Hosts In The Shell
The podcast where Jon Richter and Matt Adcock, writers and cyberpunk fans, discuss the genre's greatest works, as well as interviewing other cyberpunk creators.
Episodes
41 episodes
Larry Kuperman from Nightdive Studios talks System Shock, science fiction, and the art of video game preservation
Jon and Matt are joined by Larry Kuperman, Director of Business Development at the brilliant Nightdive Studios, to discuss how their remakes and remasters play a crucial role in video game preservation. His account of the trials and tribulation...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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59:01
Gareth L Powell talks William Gibson's Burning Chrome and other influences
Those cybernetically augmented oddballs are back, and this time they're honoured to be joined by fantastic and award-winning science fiction writer Gareth L Powell! Gareth talks about his work, his new publishing imprint, and influences includi...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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53:34
Iain M Banks
Jon and Matt gush about one of their all-time favourite writers, including his many novels about the utopian Culture, erm, culture, as well as his other standalone books, into each of which Iain M Banks packed more ideas than most writers manag...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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56:12
Demolition Man (with Matthew A Goodwin)
What's our boggle? We'll tell you! Today, the Hosts are joined in this episode by Matthew A Goodwin, award-winning cyberpunk and science fiction writer, to discuss one of the greatest (and most underrated?) action blockbusters of the nineties: ...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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57:56
Red Dwarf
In their latest game of 'is it really cyberpunk though?', the Hosts are treating themselves to a fun and nostalgic chat about beloved space-slob comedy series, Red Dwarf! Tune in for random recollections of classic episodes, and some questionab...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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52:35
Cowboy Bebop with Killtopia creator Dave Cook
One of the show's running gags is how many famed works of fiction co-Host Jon hasn't actually seen... for today's episode, featuring brilliant writer and Killtopia creator Dave Cook, co-Host Matt stapled Jon's eyeballs open and forced him to wa...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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57:59
Fallout
The boys test the definition of cyberpunk once again, but who'd begrudge them a chance to enthuse about one of their all-time favourite gaming franchises, as well as the planet-obliteratingly successful Amazon Prime series?? Tune in to listen t...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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55:51
Audio extract from Scarred by co-Host Jon Richter
A little bonus episode for you in the form of co-Host Jon reading an excerpt from his latest novel, Scarred. As a fantasy epic, it isn't strictly cyberpunk... or is it??If this floats your boat (or hovercar, or rickety grafted-together ...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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4:46
The Peripheral (with Tim Standish)
The Hosts are back, and this time they're... hosting! Specifically Tim Standish, a returning guest from season one and a brilliant writer of (Edwardian) cyberpunk. Tim last featured in our episode discussing the works of William Gibson, so who ...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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1:03:53
Pluto
The boys are back!!! Season 2 kicks off with your favourite high-tech lowlifes discussing Netflix's brilliant anime adaptation of Naoki Urasawa and Takahashi Nagasaki's manga series, Pluto. Find out why Jon was reduced to tears (and no, it wasn...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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40:49
Hosts' big night out! (Plus Fanatical's Cyberpunk Dystopia Bundle)
We're still recharging our graphene cobalt lithium mecha-batteries between seasons, but wanted to bring you a fun little episode recorded live and in person for the first time! Matt and Jon meet to drink beers and shoot the cyber-shit about Cha...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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34:15
Audio trailer for DARK FICTION by Jon Richter
Okay, so it isn't strictly cyberpunk (although a couple of the tales definitely count!) but co-Host Jon hopes you don't mind him sharing the audio trailer for his new short horror fiction collection, DARK FICTION.This huge anthology fea...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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3:39
Bonus episode! Neo Cyberpunk: Volume 3 trailer
Wait, what?? I thought the Hosts were on hiatus... we are, but we've been thawed out and dragged from our stasis tanks for a special bit of promo for the recently-released third volume of the Neo Cyberpunk collection!We're both extremel...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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22:32
Cyberpunk 2077 (season finale!)
Well there you have it! After a fantastic year, the Hosts are off on holiday (Matt's heading to Neo Tokyo while Jon fancied a trip to Delta City), leaving you with a long-awaited episode about CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077... find out which o...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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55:17
Judge Dredd (vs Dredd!)
It's the penultimate episode of the Hosts' first series, so we thought we'd try something a bit different; for the first time we're welcoming TWO guests (a returning - and still ace - Jim Keen, alongside the equally brilliant cyberpunk writer L...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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43:33
Christmas special: best cyberpunk of 2022!!!
You've all been very good children this year, so cyber-Santa has a special treat for you: the Hosts are having a crack at a shambolic award ceremony!! A crew of returning guests share their well wishes and their votes for best cyberpunk release...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:01:35
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
After months of pathetic excuses for not playing Cyberpunk 2077 yet, Jon has been forced at mantis-blade-point by Matt to whet his appetite with Studio Trigger's 2022 spinoff anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Spoiler alert: it's good!!
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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41:11
Cyberpunk body horror
It's a bit late for Halloween, but that didn't stop the boys getting dark and disturbing in this episode about CYBERPUNK BODY HORROR!! Brilliant writer, Japanophile, livewire and cyberpunk encyclopedia Brent Millis joins the show to discuss cla...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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51:03
Cyberpunk Day special!!!
Break out the cyber-champagne and the, errr, nanotech party poppers, because it's time for the CYBERPUNK DAY festivities to commence!!! In honour of 2022's celebration of all things cyberpunk, the Hosts thought they'd take the opportunity to se...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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53:38
Minority Report
It's yet another adaptation of a Philip K Dick masterwork, this time (The) Minority Report, which was blockbusterized in 2002 and is beloved by many, including brilliant and extremely likeable cyberpunk writer Frasier Armitage! Tune in to hear ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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59:02
Quake
Jon's stretching the definition of cyberpunk to breaking point, but it's all for a good reason, because in this episode the Hosts get to talk about one of the greatest and most influential first-person shooters of all time with one of the great...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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47:38
Neuromancer, the Sprawl Trilogy, & William Gibson
It had to happen... the Hosts finally tackle arguably the biggest cyberpunk work of all time, Neuromancer, along with its genre-defining creator whose shadow looms terrifyingly large across a Matrix of his making!! Thankfully their prayers to t...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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43:16
Cyberpunk (and psychedelic) music with Kavus Torabi of The Utopia Strong!
After a chance encounter at a recent comic book event, the Hosts are delighted to welcome multi-talented musical genius Kavus Torabi to the show, who was kind enough to take time out of his massively busy schedule (where he fronts or performs i...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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43:14
The Terminator
This week the boys are joined by disturbingly brilliant horror writer and Schwarzenegger super-fan Zoe-Lee O'Farrell to discuss the terrifying sci-fi/horror mash-up that is the original Terminator... and to attempt to rank it alongside the rest...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:02:43
Avalon: bonus episode mashup with the L0wl1f3 podcast!!
Imagine if Doctor Frankenstein had had access to cyberpunk technology... the sinister monstrosity he created would have been about 10% as shambolic and disturbing as this very special mash-up episode!! We had a brilliant time chatting to the fa...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:39:23