High Tech Low Life Podcast
@hightechlowlife.bsky.social
A cyberpunk media retrospective.
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Shadowrun is political. Because cyberpunk is political. Because Punk is political. Whether or not you want it to be is irrelevant.
#shadowrun #ttrpg #dnd
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Shadowrun is political. Because cyberpunk is political. Because Punk is political. Whether or not you want it to be is irrelevant.
#shadowrun #ttrpg #dnd
(Cont’d 🧵 1/3)
This 1000%. Our podcast will always be political because Cyberpunk is inherently political. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE NAME. If you don't like it start your own Cybercentrist podcast.
This week's episode is covering 3 short films found on this wonderful place we call the internet. Took a real crap shoot picking these before we watched them, but I think it worked out.
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Episode 116 - Three Short Films
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February 11, 2026 at 4:20 PM
This week's episode is covering 3 short films found on this wonderful place we call the internet. Took a real crap shoot picking these before we watched them, but I think it worked out.
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This week we take a moment to focus on the real heroes of our setting: the brave space pirates who make Team Meatbag look downright principled in comparison.
#swn #scifi #podcast #actualplay #ttrpg
#swn #scifi #podcast #actualplay #ttrpg
Ep 253: We're Charming People - Astronomica
This week the camera shifts its focus to another crew. A crew of individuals cast adrift in the brutal Kavacha system, no doubt stranded by some grave catastrophe. Their only goal is survival, t...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This week we take a moment to focus on the real heroes of our setting: the brave space pirates who make Team Meatbag look downright principled in comparison.
#swn #scifi #podcast #actualplay #ttrpg
#swn #scifi #podcast #actualplay #ttrpg
This week's movie may be kind of a drag, but the ep is gonna be great for our SEO. This week Spielberg is back with AI Artificial Intelligence from 2001.
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Episode 115 - AI Artificial Intelligence
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February 4, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This week's movie may be kind of a drag, but the ep is gonna be great for our SEO. This week Spielberg is back with AI Artificial Intelligence from 2001.
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Hey babes, I updated my Kofi tier pricing to be cheaper in hopes of getting more subs this year, check it out if you're interested! This month's theme is sugar x spice 💞💦
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February 2, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Hey babes, I updated my Kofi tier pricing to be cheaper in hopes of getting more subs this year, check it out if you're interested! This month's theme is sugar x spice 💞💦
ko-fi.com/gillyvor/tiers
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This is who runs this account/podcast.
February 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This is who runs this account/podcast.
This week we recap 2025's The Running Man with @babacorva.bsky.social from @astronomicapodcast.com. We may have got a little carried away and stretched it into a 2 parter, the second half of which will come out on Friday. It's not a good movie, folks.
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Episode 113 - The Running Man 2025 Part 1
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January 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This week we recap 2025's The Running Man with @babacorva.bsky.social from @astronomicapodcast.com. We may have got a little carried away and stretched it into a 2 parter, the second half of which will come out on Friday. It's not a good movie, folks.
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Pacific Rim: What if Evangelion was actually kinda dumb?
We're back and ready to punch 2026 in the face... with podcasts. Our first episode of the year is not particularly cyberpunk, but it's got some high tech, it's got some low life, and it's got everyone's favorite Young American who isn't an American: Charlie Hunnam
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Episode 112 - Pacific Rim
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January 23, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Pacific Rim: What if Evangelion was actually kinda dumb?
We're back and ready to punch 2026 in the face... with podcasts. Our first episode of the year is not particularly cyberpunk, but it's got some high tech, it's got some low life, and it's got everyone's favorite Young American who isn't an American: Charlie Hunnam
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Episode 112 - Pacific Rim
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January 21, 2026 at 1:51 PM
We're back and ready to punch 2026 in the face... with podcasts. Our first episode of the year is not particularly cyberpunk, but it's got some high tech, it's got some low life, and it's got everyone's favorite Young American who isn't an American: Charlie Hunnam
open.spotify.com/episode/0QkN...
open.spotify.com/episode/0QkN...
Happy the new year, same as the old year!
This week we recap our favorite stuff from 2025, of which there was, blessedly, a healthy amount. Also, if you start this podcast at exactly 10:26 tonight we will countdown the last seconds of this trash fire.
