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Binary System Podcast
Formerly known as The Night Vale Recap, we now present The Binary System Podcast. Twins Kathryn Adams and Elizabeth Wallace bring you recaps of Welcome To Night Vale, and geek out about any shiny thing that distracts them.
Episodes
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Binary System Podcast #529 – Better Call Saul season 4 episode 2
Wow. Not sure if the whole entire world shares our opinion on this. But they should, because Rhea Seahorn was robbed of an Emmy for this week’s episode…
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Binary System Podcast #528 – WTNV #296 “Emergency Alerts” and Better Call Saul
On this week’s Night Vale recap, the city has installed a brand new Emergency Broadcast Text Alert System and Cecil is NOT THREATENED AT ALL NO SIR NOT A…
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Binary System Podcast #527 – Better Call Saul, Season 3 Finale
Oh boy. People who have already seen the whole Better Call Saul series have probably been waiting for our reaction to this episode. People who haven’t…
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Binary System Podcast #526 – WTNV #295 “The Book of Dale” and Better Call Saul
On this week’s Night Vale recap, Harrison Kip’s god Dale has written a book and the Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home…
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Binary System Podcast #525 Backrooms (again) and Better Call Saul
Okay, yes, we know we’ve already talked about the movie Backrooms in a previous episode. But we just watched the video “Everything Must Go”…
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Binary System Podcast #524 – WTNV #294 “Revelations”, and Better Call Saul
On this week’s Night Vale recap, modern-day Cecil is back with some divine revelations from a god with a super underwhelming name. (Also the trees are…
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Binary System Podcast #523 – The Invisible Man (2020)
Special guest star Hannah Wallace was visiting the East Coast branch of Binary System Podcast this week, and to celebrate we watched a movie together, just…
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Binary System Podcast #522 – WTNV #293 “The Boys (1946), Better Call Saul, and Nope
On this week’s Night Vale recap the radio station is still being run by the late Leonard “Gone But Still Talking” Burton because Cecil is…
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Binary System Podcast #521 – Hugo Awards, Better Call Saul, and In Memoriam
Yes yes, we know we said we’d have an episode of Welcome to Night Vale to recap this week, but in our defense we are BAD AT COUNTING, and we won’t…
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Binary System Podcast #520 – The final two episodes of Beastars
It’s finally here, the last two episodes of the very last season of Beastars and……okay, we’re not gonna lie, it’s not great…
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Binary System Podcast #519 – WTNV #292 “Collectibles (1999)” and Beastars
It’s another flashback episode as Leonard Burton tries to distract us from the fact that Cecil is still missing. This week’s trip to the archives…
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Binary System Podcast #518 – Beastars and Better Call Saul
On this week’s recap of Beastars season 3 episode 21 (…yes 21, we doublechecked this time it really is 21…) we ask the important questions…
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Binary System Podcast #517 – WTNV #291 “Mall Madness (1987)” and Beastars
Welcome To Night Vale is back from hiatus! To celebrate (and to cover for the fact that Cecil is missing) guest radio host Leonard Burton is sharing an episode…
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Binary System Podcast #516 – GalaxyCon, San Diego Comic-Con, and Beastars
Last weekend Binary System went to ALL THE CONVENTIONS. Well, two of them. But they were big ones! This week we’re recapping GalaxyCon in Raleigh and…
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Binary System Podcast #515 – Beastars, and Preview to The Odyssey and Comic-Con!
