Human Echoes Podcast

In this episode, the guys discuss the character-driven (if slightly obtuse) horror film Resolution. Then Tony gets political and bashes Occupy Wall Street's disorganization, and Al is creeped out by silverfish. Download Links: Minecraft movie Coast to Coast AM Lair of the White Worm The Black Swan (You cannot imagine my sorrow when I learned that this was not an adaptation of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book about dangers of discounting unlikely outcomes.)   For Joseph.    

In this, the last episode of Bad Shark Month, the guys try their hardest not to talk about the movie that killed the big budget shark movie, Deep Blue Sea. They also talk about disturbing erotica, take some user questions, and wax nostalgic about Animorphs. Download it now! Links (in no particular order): Animorphs Boy's Life by Robert McCammon The Rocketeer The Honor Harrington series Creepy Romance tumblr  

In this episode Albert ditches Tony and sits down with guest host Brantley to talk about the third installment in the Mega Shark franchise Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark. Then they geek out about bad movies and Transformers, and Brantley inadvertently reveals that Joe Hill is a dirty dirty plagiarist. Download it now! Links: Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus Van Helsing Nazis at the Center of the Earth American Battleship Transformers: Kiss Players Hemlock Grove Battledogs The Lego Movie Atlantic Rim NOS4A2 (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command character) NOS4A2 (novel by Joe Hill)

In this week's episode Al and Tony face a new monster shark menace, Super Shark! Then Albert gets all gooey about the joys of making stuff, and Tony shares his heartache about the Super Bowl. Download it now! Link Dump: Mythbusters Polishing Turds True Detective Better Call Saul The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissel Ignore Everybody by Hugh Macleod Tony's Super Bowl post Achievement Hunter Predicts the Super Bowl Tilt-shift photography  

Kevin waited with the bandages over his eyes as his doctor came forward. At age fifty, the operation to remove Kevin’s cataracts was an extremely rare medical accomplishment – for himself and his doctors. Small children and babies were the usually the main demographic who were healthy enough to regain their sight. Both barely remember the few months they spent in darkness with four out of their five senses. Kevin Johnson, however, had many years of darkness behind him as he slowly came into the light. “All right, Kevin,” his doctor said. “Take a look around the room. Say hello to the world.” As soon as Kevin opened his eyes, he shut them again. He pulled the blanket of the bed close to his body and tried to block out the light. The first hour went on much like this. Kevin had never seen what faces looked like, who people really were. He knew the voices and the contours of their skin, but that would not prepare him for the grotesque beings that greeted him on the other side. In spite of probes from his doctors

This week on the podcast Albert drags Tony back into the nightmare world of movies made by the Asylum and they discuss inaugural Mega Shark movie, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus. Download it now! Link Dump: Evelyn Deshane - author of this week's short story Hannah Elizabeth will type your letters and seal them with wax for five bucks Yarn Bombing Hedge trimmed to look like penis "The Readers Guide to Reading" by Danny Brophy Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus Mega Python vs. Gatoroid 2-Headed Shark Attack Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies Atlantic Rim Sharcano by Jose Prendes

On this episode the guys talk about Maniac. Tony gets excited about the Superbowl, and smokes his "bong" really really loudly. Albert whines about California liberals and laments the insanity surrounding Justin Bieber's arrest. Also, there's a new drawing of the octoshark on the loose! Scroll to the bottom of this post and behold the awesome terror. Download the new episode now! Links: Ellie Ann Bucket of Blood The Princess and the Frog Lego: the Movie Thud! (game) Terry Pratchett hardcover edition re-release (only available in the U.K.!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!) "Make Mistakes" poster Sports Betting link New California gun law News cuts from NSA discussion to cover Just Bieber arrest   Thanks to @mortemposts for this awesome new image of the octoshark. You can check out more of her horror themed artwork here. (She is also the one responsible for the awesome new podcast logo.) Octoshark drawing from @Mortemposts  

In this episode the guys discuss the horror film Banshee Chapter. Tony says "pandimensional" a lot. Albert discovers the best kids movie ever. Hop in your isolation tank and check it out. Download it now? Linkz: Timothy Leary Isolation tank Ergot poisoning  Prince talks about chemtrails   Food Fight   "True Detective"   Blindsight by Peter Watts    

In this episode Tony drags Al into his childhood once again with sci-fi horror flick Event Horizon. Then the guys discuss unlikely sequels and awesome remakes. Download it now! DO IT! Links: Proposed Gladiator sequel Titanic II (also Albert did a review of this.) The Legend of Hercules Hardcore History: Shield of the West (Dan Carlin on the Battle of Thermopylae) Archer Season Five Sherlock   battle ships in arena

 In this episode the guys discuss Escape from Tomorrow a movie filmed at Disneyland without permission. Later, Tony regales us with tales of living in a marijuana Mecca, and Albert is weirded out by robots.   Links: Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado Gum chewing robot Golf club swinging robot John Henry Happy New Year, Charlie Brown!  

