Best Strange And Beautiful Book Club Podcasts (2025)

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"The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower" by Stephen King (Part 2 of 2) 1:33:46

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Rachel and Matt discuss the final installment of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. Part 2 of 2 of our discussion. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot b…

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"The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower" by Stephen King (Part 1 of 2) 1:31:16

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Matt and Rachel discuss the final novel (and in our opinion - the best) in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book bo…

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"The Dark Tower: Song of Susannah" by Stephen King 1:09:55

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*Fixed the Audio* Matt and Rachel discuss the second to last book in the Dark Tower series, "Song of Susannah" by Stephen King. Did anything actually happen in this book? Listen and find out! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mos…

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"The Dark Tower 4.5: A Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King 1:21:55

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FINALLY CAUGHT UP! We will be back on our regular schedule now so "Song of Susannah" will be out the first Friday in August! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about…

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"The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla" by Stephen King (Part 2 of 2) 1:44:17

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Rachel and Matt discuss the remainder of Wolves of the Calla and a bunch of other related (and not related) stuff too. Hug your fluffy pets today for Pip, he will be missed. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's …

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SBBC: Murderbot (Season 1 Ep 7) - "Complementary Species" 36:24

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We discuss Murderbot Season 1, Episode 7 - Complementary Species. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast format! Listen now at F…

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SBBC: Murderbot (Season 1 Ep 4, 5, and 6) 49:26

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As some of you may have guessed, Pip crossed the rainbow bridge the weekend before last and it really threw me for a loop. Please enjoy this very lightly edited episode. There's more coming now that I'm in a place to catch up. <3 There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious boo…

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"The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla" by Stephen King (Part 1 of 2) 1:39:49

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Slightly delayed but here it is and we got so excited to chat about this one that it just made sense to split it into parts so it won't be too too long. But don't worry, you won't be waiting a month for the next one. Without further ado - here is the "Wolves of the Calla" episode from Matt and Rachel of the Strange and Beautiful Book Club There's m…

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Repost - "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King 1:05:53

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Rachel is on the road until next week so our episode on "Wolves of the Calla" will be delayed. Murderbot and our book episode will all be out next week! See you soon! In the mean time, please enjoy this reprise of our first foray into the world of the Dark Tower There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah…

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SBBC: Murderbot (Season 1 Ep 3) - "Risk Assessment" 55:25

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Kate, Matt, and Rachel discuss the third episode of the Murderbot series, "Risk Assessment". As always, we are trying our best to use "it" for Murderbot and I think we improved immensely. Shooting to be even better about "it" next time! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, seri…

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SBBC: Murderbot (Season 1 Ep 1&2) - "FreeCommerce" and "Eye Contact" 1:02:14

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Surprise! We're chatting Murderbot today and every Friday while new episodes are airing! As you know, we've already covered these books with Kate back in 2023(?) - A long time ago... so there are bound to be some spoilers although we are going to try and keep it to the show relevant information for anyone who hasn't read the books. These are fun, l…

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"The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass" by Stephen King 1:20:06

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Rachel and Matt discuss the fourth book in the Dark Tower series. Did we agree? Were we both weirded out by the protagonist's ages or was that just Rachel... listen and find out! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). …

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"Black River Orchard" by Chuck Wendig 1:16:13

7M ago1:16:13

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Contains Spoilers! Also, we are moving! So there will be no book episode in April or probably May but then you get to hear all about how we moved to an abandoned motel in a remote lake side town in the far, far north. Which sounds like a book premise but it isnt! Matt and Rachel discuss the book, "Black River Orchard" by Chuck Wendig. Did we love i…

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"Empire of the Damned" by Jay Kristoff 1:47:10

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Matt and Rachel discuss the second installment in the Empire of the Vampire trilogy. Did we love it just as much? Does Rachel regret her tattoo? Listen and find out! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By Strange and Beautiful Network

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Repost - "David Lynch's Dune (1984)" - Part epic adventure, part fever dream, and all Lynch. 1:05:33

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In honor of the late, great, David Lynch. Here's a repost of our episode on his absolutely bananas adaptation of Dune. Would he be glad to be remembered for this movie? No. Do we love him for it anyways? Also yes. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everythi…

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"Empire of the Vampire" by Jay Kristoff 1:19:51

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According to Wikipedia: Twenty-seven years after Daysdeath, a mysterious phenomenon that has cast the world into perpetual darkness, vampires have successfully conquered humanity. Gabriel de Leon, the last living vampire hunter, is held prisoner awaiting execution for killing the Forever King, Fabien Voss. However, the Undying Empress orders Gabrie…