This week’s recap of Beastars features multiple instances of the word “weird”. Look, we know this is a fantasy show, and it doesn’t pay…
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Binary System Podcast #514 – Beastars, and RIP Sam Neill
Our plan tonight was to recap episode 17 of the final season of Beastars (you call THAT a “disguise”, Louis? Really?? Also, we’re really…
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Binary System Podcast #513 – Beastars, Godzilla Minus One, and The Amazing Digital Circus
Yes, we know we said on the previous episode that we would have a Welcome to Night Vale recap this week. But there wasn’t a new episode posted, because…
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Binary System Podcast #513 – Beastars, Godzilla Minus One, and The Amazing Digital Circus
Yes, we know we said on the previous episode that we would have a Welcome to Night Vale recap this week. But there wasn’t a new episode posted, because…
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Binary System Podcast #512 – The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (with ALL the spoilers)
It’s been a wild ride for the Binary System Podcast team as we binged The Amazing Digital Circus over the last two and a half months. Kudos to everyone…
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Binary System Podcast #511 – Backrooms, and WTNV #290 “A Solution”
We’re so glad we actually went to see Backrooms while it was still in the theater, partly because it’s exactly the kind of horror movie we like…
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Binary System Podcast #510 Pluribus Episode 9, Season Finale
What do you know, we actually managed to finish watching a season of TV less than six months late! And wow, what a season. Pluribus has had some amazing…
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Binary System Podcast #509 – WTNV #289 “The Collection Plate” and Pluribus Episode 8
On this week’s Night Vale recap, Jalen is being awfully understanding about being in jail for a murder his dead doppelganger (probably) committed. But a…
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Binary System Podcast #508 – WTNV #288 “Doubles Anonymous” and Pluribus Episode 7
The investigation into the murder of Marcus Vanston is moving ahead at breakneck speed. And for this week only, Cecil’s covering the latest developments…
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Binary System Podcast #507 – The Amazing Digital Circus episodes 6, 7 and 8
If we had to recap the last three episodes of The Amazing Digital Circus VERY quickly, we’d say episode 6 is delightfully violent, episode 7 is a kick in…
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Binary System Podcast #506 – WTNV #286 “Hey, Does Anyone Hear That Sound Behind The Sky?” and The Amazing Digital Circus
“Does anyone hear that sound behind the sky?” (Get used to hearing that question if you listen to this week’s Welcome To Night Vale, because…
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Binary System Podcast #505 – New York 2026, and the Amazing Digital Circus
It took ten years, but both the East Coast and West Coast branches of the podcast got to meet up in Manhattan once again for a weekend of museums, comic book…
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Binary System Podcast #504 – Pluribus episode 6
We’ve really got to hand it to the creators of Pluribus. This episode took a dark turn; the Hive Mind may be the vanguard of an alien invasion…
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Binary System Podcast #503 – WTNV #285 “Our Ice Cream Truck of Infinite Sorrows”, and Pluribus
On this week’s Night Vale recap, when the creepy ice cream truck appeared we thought it was one of those awful stories about creepy ice cream guys preying on…
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Binary System Podcast #502 – Pluribus episode 4
This week Pluribus continues to break our hearts while also expanding on the impossible situation Carol finds herself in. There are some hard choices made and…
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Binary System Podcast #501 – WTNV #285 “April Fools”, Beastars, and The Amazing Digital Circus
On this week’s Night Vale recap we spend a lot of time wondering why April Fools has to be so freaking MEAN. Scaring people, embarrassing people, setting…
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Binary System Podcast #500 – Still No Plan!
We never actually pictured getting here, but Binary System Podcast has recorded five hundred episodes! (More or less. Minus some text-only episodes. And of…
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Binary System Podcast #499 – Pluribus episode 3
On this week’s Pluribus recap, episode three starts with Carol stuck in the memory of one more time when she didn’t try harder to make Helen happy…
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Binary System Podcast #498 – WTNV #284 “Harrison Kip’s Twilight Gospel Hour”
Cecil and Night Vale Radio both get a break this week (aside from a couple of Station ID’s and a long list of “supporters”). Instead, we hear…
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Binary System Podcast #497 – Pluribus episodes 1 and 2
Friend of the Podcast Hannah has been after us for a bit to give Pluribus a shot and after watching the first two episodes WE DEFINITELY GET THE APPEAL. This…
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Binary System Podcast #496 – WTNV #283 “Work From Home”
A sandstorm in Night Vale means low visibility, accidental mudslides, and murderous doppelgängers roaming the streets. But it also means Cecil and Carlos can…
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Binary System Podcast #495 – KPop Demon Hunters, and everything we’re not watching
Wonder of all wonders, we actually watched what we said we were going to watch, and before the Oscars too! KPop Demon Hunters is gorgeous, funny, and powerful…
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Binary System Podcast #494 – WTNV #282 “Antler Cove”
The investigation into the murder of Marcus Vanston is on the back burner this week, because Cecil is laser-focused on a very important issue. It doesn’t…
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Binary System Podcast #493 – Transformers One
It only took us a year this time (year and a half, tops) but we finally watched Transformers One. And you know what? We have no excuses for why it took us this…
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Binary System Podcast #492 – WTNV #281 “Witnesses”
This week in Night Vale, Dana Cardinal’s investigation into the murder of Marcus Vanston is finally making progress: a witness has come forward! Actually…
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Binary System Podcast #491 – Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover
It’s a good thing Kathryn watched the Star Trek Strange New Worlds/Lower Decks crossover this week, mostly because now we can talk about how awesome it…
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Binary System Podcast #490 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
“Hee. Moriarty throwing a paper airplane at a very angsty Hawkeye. I’ll be in my bunk.” Yay, we actually watched something we planned to…
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Binary System Podcast #489 – Star Trek: Lower Decks, the final two episodes
The last two episodes of the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks had everything: fantastic stunt casting, a squad of Harry Kims, mountains of technobabble…
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Binary System Podcast #488 – Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 Finale
It’s finally here! Four years of gang wars and prison riots, backroom deals and family ties, unbreakable loyalty and horrific betrayal, and it all brings…
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Binary System Podcast #487 – 2022’s Christmas musical “Spirited.”