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This week we recap our favorite stuff from 2025, of which there was, blessedly, a healthy amount. Also, if you start this podcast at exactly 10:26 tonight we will countdown the last seconds of this trash fire.
open.spotify.com/episode/1BWq...
Episode 111 - 2025 Recap
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December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy the new year, same as the old year!
This week we recap our favorite stuff from 2025, of which there was, blessedly, a healthy amount. Also, if you start this podcast at exactly 10:26 tonight we will countdown the last seconds of this trash fire.
open.spotify.com/episode/1BWq...
This week we recap our favorite stuff from 2025, of which there was, blessedly, a healthy amount. Also, if you start this podcast at exactly 10:26 tonight we will countdown the last seconds of this trash fire.
open.spotify.com/episode/1BWq...
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My band has a new track. It’s also our singer/guitarist/ key player’s birthday… So buy the track so we can get him a cake!
whoisthorninmyside.bandcamp.com/track/fallacy
whoisthorninmyside.bandcamp.com/track/fallacy
Fallacy, by thorninmyside
track by thorninmyside
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December 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My band has a new track. It’s also our singer/guitarist/ key player’s birthday… So buy the track so we can get him a cake!
whoisthorninmyside.bandcamp.com/track/fallacy
whoisthorninmyside.bandcamp.com/track/fallacy
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Oh man, I had so much fun with this one. I am now the *official* televised murder games correspondent for the @hightechlowlife.bsky.social and that means I get to explain how the 1987 Schwarzenegger vehicle The Running Man is the Ur text for The Hunger Games in the best way
This week we are joined by Kristen, of @astronomicapodcast.com fame, to deep dive into the original 1987 The Running Man, a movie that really threads the needle between goofy action flick, and topical social commentary.
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Episode 110 - The Running Man 1987
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December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Oh man, I had so much fun with this one. I am now the *official* televised murder games correspondent for the @hightechlowlife.bsky.social and that means I get to explain how the 1987 Schwarzenegger vehicle The Running Man is the Ur text for The Hunger Games in the best way
This week we are joined by Kristen, of @astronomicapodcast.com fame, to deep dive into the original 1987 The Running Man, a movie that really threads the needle between goofy action flick, and topical social commentary.
open.spotify.com/episode/4IlA...
open.spotify.com/episode/4IlA...
Episode 110 - The Running Man 1987
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December 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This week we are joined by Kristen, of @astronomicapodcast.com fame, to deep dive into the original 1987 The Running Man, a movie that really threads the needle between goofy action flick, and topical social commentary.
open.spotify.com/episode/4IlA...
open.spotify.com/episode/4IlA...
The adventures of Robert Policeman continue as we cover Robocop 2. Lot of good and bad in this one, but you can't say it's boring.
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Episode 109 - Robocop 2
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December 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The adventures of Robert Policeman continue as we cover Robocop 2. Lot of good and bad in this one, but you can't say it's boring.
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It's #BandcampFriday, that means if you buy this album today all of the money goes to the artist, no cut taken by Bandcamp themselves. Also fun fact, you can pay more than the album price, and give them a little holiday tip.
This is a beautiful EP from a good friend, check it out!
This is a beautiful EP from a good friend, check it out!
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Happy #BandcampFriday!
I hope you enjoy my latest work, a Christmas EP that sounds like nothing I've done before and hope to do more of in the future!
I thank you all for your support!
#BuyItDontStreamIt
Happy #BandcampFriday!
I hope you enjoy my latest work, a Christmas EP that sounds like nothing I've done before and hope to do more of in the future!
I thank you all for your support!
#BuyItDontStreamIt
Relaxing Christmas Music (for Pets & Humans), by Sean Faust
3 track album
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December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's #BandcampFriday, that means if you buy this album today all of the money goes to the artist, no cut taken by Bandcamp themselves. Also fun fact, you can pay more than the album price, and give them a little holiday tip.
This is a beautiful EP from a good friend, check it out!
This is a beautiful EP from a good friend, check it out!
You love to see it!
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
You love to see it!
Hell yeah!
Spotify Wrapped dropped. Shoutout to @hightechlowlife.bsky.social for making my top five podcasts for two years in a row.
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hell yeah!
