# heaton — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover heaton. Page: Feed: --- ## [Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die](https://alienating.libsyn.com/good-luck-have-fun-dont-die) _2026-05-11 · Alienating the Audience_ Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is a scrappy sci-fi story about time travel, causality, and whether humanity can be trusted with knowledge of its own future. Henrique Couto returns to unpack the film's big philosophical swings about fate, free will, technological hubris, and the temptation to "fix" history, while also asking the important questions: how much should a time-travel movie explain, when… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alienating/Good_Luck_Dont_Die_w_Music_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1689035) ## [The Friendly Hivemind of Pluribus](https://alienating.libsyn.com/the-friendly-hivemind-of-pluribus) _2026-01-13 · Alienating the Audience_ "Pluribus is the Borg Collective, but polite and friendly." So says Brian Brushwood, who rejoins the show to discuss Vince Gilligan's latest program, starring Rhea Seehorn. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alienating/ATA_Pluribus_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1689035) ## [This is How the World Ends: Apocalypse in Science Fiction](https://alienating.libsyn.com/this-is-how-the-world-ends-apocalypse-in-science-fiction) _2025-11-04 · Alienating the Audience_ Science fiction tackles the end of the world again and again, sometimes hopefully and sometimes utterly devoid of it. Josh Jennings joins in this expensive episode to discuss the many, many fates of mankind which come to a close across the worlds of science fiction. Space Tractor: And Other Science Fiction Short Stories… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alienating/Apocalypse_mixdown_01.mp3?dest-id=1689035) ## ["Scream" meets "The Truman Show": The Cabin in the Woods](https://alienating.libsyn.com/scream-meets-the-truman-show-the-cabin-in-the-woods) _2025-10-14 · Alienating the Audience_ In the film "Cabin in the Woods" the grizzly deaths of several archetypical characters are stage-managed by office workers in order to quench the bloodlust of ancient, pagan gods. The film is simultaneously a comedy and a horror, and an excellent romp. Henrique Couto, host of the Weekly Spooky podcast, joins to discuss the film, as well as the appeal of horror, and why that genre in particular… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alienating/Cabin_in_the_Woods_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1689035) ## [Let's Argue About the Prime Directive](https://alienating.libsyn.com/lets-argue-about-the-prime-directive) _2025-09-15 · Alienating the Audience_ The Prime Directive orders Starfleet officers to refrain from interfering in pre-warprdrive civilizations. It is a doctrine of cultural non-interference... But is it actually a good idea? Scottish Scifi twins Dickie and Stone Lynch return to argue with Heaton about it. Support the show! www.patreon.com/alienating [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alienating/Prime_Directive_Episode_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1689035) ## [The Last Starfighter](https://alienating.libsyn.com/the-last-starfighter) _2025-07-08 · Alienating the Audience_ In "The Last Starfighter" (1984) a young man has his sword-in-the-stone moment playing an arcade game which propels him into heroic intergalactic adventure. Brett Weaver joins to discuss the movie, the Hero's Journey, and to talk about what a sequel or remake would look like. LINKS: Heaton's Otamatone Odyssey https://youtu.be/3BMGPv5RnOQ [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alienating/The_Last_Starfighter_Together_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1689035) ## [Women Can Electrocute You](https://alienating.libsyn.com/women-can-electrocute-you) _2025-06-16 · Alienating the Audience_ In Naomi Alderman's "The Power" women all over the planet suddenly develop the ability to shoot electrical shocks, to the point of lethality. The natural order is entirely inverted, with men easily overpowered by women, and resulting societal tumult. Katherine Mangu-Ward joins to discuss. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alienating/Women_Can_Electrocute_You_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1689035) ## [Time Loops](https://alienating.libsyn.com/time-loops) _2025-05-20 · Alienating the Audience_ Getting thrown back to the same place in time, repeatedly, with little you can do about it has become an awesome sub genre in scifi. From Groundhog Day, to The Endless, we discuss time loops and their appeal in science fiction. Brian Brushwood joins to discuss. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alienating/Time_Loops_Together_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1689035) ## [Holy Space Capitalism of the Feringi](https://alienating.libsyn.com/holy-space-capitalism-of-the-feringi) _2025-04-01 · Alienating the Audience_ Star Trek's Feringi are intergalactic traders, merchants, entrepreneurs, and feckless shysters. How did they get to be space capitalists when the Federation outgrew the concept of money altogether? Sean Finnerty joins to discuss Feringinar, the Rules of Acquisition, and the economy of the 24th century. [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/alienating/Ferengi_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1689035) ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/x4sRSGKgkjEB) _2025-04-01 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [Cheating with a Sexbot](https://alienating.libsyn.com/cheating-with-a-sexbot) _2025-03-05 · Alienating the Audience_ In "Subservience" Megan Fox plays a robot servant who goes off the rails, seduces her owner, and tries to kill his wife. Henrique Couto joins to discuss the ethical implications of cheating on your spouse with a robot, how we ought to treat robots even if they don't really have consciousness, and whether or not we'd buy robot servants in general. 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