Binary System Podcast #196 - WTNV #156 "The Trouble With Time"

<p>Original broadcast date October 24, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/10/binary-system-podcast-196-wtnv-156-the-trouble-with-time/</p> <p>We'll be honest, when we saw the title of this week's Welcome To Night Vale episode we hoped it would be a nifty wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey, Doctor Who-themed story with some Night Vale weirdness mixed in. But the writers love to defy expectations, so instead we got a lighthearted story about everyone in the town dealing with the truth of human existence, the body's inevitable decline, and the inescapable reality of death.</p> <p>HAPPY FALL EVERYONE.</p> <p>After we recapped, there's also some discussion of Peaky Blinders, Carnival Row, the Limetown TV show, and the 1997 horror movie Event Horizon.</p> <p>Oh, and the new Star Wars trailer dropped while we were recording. YOU GUYS, THE NEW STAR WARS TRAILER JUST DROPPED. LET'S GO WATCH IT NOW.</p> <p>This week's outro music is a clip from <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Color_Of_Flight/TAKE_WING">Take Wing</a> by The Polish Ambassador. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Polish_Ambassador/Color_Of_Flight/TAKE_WING</p> <p>If you're interested in a chilling tale of cryonics, broken promises, and an almost inhuman case of denial, give a listen to the episode of This American Life that Kathryn mentioned, <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/354/mistakes-were-made">"Mistakes Were Made"</a> https://www.thisamericanlife.org/354/mistakes-were-made</p> <p>There's a whole collection of photomanipulations of Kylo Ren's lightsaber <a href="http://www.dorkly.com/post/70914/the-best-internet-reactions-to-star-wars-newest-lightsaber?fbclid=IwAR0koAh0_X6iAubGZoHYQ8f3STpHVUKZXqQMq8S4zUqurc81zzptGYaCcVM">here</a>. http://www.dorkly.com/post/70914/the-best-internet-reactions-to-star-wars-newest-lightsaber?fbclid=IwAR0koAh0_X6iAubGZoHYQ8f3STpHVUKZXqQMq8S4zUqurc81zzptGYaCcVM</p> <p>Also one of Rey's double-bladed lightsaber. (Heh. You know what they're calling it? A S