Boston SciFi Presents
Exploring sci-fi, fantasy and speculative films through the lens of imagination & imagery.
Episodes
37 episodes
Podcast: UIVERSAL MEMORIES: The Films of Philip K Dick
Memory implants, replicants, alternative realities, and fake reality - these are some of the elements that make stories by Philip K Dick resonant decades after his death, and what makes them fodder for 'high concept' Hollywood films. Join autho...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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49:27
Alien Probes & Other Visitations, A Boston Sci-Fi Presents Podcast
Visitors from another world are a relatively recent theme in movies that started in the 50s. Since then we have all sorts of illegal immigrants from genial neighbors to human eating nasties. Please join us as Simon Foster, Festival Director of ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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47:43
MODERN CHARACTER ACTORS, Part 1, A Boston SciFi Presents Podcast
You see their faces in movies and on TV. You hear their voices in animation, but you never quite know who they are. Listen in as film directors Hope Madden and David Giancola join MC Garen Daly as they try and define what a character actor is i...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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45:05
TO SERVE MAN: Good Robots in Movies, a Boston SciFI Presents Podcast
Humans make them and use them. They can be safe, clunky contraptions or svelte streamline bodies, but they are designed to make our lives better. And in the process we imbue them with our emotions and sometimes are neurosis. TO SERVE MAN looks ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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49:09
The Body Horrific: A Boston SciFi Presents Podcast
There's horror and then there is BODY HORROR Listen in as film critic Alexis den Boggende and Broke Horror Fan creator Alex DiVincenzo explains;ain the difference. featuring Cronenberg' The Fly, The Human Centipede, Re-Animator, John Carpenter'...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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49:15
Danger Ahead: On Harlan Ellison with Nat Segaloff, A Boston SciFi Podcast
May 27, 2024 would have been Harlan Ellison's 90th birthday. To appreciate this seminal writer, Boston SciFi talks with noted author Nat Segaloff on his book A LIT FUSE and his relationship with Harlan. We talk #StarTrek, #ScoobyDoo, #Out...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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43:49
Summer Movie Preview 2024: A Boston SciFi Presents Podcast
The Hollywood pundits are holding their breath as studios release films this summer of 2024. We're in the post-Covid period. Hollywood is just coming out of production delays from the various strikes and a lot is riding on whether or not audien...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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59:55
Bad Bots: A Boston SciFI Podcast
As humans, sinister robots have been around since the days of Edison. We see them in the malfunctioning Yul Brenner of WESTWORLD, or the single-minded killing machine of THE TERMINATOR, or Alicia Vikander's AI powered humanoid in EX...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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47:11
SciFi Messiahs: A Boston SciFi Podcast
They challenge the powers that be. They lead revolutions. And the score big at the box office. Often these films come in blockbusters like #DUNE, #STARWARS and more. Sometimes they come in smaller, sharply focused films ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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46:16
Meet the Film Directors of SF49 - Documentarians
Lisa Downs & David Weiner are documentary filmmakers specializing in genre films and the 1980s. Lisa produces and directs the LIFE AFTER SERIES, specifically LIFE AFTER THE NAVIGATOR & LIFE AFTER THE NEVERENDING STORY. David's docs are ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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45:36
Inside the Cyberpunk Sweethearts Ball
The 49th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival kicks off on Valentine's Day with the Cyberpunk Sweethearts Ball celebrating love in an AI world. Event Director Jackie Kern joins cyberpunk maven and DJ Sir Richard with a behind the scenes look at...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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29:46
Inside the MARATHON A BostonSciFi Presents Podcast
It's the original binge view, now in its 49th year. 24 hours of cinematic overload featuring science fiction films. Listen as the organizers explain how they program and create this one of a kind event. They will be unveiling this year's lineup...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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44:32
It's Not Such A Wonderful, Christmas, A Boston SciFi Presents podcast
Santa isn't always naughty 'n nice. Sometimes he's something entirely different. Sometimes, he takes on a certain vengeful guise in Nakatomi Tower. Sometimes his naughty streak gets downright nasty, Tune in as Boston SciFi Presents a holiday sp...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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53:37
Godzilla God of Destruction, A Boston SciFi Presents Podcast
Since 1954, Godzilla, nee Gojira, has been a cautionary tale about humanity's hubris and the consequences of war. Godzilla has evolved, morphed, trivialized and seems to be returning to its base Kaiju form. In this Boston SciFi Presents p...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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44:32
Stoner Films
Kick back. Take a long slow toke and hold it, while Boston SciFi takes a close eye to stoner films. From REEFER MADNESS to the BIG LEBOWSKI, we'll ride the arc of fear all the way to laid back coolness. We talk film, but also the political, cul...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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52:13
ATOMIC BOMBS ON FILM
Prometheus was a Titan who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humanity. Ever since then, humans have grappled with the ambivalence of technological advancement and the sometimes inherent destructiveness of that which was create...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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48:13
The Golden Age of Slashers! A Boston SciFi Presents Podcast
Something happened to movies in the 1980s. There was a sudden spate of cheaply made, sometimes poorly acted films centered around bloody deaths. The slasher movie hit the screen and it struck deep into our collective psyche. Here to read the en...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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48:43
Boston Sci-Fi Presents: DRIVE-IN MOVIES
Boston SciFi's latest video podcast is up! We're talking DRIVE-IN MOVIES with film director David Giancola and festival programmer Melissa Starker. On the menu is Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gator Bait, Night of the Living Dead, P...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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47:56
Going Ape! A Boston SciFi Presents Podcast
From King Kong in 1933 to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, films have used simians as stand-ins for racism, colonialism and even lawyers. Please join film review Erin Underwood and Boston Hassle critic Oscar Goff as they look at the evolutionary...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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46:20
RELEASE THE KRAKEN! A Boston SciFi Presents Podcast
Sea Monsters have been with us since humans began venturing out into unknown waters. These denizen of the deep are known to have devoured sailors. They can be revenge seeking creatures of destruction. Comely maidens have been sacrificed t...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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46:27
THE POLARIZING LENS from Boston SciFi Presents
With Erin Underwood & Nat Segaloff, Boston SciFi Presents THE POLARIZING LENS, a smart conversation on how the cancel culture is affecting films. Using some older films as touchstones, our guests explore our current obsession with political...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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53:00
Summer SciFi Movie Preview
A lot is riding on this summer’s box office. Hollywood is expecting its best season since the pandemic ended, but will the films live up to the expectations. Joining host Garen Daly are Alexis den Boggende and Oscar Goff from The Boston Hassle....
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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44:40
S3, e1: Boston SciFi Presents: Beyond the Hype - Overrated SciFi
They won an Oscar, but now when we re-see them we wonder, what were we thinking? Certain films win acclaim only to become forgotten or dismissed because they didn't age well or simply fell out of favor. Today's podcast looks Wizard of Oz, Ghost...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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45:40
Boston SciFi Presents SF48 Film Festival Highlights
America's oldest genre film festival is just about ready to launch. Join the conversation between Garen Daly, the festival director, Alex Mekos, head of video production at the festival and Perry Persoff, marathon MC & gamemeister talk abou...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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40:32
Boston SciFi Presents - The 'Thon, part 2
Traveling back in time for love. Traveling forward in time to save the past.. Having memory implants to change who you are. These are the themes discussed in this installment of Boston SciFi Presents and they are the themes in four movies scree...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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41:51