Mike Jones is back! We’re asking the big questions: did the Bicentennial Man have sex? Can holograms have children? Who killed Laura Palmer? Does the theology of The Book of Job seem kind of… monstrous? Also: our experiences with de-personalization and de-realization (DP/DR), The Matrix, religion, and spirituality. Then we get nerdy comparing magic systems in fiction. Good times.
Cussin’ and swears alert! Nerd alert! Controversy alert! Hot takes alert! You have been alerted. Alert over.
Oh. The podcast recommendations part was recorded before that Noah Levine stuff came out. Please don’t be mad. We’re bummed too.
Want to tell us how wrong we are about everything? Another magic system we need to check out? Any DP/DR experiences you want to share? Do we need to check ourselves before we wreck ourselves? Email us at itsnoworneverpodcast@gmail.com.
Media Referenced
- The Ship of Theseus
- Bicentennial Man
- Star Trek: Voyager
- That ’70s Show
- Disney’s Aladdin
- Twilight
- Twin Peaks
- Monster cereals (we forgot Yummy Mummy!)
- The Good Place
- The Book of Job
- The Matrix
- The Matrix Online
- Against the Stream (podcast)
- Deconstructing Yourself (podcast)
- Destiny
- Lord of the Rings
- Harry Potter
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Nine Princes in Amber
- Final Fantasy XV
- Discword by Terry Pratchett
- The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Aleister Crowley generally, Book IV specifically
Music
- “1982” by Black Ant (CC BY 3.0)
- “Coconut Robot2” by James Pants (CC BY 3.0)
- “Fater Lee” Black Ant (CC BY 3.0)
- “Remember Trees?” by Chris Zabriskie (CC BY 4.0)
- “August” by Black Ant (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- “Alien Wasteland” by Scott Holmes (CC BY 4.0)
- “I Used to Need the Violence” by Chris Zabriskie (CC BY 4.0)
- “Suits” by Glass Boy (CC BY-ND 3.0)
- “Unfortunately” by Glass Boy (CC BY-ND 3.0)
- “Lies Rise” by Cullah (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- “Sleep Seeds” by Graham Bole (CC BY 4.0)
Audio Assets
- Cinematic Bass Boom by CosmicEmbers (CC BY 3.0)
- 060102fmParBassLickNoteC3 by starpause (CC BY 3.0)
- JM_FX_Matrix Sound 01 by Julien Matthey (CC0 1.0)
- Wind Chime, Gamelan Gong A by InspectorJ (CC BY 3.0)
- Coffee_Pour_4-7s by stereostory (CC BY 3.0)
- Mess_room_sounds by ivolipa (CC0 1.0)
- Sip – man by 14G_Panska_Kaminkova_A (CC0 1.0)
- Choir in church agnus dei by klankbeeld (CC BY 3.0)
- “The Pentagram” by Aleister Crowley, Public Domain recording
- Lightning by Taira Komori (CC BY 3.0)