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Bonus - Christmas Crossover with Cinematic Anarchy - "Red Snow (2021) 1:09:08

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Enjoy this special bonus episode crossover with our friends at Cinematic Anarchy! Seasons Greetings from the Hosts of Cinematic Anarchy and The Strange and Beautiful Podcast. It's been a few weeks of rest since we posted and episode (Mostly Because the gifts don't wrap or buy themselves) and now we are back for a holiday episode with our good frien…

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Bonus: We Are All Kosh - Preview - Babylon 5 (Season 1 Ep 0) - The Gathering 2:14:22

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This show is available to stream for free on Tubi or with a paid subscription on Amazon Prime. Tube has the version of The Gathering we watched but it's listed as the last episode of season 1. Per wikipedia: Babylon 5: The Gathering is the test pilot movie of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, aired on February 22, 1993. It is also th…

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"The Dark Tower - The Waste Lands" by Stephen King 1:23:21

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Rachel and Matt discuss the third book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, The Waste Lands. Did the series get better? Are we willing to read more? Listen and find out! The Waste Lands" is the third book in Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series. It continues the journey of Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, as he searches for the Dark Tow…

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Willy's Wonderland (2021) - This is a sequel to Mandy. Fight me. 1:02:48

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Former Patreon exclusive, now all yours. Willy's Wonderland with special guest, Meg. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting down with girl friends to chat about hot book boyfriends but in podcast form…

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"Somewhere in Time" by Richard Matheson - Featuring Chris from Cinematic Anarchy 51:26

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Seemed only fair, since we discussed the MOVIE "Somewhere in Time" on Cinematic Anarchy that Chris come over to our neck of the woods to chat about the book! Find all Cinematic Anarchy episodes here: https://cinematicanarchy.transistor.fm There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, se…

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"The Dark Tower - The Drawing of the Three" by Stephen King 1:24:08

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Find more about The Old Switcheroo here: https://www.theoldswitcharoo.com/ The Drawing of the Three is a dark fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. It is the second book in the Dark Tower series, published by Grant in 1987.[1] The series was inspired by Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning. The story is a continuation of…

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Bonus - Chat with Clockout Films - "Slaughter Beach" and "First State of Fear" 54:42

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Rachel and Matt chat with Dan and Mark of Clockout Films (Find them on instagram here: @clockoutfilms) We discuss their latest feature, "Slaughter Beach" which is available now on Tubi and dive a little into their newest project "First State of Fear" which is an anthology horror film celebrating all things Delaware and Horror! (Puckwugies anyone?).…

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"Mandy (2018)" - The Psychotic drowns where the Mystic swims 56:10

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Matt and Rachel discuss this uniquely brilliant and horrifically gory horror/dark fantasy from 2018 entitled "Mandy". To tell you literally anything about this movie before you've seen it would be a sacrilege. Go and watch it and then come back and that's not advice, it's an order! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rach…

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Bonus - Ger Can Get It: "The Second Gerthering Trip Recap!" 2:43:12

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This is a long one, folks. Tune in to find out what we were up to in Stratford, Ontario, and whether our grand experiment in overdosing on GWD content worked as desired. Did we see His Mighty Gerness in a play? Did our souls leave our bodies? Does Cavan Biggio still play for the Toronto Blue Jays? Did I embarrass us all? Did we eat one single meal …

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"The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger" by Stephen King 1:05:53

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Rachel and Matt discuss "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger" the first book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King in this first installment of our spooky HORROR season of Strange and Beautiful Book Club! In "The Gunslinger," the first book of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series, we follow Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, as he pursues the my…

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"The Quantum Thief" by Hannu Rajaniemi 1:39:17

1y ago1:39:17

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Our delayed monthly book club episode where we discuss "The Quantum Thief" by Hannu Rajaniemi. Did we both love it? Is there a percentage of made up words that Rachel simply cannot tolerate? How many books did Rachel read while actively delaying reading this one? What is life anyways? Listen and find out? (Maybe not the life one) There's more from …

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Vacation Announcement - July 2024 - Please Listen! 1:01

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Matt and Rachel are headed out on the road! Please listen for information on which shows will be on break until October! Strange and Beautiful Book Club - On break until October 2024 Feast, Sheath, and Shatter: A Book Chat Podcast - On break until October 2024 Ger Can Get It - Regular Episodes The Dead Do Not Podcast: A Lexx Rewatch - Regular Episo…