Needed another week off folks, but we will be back next week with both the high tech and the low life. Maybe even some middlin' tech and kinda-dickish-but-not-a-bad-guy-when-you-get-to-know-him life.
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Needed another week off folks, but we will be back next week with both the high tech and the low life. Maybe even some middlin' tech and kinda-dickish-but-not-a-bad-guy-when-you-get-to-know-him life.
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One of the reasons that 'right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything' is their quixotic desire to make inherently uncool ideas seem cool. They despise the cultural currency and cachet that a wide variety artists hold and are forever engaged in a futile quest to capture a modicum of cool.
“In her interview with Hearon, Wachowski said that she was unsurprised conservatives have latched onto the film because ‘right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything.’”
Lilly Wachowski Has Learned to “Let Go” of the Right Wing Co-opting Her Work
During an interview with podcaster Caleb Hearon, the ‘Matrix’ codirector talked about conservatives embracing the concept of being “red-pilled”: “This is what fascism does.”
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December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
One of the reasons that 'right-wing ideology appropriates absolutely everything' is their quixotic desire to make inherently uncool ideas seem cool. They despise the cultural currency and cachet that a wide variety artists hold and are forever engaged in a futile quest to capture a modicum of cool.
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I just posted another deep dive on the Bite the Hand BackerKit page! It's all about the one-shot module included in the core rulebook! Give it a read, and consider backing if you haven't already! Funding ends Wednesday night, and we could really use your help!!!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I just posted another deep dive on the Bite the Hand BackerKit page! It's all about the one-shot module included in the core rulebook! Give it a read, and consider backing if you haven't already! Funding ends Wednesday night, and we could really use your help!!!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Hell yeah, my pets and humans need this.
Coming one week from today!
Relaxing Christmas Music
(for Pets & Humans)
3 songs (2 variations on classics and 1 new)!
Available December 5th!
Relaxing Christmas Music
(for Pets & Humans)
3 songs (2 variations on classics and 1 new)!
Available December 5th!
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hell yeah, my pets and humans need this.
Next week we were scheduled to have @spellbookgaming.bsky.social on our show to promote this project, but unfortunately had to cancel. Be sure to check this out and consider backing because the world can always use more cyberpunk.
CROWDFUNDING NOW! Bite the Hand is a cyberpunk TTRPG using Mothership’s Panic Engine to bring a touch of horror to the genre. With dozens of cybernetics and items, the core rulebook contains everything you’ll need to experience tense action at your tables!
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Bite The Hand - a Cyberpunk Panic Engine TTRPG
Bite The Hand is a cyberpunk TTRPG built on Mothership's Panic Engine. The Core Rulebook contains all the information both players and game masters will need. It features a catalogue of cybernetics, w...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Next week we were scheduled to have @spellbookgaming.bsky.social on our show to promote this project, but unfortunately had to cancel. Be sure to check this out and consider backing because the world can always use more cyberpunk.
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As always, it was as much fun to record with these guys as it is to listen to them. And as an added bonus, the latter part of this week's book is decidedly better!
The second half of our recap of The Ten Percent Thief is now up with a fresh intro to cover the big head-line of the past week. Don't blow it by missing this one!
Thanks again @planxconstant.bsky.social for joining us.
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Thanks again @planxconstant.bsky.social for joining us.
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Episode 108 - The Ten Percent Thief Part 2
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November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As always, it was as much fun to record with these guys as it is to listen to them. And as an added bonus, the latter part of this week's book is decidedly better!
The second half of our recap of The Ten Percent Thief is now up with a fresh intro to cover the big head-line of the past week. Don't blow it by missing this one!
Thanks again @planxconstant.bsky.social for joining us.
open.spotify.com/episode/5oSn...
Thanks again @planxconstant.bsky.social for joining us.
open.spotify.com/episode/5oSn...
Episode 108 - The Ten Percent Thief Part 2
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November 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The second half of our recap of The Ten Percent Thief is now up with a fresh intro to cover the big head-line of the past week. Don't blow it by missing this one!
Thanks again @planxconstant.bsky.social for joining us.
open.spotify.com/episode/5oSn...
Thanks again @planxconstant.bsky.social for joining us.
open.spotify.com/episode/5oSn...