We’re peering into the present through the cracked lens of the future this week with Susan, Kelly, and Geek Guy Chris. From AI chatbots with too much personality to dystopias where “reality” is a broadcasted spectacle, it’s a soup of sci-fi predictions that hit way too close to home.

Whether it’s Mission Impossible’s rogue AI, the gentle (and totally not creepy) vibes of Her, or the calculating logic of Colossus: The Forbin Project, we’re diving into how film and TV imagined our now—and nailed it a little too well.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Cold Open: No outline, no problem

03:00 – Lilo & Stitch live-action and Ohana culture

06:00 – Recommendations: Duster and Murderbot

12:00 – Future Present: Predictions that came true (or too close)

22:00 – Wealth gaps, dystopia staples, and why Idiocracy is a documentary

33:00 – AI companions and their… emotional side

44:00 – So. Many. Sci-fi. Films.

57:00 – Prepping for the ATX Festival

Is it all depressing? Kinda. But is it a blast? Absolutely.

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We’re bringing Nollywood to your earbuds this week as Susan and Cort take a cinematic trip across the continent to celebrate Africa Day! We curated a rich watchlist featuring African films—from rom-coms and thrillers to revenge flicks and supernatural twists. Plus, we catch up on entertainment news, discuss Final Destination: Bloodlines, and unpack the juicy drama unfolding on Beyond the Gates. (Spoiler: wigs and secrets are flying.)

In This Episode:

[00:01:00] – Final Destination: Bloodlines review + niece trauma

[00:03:00] – Remembering George Wendt

[00:06:00] – Elmo gets fired, but Sesame Street survives… on Netflix

[00:08:00] – Honoring Malcolm X and his legacy on what would’ve been his 100th birthday

[00:10:00] – Murderbot on Apple TV? We’re in.

[00:13:00] – ATX TV Fest: The agony of scheduling

[00:20:00] – Beyond the Gates breakdown: secrets, shady wigs, and soap realness

[00:39:00] – 🎥 Africa Day Watchlist: from Ghanaian weddings to Nigerian thrillers

[00:57:00] – Book rec: My Sister, the Serial Killer

[00:58:00] – Catching up with The Last of Us and what’s next

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We’re back from the wilds of real life and diving straight into the post-apocalyptic drama of The Last of Us! In this episode, the Geek Girl Soup crew gets emotional, philosophical, and maybe a little fungal as we dissect Season 2 up through Episode 5 (“Feel Her Love”). SPOILERS!!!

From Joel’s gut-punch of an exit to the rise of the WLF and those chilling airborne cordyceps, we’ve got thoughts—and plenty of them. We talk revenge quests, moral ambiguity, Jeffrey Wright’s glorious entrance, and what it means to survive in a world where every decision echoes like a gunshot in a subway tunnel.

We also catch up on what we’ve been watching (👋 Conan O’Brien, 👀 Forever), mourn a few cancellations (RIP Found), and celebrate some good news (Beyond the Gates lives on!).

Timestamps:

0:00 – Welcome back and catching up

5:00 – Entertainment news and random recs

28:55 – Cort’s Corner: Beyond the Gates drama

38:00 – The Last of Us deep dive (through S2E5)

1:04:00 – Spores, Scars, and Survivors

1:10:00 – Next week: Movies to celebrate Africa Liberation Day

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