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.
Episodes
27 episodes
First Contact, Part 2
We continued where we left off with War of the Worlds and more rambling. Jeff Wayne the War of the WorldsBrews:Brent: Leffe
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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39:00
First Contact
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.BrewsP...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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40:09
The Intersection of Horror and SciFi
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.
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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42:13
Aesthetics in SciFi
We're talking about aesthetics. Smooth, shiny, bumpy, and it's just not the beer.BrewsBrent: Vienna Lager, Devils Back...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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31:53
Exploration: Artemis 1 and Space X
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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35:16
Sequel Prequel
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:
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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30:59
Villains of Sci-Fi
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 -
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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38:45
Sci-Fi Comedies and Humor
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 |
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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36:17
The Inspiration of Sci-Fi Tech
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.&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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36:00
Sequels in SciFi ...and Star Wars
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'r...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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42:38
Alien Cultures
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 BrewsPaul: Simpler Time...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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30:24
Sci-Fi Law and Order
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:B...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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32:35
F&SF Takes: Crime in Sci-Fi
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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29:23
Sci-Fi Music
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:
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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33:05
SciFi Toys From Our Youth
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.Br...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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30:15
Fantasy and Sci-Fiction Takes
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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33:52
What is Sci-Fi?
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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33:04
Sci-Fi Tech Here and Now
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 v...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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40:55
Sci-Fi Authors to Movies to Aliens
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 impr...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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43:04
Starship Designs in Sci-Fi
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.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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49:45
Inspiration
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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33:38
Sci-Fi Food
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 ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:49
Space Stations of Sci-Fi
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 plac...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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40:01
Ancient Sci-Fi TV (UFO & Space: 1999)
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. &nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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25:50