Posted by billsimmon on 28 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: housekeeping
…sports? Yes, Emily and I are canceling this week’s show so we can watch the US face off against Brazil in the Confederations Cup final in South Africa on Sunday afternoon. We’d TiVo the game but match results keep getting spoiled for us so we’re going to watch it live. We’ll be back next week with an all new PSFR. See you then!
Posted by billsimmon on 23 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
My pre-show notes got nuked in a computer crash this week so I can’t copy them here, but we talked about Iran (of course) and conservative (or rather, neo-conservative) complaints about how the President is handling the situation here in the US. We discussed the recent SCOTUS decision regarding DNA testing for prisoners, and Steve defended the Obama administration against *some* of the attacks coming at it from the left in general and the gay community in particular, but he did not defend them on DADT, which he agrees they’re wrong on.
We talked about Let the Right One In, Kings, John Hodgman’s appearance at the TV and radio correspondants’ dinner and the return of True Blood, among other genre topics. Enjoy…
Original air date: 6/21/09
Total run time: 1:59:58
File size: 54.9 MB
Posted by billsimmon on 17 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
The Iranian elections lead the week and an all-star Stupid People Saying Stupid Things ends it. In between we talk about all sorts of stuff. Here are my pre-show notes…
Tron
Kings
True Blood back tonight
top 10 ways to provoke a geek argument
top 10 science films
top 10 existential films of all time
Moon!
boy hit my meteorite - what suerpowers did he get?
futurama - 5th season
y the last man - no shia labouf
whedon interview
Iran!
WH angle on Iran
James von Brun holocaust attack
Rush stupidity
achmed ghailani - bin laden’s bodyguard in NYC (sky still up)
WH to back down on bringing Gitmo detainees to US
Sotomayor hearings to begin July 13
Mark Kirk in China
N Korea and UN security council update
SPSST
Original air date: 6/14/09
Total run time: 1:58:50
File size: 54.4 MB
Posted by billsimmon on 08 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
This episode marks the inaugural edition of a new regular feature on PSFR: Stupid People Saying Stupid Things (featuring an intro jingle by PSFR resident maestro, XJ3!). See if you can guess who Steve and Bill will vote for in this week’s 4-way race for stupidest thing uttered by a stupid person.
It was also our first week reviewing a SF DVD we’d we’d agreed ahead of time to watch, and Emily, Bill and the chatters agreed that The Man Who Fell to Earth was really, really awful. Steve was spared it’s awfulness. We’re watching Tron this week (which Bill has never seen!), in case you’d like to follow along at home.
Bill’s pre-show notes follow below…
psfr 071
the man who fell to earth (ugh)
Land of the Lost (meh)
reboot list
firfely tease
virtuality
lost statue
blade runner web series - ridley scott revisiting his best franchises?
10 greatest SF comedies
10 best nerd tv still running & worth watching
Kings back next weekend
Priveval is BAD
Steve 1/2 done with Y the last man
best unemployment month since sept.
Cairo
sotomayor
manuel miranda leading opposition
John Mchugh - sec. of Army nominee - 5th rep. to join administration
will left rebel?
NH gay marriage
n. korea - bill kristol said something stupid
Liz Cheney on TV all the time - 22 appearances in 24 days
Stupid People nominees
1. rick santorum - date night
2. michael goldfarb - suggests obama speaks arabic
3. sarah palin - econ 101
4. jim inhofe - obama unamerican
wikipedia!
Original air date: 6/7/09
Total run time: 1:59:22
File size: 54.6 MB
Posted by billsimmon on 02 Jun 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
This week the PSFR crew welcomed blogger Danielle Belton from The Black Snob on the air to discuss her recent piece in The American Prospect called Blacks in Space. Danielle’s interview takes place in the 2nd half hour of the show.
SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor was the big story this week. The rest of my show notes follow, verbatim…
Terminator wars
new Alien movie
Buckaroo Banzai TV show (again?)
Buffy movie sans Joss - WTF?
Pushing Daisies back to end its run
Up
brothers bloom
Night at the Smithsonian
Blacks in Space
how to lie about books
Firefly
Summer Glau on Dollhouse?
Sonia Sotomayor
David Petreaus
N. Korea being bad
Gitmo
Obama car dealer conspiracy
prop 8 - California state supreme court ruling
Original air date: 5/31/09
Total run time: 1:59:35
File size: 54.8 MB
Posted by billsimmon on 27 May 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
It’s a light week for SF stuff despite the opening of the new Terminator film, which nobody in the crew had seen yet (look for our review next Sunday). Here are my pre-show notes, verbatim..
SF
True Blood coming back 6/14
Terminator mixed reviews - 34%
What’s with all the T2 love?
Time travel rules
V upfront
trek and verisimilitude
Wrap up cancellation discussion
Fringe character not coming back.
Politics
Speeches - cheney v. obama!
talk emily down
gitmo vote
mancow - waterboard thing
SCOTUS nominee this week
stupid people saying stupid things: steele edition
Gay marriage DC
Liberty University college dems
speed reader story
Original air date: 5/24/09
Total run time 1:57:29
File size: 53.8 MB
Posted by billsimmon on 20 May 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
By the Sons of Warvan, you must listen to the entire podcast to grok its title. So there!
Here are my pre-show notes, verbatim…
dollhouse renewed!
LOST season finale - out with a bang
fate of TTSCC, Chuck up in the air.
NRO crazy Star Trek rant
“New Foundation” nod to Asimov
Angels and Demons
Grapthar’s Hammer
Bad things O is doing on civil liberties
Pelosi nonsense
John Huntsman new ambasador to China
notre dame speech today - pro choice catholics mad
new foundation
bill donahue demanded disclaimer
florida - crist running for senate
Original air date: 5/17/09
Total run time: 1:57:36
File size: 53.8 MB
Posted by billsimmon on 17 May 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
[Apologies for the late posting of this episode.]
Star Trek! OMG!
Oh, and there’s some politics and the Dollhouse season finale. And Star Trek!!!
Original air date: 5/10/09
Total run time: 1:59:32
File size: 54.7 MB
Posted by billsimmon on 15 May 2009 | Tagged as: housekeeping
We did record episode 67 on Sunday 5/10, but I’ve been off from work this week and my “staycation” has been so busy I haven’t found the time to upload it (also, being at work gives me access to machines that speed up the process). I’m going to try and get it up BEFORE the new show on Sunday.
I know it sucks to hear PSFR any more than a few days after it’s recorded because much of what we discuss is topical, but you’ll really want to hear this one because we talk all about the new Trek film. So stay tuned!
Posted by billsimmon on 05 May 2009 | Tagged as: episodes
The GOP’s continuing shrinkage problem is a focus on this week’s PSFR as Senator Specter switches parties and moderate Republicans are feeling increasingly like they’re being left out in the cold. David Souter, Steve’s favorite sitting SCOTUS judge, is stepping down, presenting President Obama with his first Supreme Court vacancy. Also, Chuck’s season ended and the season’s penultimate Dollhouse episode generated some interesting discussions. LOST is still awesome and Michelle Bachman is still a loon.
Star Trek opens this week! W00t!
Original air date: 5/3/09
Total run time: 1:57:00
File size 53.6 MB