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Come in 81 Kilo BONUS - Interview with John Kapelos - "Schanke" 55:53

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Check out this Come in 81 Kilo bonus episode where we chat with John Kapelos who played Schanke on Forever Knight, Carl in the Breakfast Club and SO MUCH MORE. There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everything in between (but mostly spicy!). It's like sitting d…

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Come in 81 Kilo BONUS - Interview with Fred Mollin 48:04

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The Podcast I reference at the end is Monsters, Madness, and Magic! Find them here: https://www.monstersmadnessandmagic.com/ According to Fred Mollin's Wikipedia article: Fred Mollin is an American and Canadian record producer, musician, film and TV composer, music director, music supervisor, and songwriter.[2] He has produced records for Jimmy Web…

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"Creatures of Light and Darkness" by Roger Zelazny 56:40

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Our late book club episode for May about "Creatures of Light and Darkness" by Roger Zelazny. "Creatures of Light and Darkness" by Roger Zelazny is a science fiction/fantasy novel that blends elements of Egyptian mythology with a futuristic setting. AKA the origin of the sentiment that too many dicks spoil the soup. Did we love it? Was it readable? …

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Sneak Peek - "The Dead Do Not Podcast" - Lexx (Season 1 Ep 1) "I Worship His Shadow" 1:42:30

1+ y ago1:42:30

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Special Sneak Peek of our newest series! - The Dead Do Not Podcast: A Lexx Rewatch! - Coming in June! We tackle the pilot episode of Lexx! We've got an eclectic cast of characters to assemble and Lexx wastes no time in throwing the audience in just what kind of body horror hi-jinx in space we can expect from the show! If you loved our Come in 81 Ki…

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Spoiler Free Review and Interview! - "Curse of King Midas" by Colleen M. Story 38:38

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Preorder the book here (Amazon Link, no we aren't affiliates we just liked the book) Preorder the ebook here (Non-Amazon Link) A quick spoiler free review of "The Curse of King Midas" and then our chat with Colleen HERSELF about this book and a little bit about writing and writing advice in general. From Colleen's website: THE CURSE OF KING MIDAS I…

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Movie - "Planet of the Apes (1968)" 44:47

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Matt and Rachel discuss the movie adaptation of Pierre Boulle's classic novel. What did they get right? What didn't they? Do we think this is a rare case of the movie being better than the book? Listen and find out! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy books, serious books, and everyt…

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Book - "Planet of the Apes" by Pierre Boulle 1:11:16

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On this month's Book episode: "Planet of the Apes" by Pierre Boulle is a science fiction novel that tells the story of a group of astronauts who land on a distant planet where intelligent apes are the dominant species and humans are primitive and mute. The protagonist, Ulysse Mérou, along with two other astronauts, find themselves captured by the a…

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Monthly Book Club - "Godkiller" by Hanah Kaner 1:15:31

1+ y ago1:15:31

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Matt and Rachel discuss the short(ish) but awesome fantasy epic, "Godkiller" by Hanah Kaner. Refreshing change from 900 page mega-epics that are half filler with a novel that packs 900 pages of story into a third the size. With ten times as much representation as any other book we've read. Get it, read it. You'll love it. There's more from the Stra…

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"Anguish (1987)" - There's mommy issues and then there's MOMMY ISSUES 48:06

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"Anguish" is a 1987 horror film directed by Bigas Luna. The movie revolves around a mentally unstable mother, who hypnotizes her son John to commit murder and harvest eyes for her collection. The mother is portrayed as a controlling and manipulative figure, and John becomes increasingly disturbed as he struggles with his mother's influence. The fil…

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Spoiler Free Book Review - "The Day Tripper (2024)" - Character growth done to perfection 39:24

1+ y ago39:24

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I absolutely adored this book. I thought the concept was interesting, the execution was flawless, and the journey that Alex goes on was heart-breaking, inspiring, and believable. The conceit of time-travel is not new but the way that James Goodhand shapes it in this novel made it feel seamlessly fresh and integral to the story rather than a plot de…

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"Solaris (2002)" - George Clooney shows off his acting and his ass-ets 1:15:11

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The 2002 film "Solaris" is a psychological science fiction drama directed by Steven Soderbergh, based on the novel of the same name by Stanisław Lem. The movie stars George Clooney as Dr. Chris Kelvin, a psychologist sent to a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris. Upon arrival, Kelvin encounters strange phenomena, including the appe…

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"Dune: Part 2 (2024)" - Out of the theater reaction. 43:32