Happy New Year everybody! Hope your holiday is fun and your 2026 better than you hoped! This week we’re sitting down with special guest Hannah Wallace to…
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Binary System Podcast #486 – Mayor of Kingstown season 4 episode 9 “Teeth and Tissue”
Okay you guys, this is a really weird episode to drop on a holiday: the latest chapter of Mayor of Kingstown (possibly the second-to-last episode ever?)…
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A Conversation about Night Vale, and Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 episode 8 “Belleville”
So a scheduling snafu meant we couldn’t record a recap this week, but we COULD have Messenger conversation about season 4 episode 8 of Mayor of Kingstown…
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Binary System Podcast #485 – Mayor of Kingstown and Star Trek: Lower Decks
This week’s episode of Mayor of Kingstown was slightly less stressful than last week’s, but everyone is still in a hell of a lot of peril. There…
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Binary System Podcast #484 – WTNV #279 “J’Accuse!”, and Mayor of Kingstown
On this week’s Night Vale recap, Cecil and Dana are still trying to figure out who in town has murdered two people (that we know of.) (And we’re…
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Binary System Podcast #483 – Mayor of Kingstown and Star Trek: Lower Decks
The theme of this week’s episode of Mayor of Kingstown is paranoia. Is Frank Moses playing a long game and setting Bunny up for failure? Is the Warden…
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Binary System Podcast #482 – WTNV #278 “How to Solve a Murder”, and Mayor of Kingstown
On this week’s Night Vale recap THERE’S BEEN A MURDER. It’s the same murder we heard about last week, but as Cecil points out it’s…
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Binary System Podcast #481 – Mayor of Kingstown and Star Trek: Lower Decks
This week we’re recapping episode 3 of the last season of Mayor of Kingstown, where pretty much everything is spiraling out of Mike’s control…
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Binary System Podcast #480 – WTNV #277 “The Big Game”, and Mayor of Kingstown
This week’s Night Vale is the kind of murder mystery that can only happen in this weird little town, with dead angels, no suspects, surprise bats, and an…
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Binary System Podcast #479 – We watched Heretic (and Mayor of Kingstown)
In our continuing series “Elizabeth And Kathryn Watch Things That Are Less Than A Year Old”, this week we watched 2024’s Heretic (came out…
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Binary System Podcast #478 – WTNV #276 “The Big Game”, Wednesday, and random horror
It’s a short episode this week because we decided we weren’t going to spoil the ending of Night Vale’s latest episode: it’s such a…
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Binary System Podcast #477 – We watched Sinners
Yep, you read that right. This week in complete defiance of our usual routine we made a plan – watch Sinners – and then we actually followed the…
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Binary System Podcast #476 – WTNV #275 “Date Night”, Lower Decks, and Wednesday
On this week’s Welcome to Night Vale episode Cecil is determined to tell you all about his date night at this awesome little bee-filled restaurant, but…
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Binary System Podcast #475 – WTNV #274 “The HOA”
There’s a new Homeowners’ Association trying to muscle its way into Night Vale, and the residents of the Desert Grove neighborhood have a lot of…
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Binary System Podcast #474 – Robert Redford and “The Sting.”
It’s a travel edition this week, featuring the return of special guest Hannah Wallace! Listen in as we discuss (accompanied by tree frogs and crickets)…
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Binary System Podcast #473 – WTNV #273 “Horror Recs”
As longtime Welcome To Night Vale fans and two people who love horror movies and are always accepting recommendations (with some terms and conditions*), the…
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Binary System Podcast #472 – Star Trek: Lower Decks and Wednesday season 2 premiere
“We’re not talking Uncanny Valley, we’re talking Uncanny Grand Canyon.” In this week’s Star Trek: Lower Decks recap we discuss…