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Sci-Fi Podcasts
Posted on 12/30/22 at 10:02 am
Posted on 12/30/22 at 10:02 am
Thought I'd share a few I've discovered, in case anyone was interested in story-telling fiction podcasts.
Mission to Zyxx
American cast
A parody of the biggest sci-fi franchises (Star Trek, Star Wars), has a full 5 seasons and then completed. It's improv with editing (but behind-the-scenes clips showcase how they'll come up with ideas on the fly).
Setting is aliens, far removed from Earth, though they have a human "stand-in" (Tellurians). The "main" character, Pleck, is one of these. Earth is not part of the equation at all.
Format: Episodic with a loose, overarching storyline (that can extend multiple seasons)
Most popular work of fiction that is comparable: Spaceballs
Mission to Zyxx website
Oblivity
British cast
A British comedy podcast about a space station on Pluto. Crew is 4 humans (one of which is a cyborg) and an AI that helps run the station. Set in a future where Earth is "decommissioned" and humanity lives on Mars but has stations and outposts all along the solar system. No aliens (so far in 2 seasons).
Format: Episodic with a loose, overarching storyline (but usually in the form of small callbacks, but some more impactful than others)
Most popular work of fiction that is comparable: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Oblivity website
Midnight Burger
American Cast
A kind of surreal comedy, with 4 individuals inside a diner that jumps to another place in time/space/dimensions every 24 hours. Insight is granted by two beings who interact with them via old-timey radio (who appear to be two religious broadcasters in a rural part of Arkansas, coupled with old-timey music akin to what you might hear in Fallout). Comedy gets interlaced with some very serious moments as well.
Format: Plots so far do not interact with each other aside from one or two moments from a previous episode at most. Pretty contained otherwise.
Most popular work of fiction that is comparable: Doctor Who meets Terry Gilliam and a dash of Restaurant at the End of the Universe (best I can think of).
Midnight Burger website
(Fun tidbit - the woman as the voice of one of the people from Arkansas does, indeed, live in Arkansas)
Thought I'd share, and was curious if anyone else had some podcasts of the sci-fi (comedy or otherwise) genre to share. I've listened to Mission to Zyxx twice, completed what has been released for Oblivity and now going through Midnight Burger (long commutes to work make for good listening times for long format podcasts).
Mission to Zyxx
American cast
A parody of the biggest sci-fi franchises (Star Trek, Star Wars), has a full 5 seasons and then completed. It's improv with editing (but behind-the-scenes clips showcase how they'll come up with ideas on the fly).
Setting is aliens, far removed from Earth, though they have a human "stand-in" (Tellurians). The "main" character, Pleck, is one of these. Earth is not part of the equation at all.
Format: Episodic with a loose, overarching storyline (that can extend multiple seasons)
Most popular work of fiction that is comparable: Spaceballs
Mission to Zyxx website
Oblivity
British cast
A British comedy podcast about a space station on Pluto. Crew is 4 humans (one of which is a cyborg) and an AI that helps run the station. Set in a future where Earth is "decommissioned" and humanity lives on Mars but has stations and outposts all along the solar system. No aliens (so far in 2 seasons).
Format: Episodic with a loose, overarching storyline (but usually in the form of small callbacks, but some more impactful than others)
Most popular work of fiction that is comparable: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Oblivity website
Midnight Burger
American Cast
A kind of surreal comedy, with 4 individuals inside a diner that jumps to another place in time/space/dimensions every 24 hours. Insight is granted by two beings who interact with them via old-timey radio (who appear to be two religious broadcasters in a rural part of Arkansas, coupled with old-timey music akin to what you might hear in Fallout). Comedy gets interlaced with some very serious moments as well.
Format: Plots so far do not interact with each other aside from one or two moments from a previous episode at most. Pretty contained otherwise.
Most popular work of fiction that is comparable: Doctor Who meets Terry Gilliam and a dash of Restaurant at the End of the Universe (best I can think of).
Midnight Burger website
(Fun tidbit - the woman as the voice of one of the people from Arkansas does, indeed, live in Arkansas)
Thought I'd share, and was curious if anyone else had some podcasts of the sci-fi (comedy or otherwise) genre to share. I've listened to Mission to Zyxx twice, completed what has been released for Oblivity and now going through Midnight Burger (long commutes to work make for good listening times for long format podcasts).
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Posted on 12/30/22 at 10:31 am to skrayper
Those sound interesting
Posted on 12/30/22 at 10:51 am to ipodking
I'm really digging Midnight Burger (the most recent one). I'm on Episode 8.
Oblivity and Midnight Burger pretty much avoid modern politics altogether (the first focusing on the politics of the setting, which don't really have a real-world equivalent unless you're trying WAY too hard to see one, and the second has one episode that could be construed as political if you are the kind of person who looks for that in everything).
It's hard to explain without giving away spoilers, but honestly there just isn't much in the way of contemporary politics in these. Zyxx does get a bit into some of them during Season 2, I think, that could be viewed as a parallel to modern ones, but it's hardly the main story but rather a few throwaway lines from an antagonist to the group. Most of the time the teasing of the main protagonist asking questions that he legitimately doesn't know the answer to but then teased with things like "You can't ask an X about their Y!" is given for humor.
Mostly these questions are in reality a way for someone in that universe to be ignorant of how something works so that the audience (who would, obviously, have no idea how an alien species works) can learn something, but still be teased for having to ask.
Oblivity and Midnight Burger pretty much avoid modern politics altogether (the first focusing on the politics of the setting, which don't really have a real-world equivalent unless you're trying WAY too hard to see one, and the second has one episode that could be construed as political if you are the kind of person who looks for that in everything).
It's hard to explain without giving away spoilers, but honestly there just isn't much in the way of contemporary politics in these. Zyxx does get a bit into some of them during Season 2, I think, that could be viewed as a parallel to modern ones, but it's hardly the main story but rather a few throwaway lines from an antagonist to the group. Most of the time the teasing of the main protagonist asking questions that he legitimately doesn't know the answer to but then teased with things like "You can't ask an X about their Y!" is given for humor.
Mostly these questions are in reality a way for someone in that universe to be ignorant of how something works so that the audience (who would, obviously, have no idea how an alien species works) can learn something, but still be teased for having to ask.
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