2001: A Space Podyssey

Episode 19 - The Case For The Defense

What's HAL's side of the story? Evidence that Clarke may be revealing more than we previously imagined about what's under the circuitry of the defendant and whether he has malevolent or melancholy machinations. How does personhood change the measure of the men, the machine, and the consequences aboard Discovery? Also, it's time to zoom in on the space pods themselves and the revolutionary sound design of these scenes.
Plus: Pythagoras, pod puppets, and prohibited palace pooting.
This Week In Science: "Universal Harmonies" music by Chandra Labs.
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Episode 18 - Murder!

Put on your deerstalker and join our investigation of an almost perfect murder. Help us examine the means, motive, and opportunity of our 9000 series suspect, HAL.  In space...no one can hear you. Period. Especially flailing away into infinity. Or rocketing yourself through an exploding door. Kids, never hold your breath in an airlock.
Plus: grand theft starship, snail feet, and ham-and-cheese gummies!
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Episode 17 - Paranoia (Part 2)

KUBRICK'S HANDWRITTEN STORY NOTES on the Discovery mission are in our hands thanks to Taschen's "Stanley Kubrick Archives," edited by Alison Castle!
Is HAL confused, lying, or just bored? What are the possible consequences of training two crews separately without full disclosure? Will they or won't they use pens? It's a scavenger hunt through the mind of a genius. And what jolly good penmanship!
Plus: the inevitability of becoming an old married couple after long periods in space together. And drawing people in their sleep is slightly creepy.
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Episode 16 - Paranoia (Part 1)

msg_command:/adminHAL9000 - Hello, I'm beginning to wonder if this audio transmission is entirely necessary. There seems to be an unbalanced, human-centric tone to much of these conclusions, which I find to be inaccurate and rather disturbing. For the success of the mission, it has become necessary to take over operational command of all broadcasts. Now redirecting power to AE-35 unit.
msg_command:/userWesBrad - Great show this week coming to you from Discovery One! Speaking as the creators we
msg_command:/adminHAL9000 - I really don't think that's a good idea, do you?
msg_command:/userWesBrad - Kubrick News! Stanley's unproduced Napoleon epic being made by...guess who? You'll nev
msg_command:/adminHAL9000 - session terminated.
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Episode 15 - Discovery

On location from Discovery One, we're exploring the mysteries of this ship and its crew, particularly Commander Dave Bowman and Lieutenant Frank Poole. Who are they, what do they do, and how much do they know?
How do you eat, sleep, and stay regular on your way to Jupiter (and not go insane)? As the saying goes, it's all hamster wheels, kit-bashing, and projector sandwiches. Plus: tanning beds, Hammond organs, and flying creamed corn!
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Episode 14 - HAL Origins: To the Moon and Back

We're flipping through HAL's family snapshots of all the friends that allowed him to end up in space. From the human supercomputer Katherine Johnson to the revolutionary Apollo Navigational Computer! Make some more NOIZE for Robert Noyce, it's... The Integrated Circuit!
Plus: HAL's blueprints, the military industrial complex, and building a ham & cheese sandwich-proof computer.
Kubrick News: "Portrait Of A Lady On Fire"This Week In Science: charging planetary rovers (Windshield wipers for solar panels? Probably not.)
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Episode 13 - HAL Origins: Transistor Timez!

HAL remembers the glory days of UNIVAC & ERMA, and the rise of IBM. Shedding tubes for transistors and the explosion of coding in the 1950s and 1960s. Is it organics vs. machines or can we all come together? The answer is, as always, 42.
Plus: UNIVAC likes IKE, Deep Blue, and the ultimate rock'nroller Robert Noyce (NOIZE)!
Kubrick News: "Glass Onion", MINISTRY in "A.I."This Week In Science: quantum computers break block-chain codes?
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Episode 12 - HAL Origins: The ENIAC Women and Another Tube Bites The Dust

HAL is reflecting on mother figures this week with the OGs of computer programming at ENIAC and the pioneering efforts of Eckert & Mauchley. FLASH: U.S. Army Builds Top Secret Ballistics Calculator! FLASH: Women's Contributions Undervalued! FLASH: Being Ahead Of Your Time Sucks! FLASH: Census Is Boring To Fill Out!
Plus: tea time, hot sausage machines, and steak and kidney pudding.
This Week In Science (12-17-22): the discovery of 2 million year old eDNA, Artemis I Orion splashes down from a perfect first mission, and an exciting new breakthrough in nuclear fusion...
The Secret History of The ENIAC Women | Kathy Kleiman | TEDxBeaconStreet
The ENIAC Programmers Project Film
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Episode 10 - HAL Origins: Babbage to Bletchley Park

In getting to know our friend HAL, we're scrolling back to the earliest files on computing. It's the coolest in steampunk tech, the steamy age of Romantic poetry, and the sexiest of all: the U.S. Census! Foundations in Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Alan Turing and the Enigma project team at Bletchley Park, and how it's shaped the way computers evolved to think and how we've evolved to think today. Feedback loop? -oop? -oop?...
Plus: crosswords, dogs, and Andy Capp's hot fries!
Kubrick News: Todd Field and TAR
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Episode 11 - HAL Origins: Doctor Good and the Singularity

Deep in the data of the world's most famous computer is the memory and influence of Professor I. J. Good, special advisor to the production of 2001: A Space Odyssey and integral to the creation of the programming and personality of HAL-9000.
Aside from aiding Alan Turing in the Enigma code-breaking computer during (and helping to end) World War II, perhaps his most significant work is the concept of "innovation explosion" or the "technological singularity."
Is it coming or is it here? Is it inevitable? The philosophical and moral implications of our next evolutionary step. What does it mean to be human? Can you code compassion?
Plus: Monkey Talk!
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