Breaking News - Part One

Tyler, Nico, and Ivan recap the short story, "Calm in the Cosmos." Spoilers included. What mysteries lurk in space outside our planet? How will we face our last minutes in life? Questions of both the universe and the mind permeate this story and discussion.

How would people choose to spend their last moments if a death unlike any we could have predicted is suddenly impending? What people do in their last days often defines their entire lives beforehand. Will this be any different?

Tyler, Nico, and Ivan recap the short story "Mind Over Matter." This story was written and narrated by Ivan. Both "Mind Over Matter" episodes were edit by Trevor Fossey. Spoilers included. Can we handle the thoughts of others, if we could experience them as our own? What is subjective vs objective reality?

A new entertainment technology found its way into everyone's homes that people were not ready for. The mind is a powerful thing. What happens when we can wear other people's minds and see a different perspective?

Nico, Tyler, and Ivan recap the short story "Frozen Intervention." Spoilers included. Is Earth as safe as we assume it is from external threats? Are humans more fragile than we think? Weather is changing across our planet these days. What if it wasn't being changed because of anything from Earth?

Many months ago, a strange object appeared between Earth and the Sun, blocking most of humanity from sunlight. Life on Earth has suffered in the cold since, but the conditions for survival are about to change once more.

Being informed about life-changing events is not just about what we learn, but how we come to find out this information. Tyler and Ivan recap the short story "Breaking News." Spoilers included. Trends in media and information distribution we see today started long before current events started taking place. 1938, to be exact. Don't always believe what other people have to say.

Regularly-scheduled programming is interrupted to bring listeners important news as the situation unfolds into an event that may likely change people's lives forever. The year is 1998.