In a world where time travel is real - We skip back to the beginning and tune into these innocent weirdos who thought they'd have the stamina to make a podcast every week.

Ep 31 - The Forgotten Vault

What would happen to the world if just one simple element of science or society was altered? Each week a 'new world rule' is imposed on the earth and these two podcasts try to figure out what it would change and would we like it (while sipping on some of earth finest/ cheapest alcoholic beverages).

*Note: if you are listening to these episode for the first time please be aware that since this aired we have gone up in the world and we now have an actual real microphone. If the sound annoys you then you can listen to our sound progression through each episode or skip to the end and listen to our clear, sultry tones. Thanks for joining us *

Ep 01 - All Hail 'The Betters'

This week we are talking about a world where it is always cold. What would the currency be? Would people be funnier? Did people in Iceland wear their friends leg skin after they died? (Yes , we go to some weird places in this podcast). 


Dystopia, Utopia or Midopia...what do you think?

Ep 02 - You Could Wear Your Friends

When you need to get dressed up into crazy costumes it surely is the best time to record a podcast?  It's a bonkers episode where we discuss material politics, why Kermit is a jerk and how no should let their friend live in a trash can.

Ep 03 -  Did The Goblins Touch You?

This week we delve into the world of Arthur C Clarke where aliens have made us feel like jerks on trains, screwed up office politics and forced us to try and remember 'The Golden Rule'. 

Nerd Notes: 
* Arthur C Clarke's 'Childhood's End' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood%27s_End

Where  in the world are we? 
* Email : Drinksanddystopia@hotmail.com
* Website: www.drinksanddystopia.com
* Instagram : @doodlezilla_ 
* Twitter: @drinks_dystopia

Ep04 - The Tears of a Generation

This week we are thinking about the serious, deep questions. What would happen if we knew a meteor would hit the earth in ten years time? What is a meteor? Why is Mary Poppins so bad to live with and Lee's worrisome plan to keep his space discoveries to himself. 

*Note - we bought a beautiful new microphone. The beautiful new microphone decided to break before we even used it. A new one is on its way. Microphones belong in a dystopian universe*

What do you think ? Dystopia, Utopia or Midopia? 

Email us: 

Drinksanddystopia@hotmail.com

Ep 05 - He'd Eat The Loch Ness Monster

This week we discuss a world with babies in bags, evil dictators and a great world for indecisive people. 

Mentions: 
* Tania mentions a short story where this is the story line... that book is Profession by Isaac Asimov 
* Munchkins aren't real 
* Running Man  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Running_Man_(1987_film)
* You have to be 30 in Logan's Run to get kicked out of the world. 


Where in the world can you find us: 
Website: www,drinksanddystopia.blogspot.com
Twitter: @drinks_dystopia
Email: drinksanddystopia@hotmail.com

Ep 06 - Now Who's Redundant

A heated discussion about 'Butter Beer', mouth breathing, pirate chefs and Lee's dream world. 

 What do you think? Dystopia, Utopia or Midopia? 

Email us any questions, backtracks or tips on how to talk less nonsense: 

drinksanddystopia@hotmail.com


Thanks for listening.

Ep 07 - Get Away From My Air

These weirdos are back and ready to attack the big questions. Unfortunately this special is a little late, mainly because us nincompoops forgot to take our laptop traveling with us so here is a special ep where Lee takes the reigns. 


We discuss whether Men would be good at being pregnant, would you eat babies if they were delicious and should Lee ever be allowed to be in control again. I feel the answer is a big yes. He is definitely a secret host.


What do you think....Dystopia, Midopia or Utopia? 


Send us your questions to : 

drinksanddystopia@hotmail.com


and the first person to message us with what Christmas reference we are using to name our homemade 'George Failey's' will win a prize...probably a lot of kudos and a customised drawing  but we will see. 


Happy New Year everyone. Let's make 2018 a good'un.

Ep 08 - I Punch Lined All Over It - The Lee Special

This week we are looking at our first non-fictional world and flexing our brain boxes. This weeks rule is from a haunting episode of Black Mirror and something that is actually already happening in China. We take a look at what that could mean and what could happen because of it. We have our thinking hats on this week. Be warned that they don't get much use so they are a little dusty.

What do you think? Dystopia, Midtopia or Utopia? 

We LOVE having our minds changed so please let us know and email us if you have any questions, queries or points to share.

Links mentioned in the ep: 

Wired article on Zhima credit: https://www.wired.com/story/age-of-social-credit/ 

Cloned Monkeys: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42809445

Black Mirror 'Nosedive' : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive

Notes: I mention that China use a payment system called 'Airpay' but it is actually called 'Alipay'.

Ep 10 - Dirty Mirror

This week we have our first guest star. Lee's brother Alex is visiting us and helps us decide if you would want to live forever in a computer, as well as helping us decide if we are real to begin with. We also talk monkey babies, grape filters and pod people. 

