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Beer and Ray Guns
Beer and Ray Guns is the podcast where two kinda old guys crack open a cold beer and talk sci-fi, a little sci-fact, and try to answer the age old question of our generation: where are the freakin' flyin' cars? Beer and Ray Guns is hosted by Brent Huber and Paul Lagasse.
We continued where we left off with War of the Worlds and more rambling.
Jeff Wayne the War of the Worlds
Brews:
Brent: Leffe Brown Ale
Paul: Paul's Fall Mix beverage
Paul and Brent dive deep into the stories and movies that tell a tale of making First Contact with an extraterrestrial species, but they are remissed as they overlooked a more obvious one. Stay tuned for a sequel.
Brews
Paul: Box O' Wine on top of fridge - Top Box Chardonnay
Brent: Dogtoberfest, Flying Dog
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I know it when I see it? In this special episode, Rob Perry joins us to talk about the intersection of science-fiction and horror. Plus, Brent's internet keeps failing - a horror of science-fiction in itself.
We're talking about aesthetics. Smooth, shiny, bumpy, and it's just not the beer.
Brews
Brent: Vienna Lager, Devils Backbone
Paul: El Rio Imperial Stout, Aslin Beer Co.
What sci-fi stories and movies rely on exploration as the under lying theme... other than Star Trek? We ask that, half answer it and move on to what is happening in the real world - Artemis 1. If everything is a go, it's off to the moon on Monday, August 29 somewhere between 8-10A.
Brews:
Brent - Fat Tire, New Belgium Brewing
Paul - Dragons Milk Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout, New Holland Brewing
With the announcements and release of trailers for upcoming Star Wars stories, we again visit that galaxy far, far, away with our own sequel, or prequel or prequel-sequel or... whatever.
Brews:
Paul: Simpler Times Lager
Brent: Fat Tire, New Belgium
Who are some of the most memorable villains in sci-fi? Are villains villains or do they become villains? We get into the some the things that define some of the most memorable villains in sci-fi.
Brews:
Brent - True Respite | HepCat Hoodie
Paul - "Top of the fridge box wine" | Nighthawk Gold, Buttery Chardonnay
We're laughing out butts off, but not for the usual reasons. This episode we're talking about comedy and humor in sci-fi stories.
Paul's Mentions:
Connie Willis | Bellweather
Reginald Bretnor | Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot (1962)
Brews:
Brent - Stacy's Mom, Evil Genius, Philadelphia, PA
Paul: Dragon's Milk Reserve (2022 Reserve 1), New Holland Brewing, Holland, MI
Join us as we talk how sci-fi tech has and does inspire things in our everyday lives.
This episode is brought you by the letters A and C, as in A (air) and C (conditioning). The official, unofficial, technology of Beer and Ray Guns. ]
Brews:
Paul - For Peet's Sake, DuClaw Brewing, Baltimore Maryland
Brent - 1605 Red, Antietam Brewery, Hagerstown Maryland
We dive into what make a sequel, a prequel and a ... paraquel. Is it story, character, a want or need to finish the adventure? Or some greedy studio or new VFX driving the ...quel bus. Listen.
And we're looking for questions. Hit us up on Twitter or BeerAndRayGuns.com
The Brews
Paul: Dragon's Milk Reserve (2022 Reserve 1), New Holland Brewing
Brent: Hand Hewn, Monument Brewing
Digging deep, deep in to the Rectum of Inspiration we talk cultures in science fiction and how they are represented for us; strange, bipedal, plot devices, or serious thought and imagination.
The Brews
Paul: Simpler Times Lager
Brent: Dogfish 60 Minute IPA
Ok, we're continuing our discussion, sorta - things do tend to get a little off track - on crime and law and order in science fiction. Join us in our spiraling adventure into law and order and plot and character.
Brews:
Brent - Baby Kittens, Fat Orange Cat
Paul - unknown IPA Growler (District East)
So, we started season two with a new segment; our takes on stories published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF). F&FS has been around a long time and for this episode we, once again, talk about a recent story and compare that to something that was published long ago and it seems these lined up, this time, with a theme of crime in sci-fi.
Current:
Prison Colony Optimization Protocols
By Auston Habershaw
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2022
Long Ago:
Joy RideBy William Campbell Gault
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jan. 1953
Brews:
Brent: "Stacy's Mom" Evil Genius Beer
Paul: Box Red Wine
We're kicking back with a cold brew and box full of old sci-fi soundtracks. Join us we talk sci-fi music and the emotions it has, and continues to invoke. Brew not included.
