The Dr. Ted Podcast

Dr. Ted explains why there hasn't been a Podcast in over a year, and speculates about his Podcasting future. He tries to keep things upbeat but fails miserably.

Just in time for Halloween, Shayne and I discuss the intersections between Horror and Sci-Fi and the common origins of the two sub-genres. We talk about both fictional and real-life boogeymen, including the incredibly terrifying Curse of the Technical Difficulties that caused us to lose 30 minutes worth of Podcast.

Shayne and I discuss fan expectations in movies and video games. What obligations do creators have to their fans/customers, and conversely, when do fan expectations become unreasonable? Dr. Ted also reviews the creative and bizarre anti-adventure game Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor (SundaeMonth).

Ted goes on a rambly rant-o-thon today, throwing caution (and the script) to the wind. In the absence of any sort of preparation, good sense, or editing, he revisits No Man's Sky (Hello Games) and discusses the recent discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri.

Shayne is back once again to give a post-mortem on the summer blockbusters and not-so-blockbusters. In video games, I rant about Pokemon Go (Niantic) and review the much-anticipated No Man's Sky (Hello Games). And we say our farewells to, and reminisce about, The Tragically Hip and their final performance in Kingston, Ontario.

In today's episode, I welcome Shayne Kempton back on the program to talk about good and bad comic book movies. We discuss what went wrong with Batman vs. Superman, and get excited about the upcoming Captain America: Civil War. We also discuss the toxicity of certain internet denizens directed at a certain upcoming movie with an all-woman main cast, and Shayne has a favour to ask.

In today's episode, I welcome our new robot overlords and talk with Mike Vertolli (http://www.theworldmatrix.ca) about Automation, the Future of Employment, and Basic Income.

In today's episode, I interview local film reviewer Shayne Kempton. We talk about the Oscars, diversity in film, and Shayne's top picks for the best films of 2015, aka The Shaynie Awards. Check out Shayne's blog, The Ottawa Edge at http://ottawaedge.wordpress.com.

Gorkem Guduk returns for a post-Force Awakens discussion, and we talk about some of the games, movies, and TV shows that we've been enjoying lately.

It's the first episode of 2016! Dr. Ted talks about Tabletop Simulator, Nidhogg, vacuum airships, and the end of the universe, and rants about music streaming and bad driving habits in movies.

In what may be his last podcast of 2015, Dr. Ted goes on about spoilers (don't worry, he doesn't reveal any), PixelJunk Shooter, and the brave new world of VR.

It's my first double-interview! Matthew Kelly returns, and I'm also joined by Eric Iacono to talk about science fiction. We have an in-depth discussion about different kinds of science-fiction and cognitive science themes in science-fiction.

Dr. Ted took a bit of a break last week, but he's back with some video game news(ish) and an update on his progress for National Novel Writer's Month (NaNoWriMo).

On today's episode, I sit down with Cognitive Science graduate student and fantasy author Matthew Kelly. We discuss his writing process, world-building, and talk a bit about narratives in video games.

In today's episode, I interview Dr. Jim Davies, Director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory at Carleton University. We talk about his book, Riveted: The Science of Why Jokes Make Us Laugh, Movies Make Us Cry, and Religion Makes Us Feel One With the Universe. We also discuss what makes us empathize with the robots of the Star Wars universe.

It's the Halloween Episode (but not really)! In this episode of the Podcast, Dr. Ted geeks out with his good friend Gorkem Guduk to talk a little bit (actually a lot) about Star Wars. We also discuss games, both video and board, and I revisit the topic of superheroes. There may be some stuff about hilariously bad politicians thrown in there.

In this episode, Dr. Ted gets a bit silly. I do a bit of time travel into the past future without the help of a DeLorean, talk a bit about my preference for video games over board games, and discuss blimps to the Canadian north with my pal Andy O'Hara. Don't miss this jam-packed episode!

Vote for Batman! I talk to my good friend Andy O'Hara about the Canadian election and Andy schools me on superheroes.

In this episode, Dr. Ted goes on about our desire to see familiar locations in video games, rants about gendered toys, and gives a sort-of-but-not-really review of the Martian.

In the first ever episode of the Dr. Ted podcast, I go on about Petrie Island and talk to my good friend Andy about ridesharing.