Backtracks: 

. Creature Feature - Lee's monkey experiment may actually be fake monkey news. It is a widely known story but not a proven real occurrence (as far as we can tell) This is great news because  it's horrid experiment. Don't worry, I'll make him do a shot for this mistake in next weeks backtrack corner. 

. For some reason Tania found this episode hilarious. Please ignore her cackling during the recording.

Send us a Tweet: @Drinks_Dystopia
Send us an Email: DrinksandDystopia@hotmail.com

Ep 11 - You'd Be The Monkey That Stood On Its Baby - With Special Guest

This week we sneak into a world that Douglas Adams would feel very at home in. Tania becomes convinced that money can buy you happiness and that luck is real. Lee tries to talk some sense into her. We are confused , yet quite upbeat in this weeks episode. Tell us what you think. Does luck already exist in the world? Would the world be better if we could give out luck? Can you survive this podcast if you drink every time we say the word 'luck'....probably not. 

Utopia, midtopia or dystopia? 

Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below or emailing us :
Drinksanddystopia@hotmail.com

See you next week you lovely people

Ep 12 - The Luck Paradox

What if we really were all created equal? A perfect world or an excuse to get a facial tattoo? We also talk about the benefits of being a hobbit, animal side kicks and sexy ants.

What do you think would happen if everyone looked the exact same? Would you like it? Who would you want the world to look like ?

Ep 13 - The Sprout Conundrum

This week we talk about the new Netflix film 'Bright'. We were both really excited to watch this film and to see what a movie could do with the concept of 'Lord of the Rings' brought into the modern world. It's safe to say that we were disappointed. So this week we try our hands at world building. We discuss if it's racist to ride a centaur, slugs with faces and hippy elves. What did you think of the movie? Is there anything we missed or overlooked? How do you guys think this world could have been created differently?


Is the world we created a Dystopia, Midtopia or Utopia?

Mentions: 
* Done Disappeared - Comedy Crime Podcast http://podbay.fm/show/1301190222

* Show Me The Meaning - Film Podcast  https://soundcloud.com/wisecrackmovies

* Bright - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5519340/

* David Ayer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ayer

* Changelings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling

Ep 14 - Not So Bright

This week we talk about A.I and what we should do when a computer passes the Turing Test. Will we use it for good or evil? Will it want to take over or will it become a stand up comic ? Lee brings up some interesting points and Tania drinks a lot of wine. What do you think? What will A.I be used for and will it want to destroy all humans? 


Dystopia, Utopia or Midtopia? You decide.


Mentions: 

* Alan Turing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

* Thom Jones Twitch Channel: Cereal Arsonist -https://www.twitch.tv/cerealarsonisttm

Ep 15 - Bionic Bigotry

We're back and this week we are talking about Sci Fi mom's, pooping wombats and pounds being replaced by seconds. We decide if we'd want to be immortal and I teach Lee a new word. 


This weeks show idea comes to us from Thom Jones ( Cereal Arsonist - https://www.twitch.tv/cerealarsonisttm) 


What do you think about this weeks world? Dystopia , Midtopia or Utopia? 



Things mentioned this week: 

 

J.R.R. Tolkien Quote: 
"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author."

Ep 16 - The Black Minute Market

This week we try to salvage an episode that was two thirds deleted, we talk far too much about Kevin Bacon and discuss if having to look at yourself in the mirror determines your moral values. 

 

Things we mention: 

* He-man Insurance Ads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PgTjhx1VLw

* Muppet Babies Aren't For You - Article
http://www.toughpigs.com/muppet-babies-4-kids/

* Books you should all read - Rendezvous With Rama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama

* Hollow Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow_Man

* Death Note
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note

* Kevin Bacon (In case you some how don't know who Kevin Bacon is)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Bacon

Ep 17 - Eggsistential Crisis - The Almost Lost Episode

This week we discuss an idea Kirk and Ender had a hard time with. We talk politics, make rude sci fi  puns and get interrupted by cookies. 

What do you think about this weeks episode? Would you want to live there because we aren't sure. 



Mentioned this week: 

* Star Trek - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon

* Nichie - http://www.wisecrack.co/shows/wisecrackedition/the-philosophy-of-rick-and-morty/

Ep 18 - The Implication

This week Lee is in charge. We discuss living in a world where we are forced to feel nothing. We reveal childhood secrets, discuss the difference between emotions and sensations, and ask the important question...do geckos have willies? 


Thank you to Lee's friend and listener Dwayne for this weeks 'New World Rule'. If anyone has any burning questions or suggestions let us know and we will take your idea, ruin it and make you wish you'd never suggested it. 


Have a great week everyone.