1+ y ago43:32

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*Contains Spoilers for the content discussed and the wider Dune Universe* We finally did it. After over a dozen episodes of Dune content, we made it to the epic release of Denis's Dune: Part 2! What did we think? Did we like it? Was it worth all the time and hype? Is one of Tim's legs shorter than the other? Trust Strange and Beautiful to ask the t…

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Dune DEEP CUT - "Dune: Part 2 (2024)" - Out of the theater reaction 43:32

1+ y ago43:32

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We finally did it. After over a dozen episodes of Dune content, we made it to the epic release of Denis's Dune: Part 2! What did we think? Did we like it? Was it worth all the time and hype? Is one of Tim's legs shorter than the other? Trust Strange and Beautiful to ask the truly important questions around here. There's more from the Strange and Be…

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"Solaris (1972)" - Less about the planet, more about the hot wife. 1:05:47

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"Solaris" is a 1972 Soviet science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, based on the novel of the same name by Stanisław Lem. The film follows psychologist Kris Kelvin, played by Donatas Banionis, who travels to a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris. There, he encounters strange phenomena that seem to be manifestations of his…

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Bonus - "The Unknown Best: Book 1" by Matt Wilkening 25:04

1+ y ago25:04

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A book recommendation from Rachel and Matt! The Unknown Best: Book 1 by Matt Wilkening! Get it here! Do you have problems? Good. Michael Malbon doesn’t, and he hates it. His supernatural synesthesia confuses smell with normative information, so Mike always knows what to do to produce the best outcome despite not even knowing what the best outcome i…

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Monthly Book Club: "Solaris" by Stanisław Lem 1:13:32

1+ y ago1:13:32

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Rachel and Matt discuss the novel "Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem which has been adapted into film twice (episodes incoming!) was it an easier read than Star Maker? Did we think this author was also on some really good hallucinogens? You'll find out! There's more from the Strange and Beautiful Network! Listen to Rachel, Kate, and Hannah discuss spicy bo…

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"Radius (2017)" - Neat Sweet Indie Suspense Thriller 1:02:39

1+ y ago1:02:39

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Rachel and Matt mostly talk about "Radius" from 2017 but also sort of talk about a lot of unrelated stuff too. From Wikipedia: Radius is a 2017 Canadian science fiction thriller film directed and written by Caroline Labrèche and Steeve Léonard. It stars Diego Klattenhoff, Charlotte Sullivan, and Brett Donahue. Klattenhoff and Sullivan play two surv…

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Dune DEEP CUT - "Denis Villeneuve's Dune - Part 1 (2021)" - When you finally have money! 1:31:45

1+ y ago1:31:45

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"Dune - Part 1" directed by Denis Villeneuve is an epic science fiction film based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. Set in a distant future where noble houses control planets and a valuable resource called "spice" is mined on the desert planet Arrakis, the story follows Paul Atreides, the young heir of House Atreides, as his family a…

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"Denis Villeneuve's Dune - Part 1 (2021)" - When you finally have money! 1:30:35

1+ y ago1:30:35

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*Contains Spoilers for the content discussed and the wider Dune Universe* "Dune - Part 1" directed by Denis Villeneuve is an epic science fiction film based on the novel of the same name by Frank Herbert. Set in a distant future where noble houses control planets and a valuable resource called "spice" is mined on the desert planet Arrakis, the stor…

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"Warm Bodies (2013)" - Unabashedly Romantic Zombies 1:00:27

1+ y ago1:00:27

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The first in our informally themed February episodes where we talk about love and monsters and how sometimes, enjoying a movie that isn't afraid to be wholly romantic (even with the zombies) is exactly what you need. We watched and loved this Zombie movie with heart, Warm Bodies, which was originally released in 2013 and stares Nicholas Hoult and T…

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Dune DEEP CUT - "Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003) - Part 3 of 3" - Syfy Miniseries 1:31:43

1+ y ago1:31:43

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Another installment in our Dune Deep Dive series. We chat about the third episode of the 2003 Children of Dune miniseries which covers the events of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Fanning out about Alec Newman (Truly the superior Paul Atreides from all the adaptations) and the music which is basically the soundtrack of my high school years. Fin…

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Monthly Book Club: "Star Maker" by Olaf Stapledon 1:30:35

1+ y ago1:30:35

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May we all one day experience whatever chemically induced metaphysical journey Olaf went on in preparation for writing this book. Possibly while writing this book (as we surmise in the episode). Truly a unique, completely wild work of scientific speculation that must have been an absolute revolution in it's day. This is no pulp "Damsel in Space" dr…