
Episode 65 - Stanley Kubrick's Numbers with R.H. Vatcher (part one)
We know Stanley Kubrick was a chess player and logic puzzle fanatic. What conscious and subconscious meanings did he bury in his later films through numbers and patterns? What is the role of model the...
21 Aug 202542min

FREE PATREON BONUS - Pinocchio HAL and the Convention Crusade with Virginia Smith
For July's first Patreon Bonus episode, we continue our conversation with Virginia Smith and try to determine if HAL gets to become "a real boy." The differences in how Kubrick and Hyams treat HAL an...
23 Jul 202536min

Episode 64 - HAL Resurrection, Act IV: The Chandra Factor with Virginia Smith (2010: The Year We Make Content)
We're kicking off a summer of guests with our pal Virginia Smith, here to take on a very special subject: the father and son duo of Dr. Chandra and HAL! How Dr. Chandra's relationship with SAL preface...
16 Jul 202552min

Episode 63 - HAL Resurrection, Act III: Absolution
Looking intimately at the scenes of HAL's death and rebirth, one theme stands out above all others: purpose. We all need a purpose in life and so do Heuristic Algorithmic Learning machines. The more ...
9 Jul 202541min

Episode 62 - HAL Resurrection, Act II: The Return of Douglas Rain (2010: The Year We Make Content)
The 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 h...
10 Jun 202541min

Episode 61 - HAL Resurrection, Act I: The Mystery of Pod G
In 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'...
9 Mai 202559min

Gold Easter Egg (FREE PATREON BONUS MINI)
A free surprise for your Easter basket! Become a "Kuritsa" member on PATREON to open the other eggs! Help children now with UNICEF Find more at spacepodyssey.com BlueSky @spacepodyssey Instagram @spa...
20 Apr 202510min

Episode 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 dir...
19 Apr 202534min


















