Binary System Podcast #348: WTNV #218 “The Glow Cloud, Explained” and Umbrella Academy

<p>Original broadcast date February 9, 2023. The original podcast post is here: <a href="https://pixelatedgeek.com/?p=184976" rel="external noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/02/<strong>binary-system-podcast-348-wtnv-218-the-glow-cloud-explained-and-umbrella-academy</strong>/</a></p> <blockquote>“I just wrote ‘Toilets. What’s that all about?'”</blockquote> <p>If you’ve been listening <em>Welcome to Night Vale</em> lately you’ll know why this episode title made us go “that sounds like it’ll be OH NO WAIT AAAAAA!”</p> <p>And if you don’t know, you can listen to us explain why we’re emotionally invested in a FREAKING CLOUD.</p> <p>After the recap (which included a lot of tangents and rants about pay inequality, roads, and toilets because hoo boy they had a lot of axes to grind this week but they’re not wrong) we did a deep dive into another two episodes of Umbrella Academy season 2 (short version: Klaus is still our favorite but the actor who plays Five is doing a hell of a job.)</p> <p>And speaking of tangents, look out for mentions of <em>The Hunters</em>, sketch parties, driving glasses, and our upcoming crossover with <a href="https://mlctaskforce.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Mid-Life Crisis Task Force</a>!</p> <p>This week’s outro is a clip from <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/borderx01/event-horizon/flybymp3/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Flyby</a> by BorderX01.</p> <p>We were right, the Glow Cloud wasn’t in the first episode of Night Vale, it was in <a href="https://youtu.be/due3u22Licw" rel="noopener" target="_blank">the second</a>.</p> <p>The photo gallery from the Sketchparty SD night at Whistle Stop is <a href="https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/02/sketchparty-san-diego-at-whistle-stop-bar/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>, and the list of the upcoming DC TV and movie projects is <a href="https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/01/dc-studios-announces-10-new-film-and-television-projects/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Looking for a presen