Ep 19 - Do Geckos Have Willies ? - A Lee Special

This week we explore what a world would look like if dogs evolved to be all powerful. We decide if dogs have arms, how they'd wear trousers and if it would be a Mad Max dystopia or a beautiful futuristic Utopia. 


What do you think? Utopia, Dystopia or Midtopia? 


Mentions: 

* Isle of Dogs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Dogs_(film)

* The Maze - Wisecrack Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/wisecrackwestworld

* Bojack Horseman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoJack_Horseman

Ep 20 - The World of Woof

This week I mess with Lee's head and ask him to question virtual morality. We discuss cyborg arms, the best ships of Sci fi and disappointed 99th level wizards. What do you guys think? If we spent all of our time in the virtual world, would our morals cross over? 

 

Dystopia, Midtopia or Utopoia? 

 

References mentioned:  

Ready_Player_One - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One

Ep 21 - Don't Tell My Wizard What To Do

This week we discuss a world where animals can tell us their darkest secrets. Lee decides that dogs are excellent judges of character and we both are baffled by science....no changes there then.

Ep 22 - What The Fluff

This week we try to work out what it would be like to live in a world with a curfew and decide the ridiculous reasons for why that might happen. Lee has some horrible ideas about what happens when the lights go out and Tania wants to rebel by holding plays in the park. A weird short episode from two weird people.

Ep 23 - The 'Lit' World

Hello, we've been away for a while but we are back and this week Lee is in  charge. He is pondering Matrioshka brain's, Dyson spheres and diamond filled skies. I do my best to be devil's advocate. 

We have a special guest this week, Ryan Case from Seattle who poses our fantastic mini question. 

What do you think? What would happen when we need more fuel than the earth could provide? Dystopia, Utopia or Midtopia?

Ep 24 - A Boat Load Of Sky Diamonds

This week we have a special guest, Will Robson . We talk about living in games, living as a line in the 2d world and how we'd live if we had a hyper loop. 

Dystopia, Midtopia or Utopia. What do you think?

Will Robson - Instagram @_willrobson

Ep 25 - The Pong

Hello you lovely lot. This week we think about a world where all humans have tails. It was suggested by my brother and boy did we run wild with the ideas (and puns). 

What do you think? Would you want a tail and if you did have one , which animals tail would you want? 

Dystopia, Utopia or Midtopia...what do you think?

Ep 26 - A Tail To Remember

We are back and this week we delve deep into the nerdy world of Star Trek and Star Wars. If Jedi roamed the lands how would the world change? Who is your favourite captain? What job would you want on the Enterprise? 

I hope you are all having a lovely week. 

If you have any questions, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you :)

Ep 27 - Riddled with Jedi

AHOY AHOY! Welcome to season 2 of Drinks and Dystopia. 

*Warning - this week's episode has spoilers for End Game * 

This week we are disagreeing about prophecies and talking about the world after Thanos's dusted return. Would insurance pay out for the dusted, would the world now know that talking raccoon's are real and many other questions. Utopia, midtopia or dystopia? 


We have an exciting new editor who is helping us update more regularly.So hopefully we should air another episode in two weeks time. 

Our editor can be found here: 
instagram: @samthingstrange

Where you can find us: 

Website: www.drinksanddystopia.blogspot.com
Twitter: @drinks_dystopia

Ep 28 - The Dusted

This week Lee and Tania discuss the most under-rated movies, IQ tests and the possibility that Danny Devito is the real smart one in Twins.

Thank you to Samantha Vincent , our fab editor and Craig Vincent for this weeks idea. 

If you have any suggestions or backtracks, please let us know. 

Where in the world can you find us: 
* Twitter - @Drinks_Dystopia
* Website - www.drinkanddystopia.blogspot.com
* Instagram - @doodlezilla_
Our Editor:
* instagram - @SamthingStrange

Ep 29 - It's Exactly The Same

Hello! 
Since we are living in an actual Dystopia we thought instead of looking at what might happen during a dystopia we'd discuss what might happen after this is all over. 
We decided to try and look at the brighter side of things. 

We wanted to mention that we know a lot of horrible things are happening in the world at the moment but since we are locked inside and our specialty is normally Dystopias - that looking towards a Utopia for a change might be more helpful to put out into the world.

We hope everyone is staying safe and staying home. Thank you to anyone who has to keep working through this time so that we can all leave our houses sooner, so that people can recover and get better and so that Lee and I can make lazy podcasts. Our hearts go out to anyone who has lost someone or is sick. We hope you know you are loved and not alone through all of this. 

Thank you as always to our Sound Engineer and Editor - Samantha Vincent - https://www.instagram.com/samthingstrange/

Ep 30 - Post-Pandemic Meerkats

A podcast where two Welsh weirdos discuss what would happen if science fiction was science fact...while science drunk

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