This episodes brews:
Brent: Toasted Lager, Blue Point Brewery
Paul: Simpler Times Lager, Minhas Craft Brewery
Hey. We may be getting old, but we had some cool toys. We take a trip through time to when action figures were cool and G.I. Joe was big and fighting alien cavemen. Grab and brew and join us for this episode of SciFi toys.
Brews:
Brent: Tröegs Haze Charmer
Paul: Rolling Rock
So, we start season two with a new segment; our takes on stories published in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF). F&FS has been around a long time and for this episode, we talk about a recent story and compare that to something that was published long ago.
Current:
Broad Dutty Water: A Sunken Story
By Nalo Hopkinson
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2021
Long Ago:
The Earlier ServiceBy Margaret Irwin
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Dec. 1951
Brews:
"Beer to Drink When It's Cold Outside"
Westbrook Brewing, Mt. Pleasant, SC
So, we take on the big question, what is sci-fi? We might answer it, then we might not have an answer. But it's all about the journey... and good beer and that we have in plenty.
This episodes brews:
Paul: Founders KBS Espresso Stout, Founders Brewing Co.
Brent: Lefthand Brewing Milk Stout, Lefthand Brewing (it's all in the pour).
We crack our brews and stab our wine boxes and wonder what cool tech from sci-fi do we wish we had today. And, as one may imagine, that subject quickly evolves into what sci-fi tech to we really have today that was just a vision in the distant pages of novels and screenplays. Ultimately, we partially answer the question about flying cars and wonder if Brent will ever be able to pronounce "dystopian."
This episodes brews are (cuz y'all asked):
Brent - 1605 Red, Antietam Brewery, Hagerstown, MD
Paul - some wine in box called Fred
How does one get from Carl Sagan to aliens arriving in a Partridge Family bus? Well, just listen as Paul and Brent crack a Hank and a Scottish Ale and begin a disconnected journey of science-fiction authors that have inspired or made impression on them in their youth.
Join us as we have some cold brew and ramble on about starship designs in sci-fi. What's our favorite, what's not. We'll probably take a few detours, but they're important to the rambling.
We talk about what has inspired us from sci-fi. Was it the concepts and beliefs of the great Gene Roddenberry, the bizarre tales of Rod Sterling, or just wanting to have a friggin' phaser.
Crack a cold one and get inspired or... just crack a cold one and listen.
Ah. Yes. If you long for a sweet orange flavor with subtle hints of aluminum, then you remember Tang. The drink of astronauts. It might be better than Gagh - at least it's not moving, but how does it compare to a Roumulan Ale, or Apollo ice cream. Well, crack a cold one and give this a listen as we ramble on about sci-fi food - all compliments of Gerber baby food in a squeeze tube.
In the darkness of space, a lonely hunk of metal drifts silently as the light from distant stars reflecting upon its worn surface and radiating outward, mix with the twinkling glow of hundreds of windows, causing it to shine as a beacon, a place of refuge, to all those lost in the cold abyss. Ehhh, or it's just another piece of space junk.
We're talking sci-fi space stations. The great ones, the real ones, the ones that could really work and the ones that have or should just burn up in the atmosphere.
Crack a cold brew and join us.
We're were digging around in the vault (Amazon Prime) and found some sci-fi TV of our past. They weren't great, but damn - they were cool. Join us as we crack a cold brew and dig into the the ancient shows of UFO and Space 1999.
There's no plan for this episode, as usual. Except the beer.
However, we start with another essay by Issac Asimov that refers to an article in Harpers Magazine in September of 1939 by Bernard Devoto, a literary critic, called "Doom Beyond Jupiter". Mr. Asimov did not seem to take well to Mr. Devoto's opinion of science fiction.
Join us as we begin our journey in to the realm of sci-fi at a point in time where sci-fi began to emerge as a part of our culture.
In this episode we talk old-school sci-fi and how important sci-fi is to our technological advancement, and dive into an essay written by Isaac Asimov that appeared in the April, 1957 issue of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
We also talk a little beer, a little culture, a little sci-fi and probably some rambling that will be completely entertaining.
The complete list of the Magazine of Fantasy and Sci-Fi
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