Podcastica Episode 366: The Beast Below or Save the Space Whales

About this episode

John and Taylor discuss the episode 'The Beast Below' and its themes of trauma and memory.

The Beast Below first aired 16 years and a few days ago! If you listen closely in this episode, you can hear John and Taylor recount how old they were when this episode first aired. It's a teeny bit traumatic. However, it's not as traumatic as zapping the brain of a space whale so that it keeps carrying your entire country (but metal!) around on its back while you all choose to periodically learn the horrible truth and then choose to forget it all. That's really traumatic!

People in this episode

Hosts: John, Taylor

Topics covered

• tv
• film
• science fiction
• nostalgia
• space

Keywords

• The Beast Below
• space whale
• trauma
• memory
• horrible truth

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Beast Below, Save the Space Whales

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