Episode 174 - My Awesome Parents

[Mike]

Mike has fun just talking about games and nonsense until, without warning, he turns it all into a rant about politics. But he is quickly saved by Aidan and R2 who help him out with ten brand spankin’ new listener-submitted Pod-O-Matic questions. There’s bug eating and a Trump report, overlooked science fiction and the Pathfinder game, plus another zombie apocalypse and a full recitation of the Jabberwock. All this among other assorted Pod-O-Matic goodness. You’re already happy you’ve chosen to listen to this one. You know you won’t regret it.

Enjoy!

[Cazmonster]

I'm excited. I do have some suggestions for new things in the game. I will update the rules with one basic thing (cow placement) so that putting down cows makes more sense.

[Cazmonster]

PANDORUM is the movie you're talking about and it's great.

When it comes to science fiction movies. I would love to see one where things are actually going well for the folks involved in spite of the challenges. Like a frontier-type movie.

Also - I've heard that Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker got optioned for a movie. I am super happy about that.

[Mike]

Pandorum! THAT'S the movie!

I love that film. I think I've watched it three times. It was just an absolute gem of a movie that I stumbled over by accident.

[Stan]

You've probably eaten bugs in food because of food dye. Many carmine dyes are from cochineal bugs.
Right now, I think the ick factor keeps insect protein from getting to a large enough scale to be cheap - theoretically, it's cheaper as it takes less food to achieve a given amount of protein.