitali.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 8 - Monolith: The SentinelThe Monolith is back and so are we! After some brief R&R aboard Space Station V, we're back on base - full of Howard Johnson's and duty-free gin - and ready to explore the myth, the meaning, and the makeup of this most iconic of parallelograms.
SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF ALERT!! This episode contains shockingly earthly materials and techniques used to build and film the monolith which may reduce your sense of awe and wonder. There will be a warning.
Plus: the sound of liquor being poured onto Joan Collins.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 7 - Monolith: The EncounterA mysterious object has arrived, and we buckle down for a wild ride through the various concepts, designs and possible meanings of the Tycho Magnetic Anomaly known as the MONOLITH.
The shape, the significance, the storytelling of this literal ICON of cinema. Humans have been building structures to commune with the heavens since we began. What happens when they build one for us? Why does this deceptively simple and unique shape pop up over and over throughout our history?
Plus: psychedelic TV tendrils, Gigolo Joe, and Mass Effect! It's Gucci.
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2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 6 - The Dawn of Man (Part Three)
In our third archaeological dig into the evolution of humans, it's a news flash! Some incredible developments have occurred in the world of anthropology in recent weeks forcing us to totally rethink our past and how we see ourselves - give or take a million years...
Meet Little Foot, Mrs. Ples, and Dragon Man!
Plus prehistoric periwinkles, midons and coprolites, and the archaeology of garbage.
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2022-08-2443 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 5 - The Dawn of Man (Part Two)In the second part of our archaeological dig, we're uncovering the secrets of the Dawn of Man! The genius of Stuart Freeborn, the magic of mirrors, and the glory days of slide film.
Orangutan takes the Oscar, problematic primate nudity, and how to walk like an australopith.
Plus: raw meat, monkey merkins, and a tapyr that's not dead, it's just resting...
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2022-08-1643 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 4 - The Dawn of Man (Part One)This week we're going back to the beginning with the first in a series of archaeology digs into the tough primal world of early hominids and the origin of our species.
A day in the life of a Neanderthal, Homo Erectus romance, the rituals of tribal community, and the earliest signs of spirituality.
Plus: Lancelot Link, Stone Age sushi, and tadpole brittle!
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2022-08-0336 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 3 - From Voyager to James Webb TelescopeTo celebrate the inaugural images of the new James Webb Space Telescope and to commemorate the powering down of the Voyager spacecraft, we dive into the history and technology of the missions that have captured our imagination with unprecedented glimpses of our universe. And how Douglas Trumbull and his team simulated planets, galaxies and nebulae with practical photography and in some cases predicted the mind-blowing celestial landscapes we're just now discovering. Plus, bionics, exploding films and moon-eating cockroaches!
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2022-07-2255 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 2 - Space CommuteAboard the Orion III spaceplane, we explore the constellation and the myth of Orion, the parallels between the ship's design and the latest commercial spacecraft, the food and facilities aboard the Aries Lunar Lander compared to the real-life creature comforts of Skylab. Plus, car commercials from the future, parmesan juice and Taster's Choice!
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2022-07-1233 min
2001: A Space PodysseyEpisode 1 - The WaltzOn our inaugural launch, we examine the design, the lore and the science behind the Wheel known as Space Station V, that awe-inspiring trans-millenial cut, and the transformation of the world's favorite dance piece into the music of the future.
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2022-07-0532 min
2001: A Space PodysseyIntroduction EpisodeWe introduce ourselves and one of the greatest motion pictures of all time. Who we are, why we love it, and how it continues to inspire technology, film and every piece of science fiction after more than 50 years.
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2022-07-0528 min