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We Love Dick: A Philip K. Dick Podcast

Join Wa and Foot on their quest to read through all 124 Philip K. Dick short stories. Tangents, foul language, and overly personal anecdotes are expected.
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Mar 20, 2024

We have seen Dune 2 and will discuss shortly. In the meantime, enjoy the story of Benny Cemoli -- a non-existant cult leader invented by the omniscient, mechanical New York Times. We compare the lengths of pneumatic tubes, erotic fanfic manuscripts, and ChatGPT's influence.

Sweet jams and production by Cary Daniels:
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Oct 18, 2023

We're back to fulfill a listener request from Rumi J! Under discussion in this episode: the mind/body problem, transcending existential dread through ultimate frisbee, and Foot's hatred for Terrence Malick.

As always, music and production by the illustrious Cary Daniels:

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Jul 23, 2023

If you had to travel 2000 years into the past, what knowledge would you use to dominate the ancient world?

If you met a time-traveling repairman of 2043's most lucrative gadget, what question would you ask him?

If you gave an ipad to a medival peasant, how long would it take him to find porn?

Join us for thrilling exploration of these questions and more.

 

As always, music and production by the Mighty Cary Daniels:

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Mar 22, 2023

We're back to talk about the mechanics of backwards-time, hate on Christopher Nolan, and ask hypothetical questions about immortality. 

SWABBLES!

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Oct 24, 2022

We welcomed Producer Cary on the microphone for the first time to talk about Stargate. We talk about the wilhelm scream, 5th avenue candy bars, and ask what Ra was doing all that time before our heroes showed up.


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Oct 1, 2022

You know what it is. Part 2 of A Scanner Darkly

We talk about the back half of the novel and a bit about the movie.

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Sep 4, 2022

The wld dudes and dudette are back to deliver the big D - Substance D. In this discussion, we dive into the dark underbelly of down under California and disagree on the depths of drug addition, describe the development of McD's and discover youtube datura trips.

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Jul 26, 2022

To celebrate its 40th anniversary, we're talking about John Carpenter's THE THING and its source material Who Goes There?

We talk the mechanics of absorption, the effectiveness of the animal blood serum tests, who got turned first, and the coolness of Kurt Russell. (Dorsa - this is for you<3)

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May 17, 2022

As promised, we read John le CarrĂ©'s 355 page spy novel. We speculate on what's real, how difficult it is to seduce people, if  it's pulp or not, and the 2011 adaptation.

 

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Apr 13, 2022
Momma E is back to talk about precognition, time travel, and Big Noodle.   Email us at welovedickpodcast@gmail.com

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Mar 25, 2022

The second bonus episode! We're ostensibly discussing HBO Max's newish Sci-Fi show, but we mostly spend the time praising our king, Ridley Scott, and try to figure out what went wrong with everything that followed the first two episodes.

 

**Spoiler alert**

we spoil everything.

 

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Nov 30, 2021

For 1.5 hours, we talk about how sick Dune was.

Nov 14, 2021

In this week's episode we read Dick's 1953 story FAIR GAME. We talk about the history of math and science, the Junior Olympics, credulity and the Jude Law classic - Enemy at the Gates.

 

Foot's thing: 1979 erotic historical drama Caligula

Wa's thing: DUNE

Production by Cary!

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Oct 14, 2021

In this episode we delve into the mechanics of pod people replacement, Patrick Stewart's career, relating to your kids via sports facts, and Space Jam 2.

 

Foot's thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito_Coast_(film)

Wa's thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred_Thousand_Kingdoms

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Jun 12, 2021

We're Back!

 

In this episode we discuss the power of nostalgia, the rules of board games, and leaving society behind to live an examined life.

 

 

Apr 18, 2020

In this episode: keeping animals alive at sea, ego-less creatures, and addiction.

Listen to the Dennis's neanderthal voice

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Aug 21, 2018

Living up to our biweekly schedule, we're back with another Electric Dreams episode.  This time, we discuss The Impossible Planet from 1953 - which is currently tied with "Strange Memories of Death" for 'Most Depressing Story'.

We discuss sexy old ladies, the street value of our bodies, and Truth.

 

Intro / Outro: Two Lone Swordsmen - Kist

 

Watch Tom Cruise break his leg

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Feb 11, 2017

WLD welcomes it's fourth guest, Myrrh, to the show to discuss one of Dick's earliest stories. We touch on the mechanics of adjustment, the Mandela effect, and Disneyland. 

 

Intro: Red Elk - Anywhere America

 

Outro: Perturbator - Death Squad

Oct 19, 2015

Wa and Foot discuss another PKD story: Holy Quarrel.  First published in May of 1966.  Discussed this week: AI, fears of death and the infinite, philosophical bullshit, good movies where people talk to machines.

Intro: Mega Drive - Mainframe

Outro: Macross 82-99 - Fun Tonight

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