In this episode Al and Tony ring in the new year by remembering the old, and Al tells the story of the worst nightmare ever. Download! Links and Stuff: "Pursuit" by Stephen Dobyns SModcast #259: "The Walrus and the Carpenter" The Wide Carnivorous Sky and other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan Taylor Wilson: Teenage Nuclear Scientist (This guy's life sounds like a ripoff from the Tom Swift books.) "Writing Resolution: 2014 and Beyond" by Chuck Wendig

In this, the last episode of 2013, Al and Tony gush over Krampus: the Yule Lord. Tony tells the story of how this podcast almost didn't happen. Albert is mad about Man of Steel. Download it now! Links to Things: Slice of Life by Ellie Soderstrom The Wide Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John Langan Star Wars: Rogue Squadron AndrOpen Office Common Sense Hardcore History

Al and Tony surf the yule tide with a the greatest Christmas action movie of all time, Die Hard. Albert is foiled in his attempt to spoil The Hobbit for people who have managed to ignore it for over eighty years but now suddenly care for some reason and he is absolutely not still worked up about this at all. Also we answer a bunch of fan questions. Download it Now!   Terry Pratchett's Hogfather Die Hard Game Sega Saturn / NES Tom Bombadil The Hobbit A Dance with Dragons Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies Amish Baby Machine Podcast Krampus: the Yule Lord by Brom  

Expecting by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt It didn't make no sense to me, but Momma said it made the birthing easier, so I did it anyway. I was scared. It was my first time, and I wasn't married. People already talked about my family's strange ways. Then I started showing, and the gossip spread like ripples in a swamp. "Let 'em talk," Momma said. "It don't make no difference. We'll have the last laugh on Judgment Day." Easy for her to say. She didn't have to go to school. She didn't have to see the looks the other girls gave or hear them whispering behind her back. She didn't have to put up with the rude comments of the boys. Like I was some kind of whore. KatieJo thought it was neat. She would. She wanted to talk about it all the time. "What's it like? I want one too, but papa would tan my hide if'n I don't finish school first. Does it kick yet? Will you let me feel it when it kicks?" I tried to explain that it wasn't all roses. I told her about the morning sickness and the weird cravings and waking up e

This week Al and Tony get their drink on with Grabbers, the best people-getting-drunk-to-avoid-being-eaten-by-aliens movie you'll ever see. Albert is excited for Christmas and Godzilla. Tony mocks Florida's "cold" weather. Also, new original fiction!   Download it now!   Links: NoSleep Podcast NoSleep subreddit The Blacklist Brooklyn Nine-Nine Casper Van Dien Godzilla trailer Straight No Chaser Deadpool movie on track (at least so says Ryan Reynolds. I am not holding my breath. I can only hold my breath for like, maybe a minute so...) Krampus: the Yule Lord by Brom (What kind of pretentious weirdo goes around just calling himself Brom? And then the guy has the audacity to write a dark and moving reinterpretation of classic Christmas demigods populated with characters so real you feel like you know them better than you know yourself? Geez, what a poser.)       Disclaimer: While recording this episode Albert opened his big fat mouth about how you couldn't get classic Christmas spec

On this week's episode Al and Tony geek about not-quite-found-footage-film End of Watch. Tony talks about everyone's favourite mayor, Rob Ford. Al tries not to be a racist.   Download the absolutely not-even-a-little-bit-racist awesome now!   Links: Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett  The Collector Series by Chris F. Holm Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett Small Gods by...yeah, him again.

Eric Luke, author of Interference, joins Albert and Tony and talks writing, careers, cool movies, old radio, and much more. Afterwords, Tony and Al get into Queequeg's coffin and talk about The Florida Man. Download it! Subscribe to our RSS feed. Links: Eric Luke's Homepage Eric Luke's Twitter MetaFour Productions Dinosaur vs. the Potty The Florida Man Albert Berg: Slenderman Kickstarter for Noble Beast Classics César Sebastián The Pequod by César Sebastián

This week Al and Tony discuss The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle. Later, Albert becomes a bit unhinged talking about retail and Black Friday.   Download it now!   Links: Plantonric headphones Eric Luke Rob Delaney on Twitter Moby Dick in Space - Noble Beasts Kickstarter Hardcore History Podcast Drabblecast Nightvale Ender's Game Alive Audio Drama The House in Cypress Canyon Quiet Please

This week, the guys go way WAY back to the days when people who weren't hipsters wore cool hats to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's Rope.   Download it now!   Links: Terry Pratchett Alzheimer's Carrie Evil Dead Focus Writer Q10 Empire of the Ants "We can't Stop" Miley Cyrus "Riding Atlas" by Ferret Steinmetz on Pseudopod "Hollow as the World" by Ferret Steinmetz on the Drabblecast Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

This week, the guys review and discuss the incredible podcast audio book by Eric Luke, Interference. Then Albert gets amped up on caffeine and Tony talks about chewing tobacco trauma.   Download it now!   Links: Denver Zombie Crawl The Walking DeadRope on YouTube Interference by Eric LukeX-Men Origins: Wolverine Ender's Game E-cigarette safety studies: No link here, because after some searching it appears that there are a number of conflicting studies about the safety of e-cigarettes. One oft-cited test found that e-cigarettes contained some amounts of carcinogens and other dangerous substances including a "chemical found in antifreeze". It should be noted that the main "chemical found in antifreeze" is alcohol which is a poison in the right formulation and dosage. As we mentioned in the show itself caffeine and nicotine are also technically-poisonous substances that many people partake of every day without apparent injury. We're not qualified to make a judgement call on whether e-cigs are "safe" but we