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SciFi #81: Directors Series – John Carpenter’s SciFi

The Directors Series with Ryan and Jesse continues with a discussion of John Carpenter’s SciFi movies, focusing on Escape from New York, The Thing, Starman, They Live and Ghosts of Mars. Ryan and Jesse also discuss the merits of CGI vs practical effects. Listen to Jesse’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 mentioned in this episode: https://jessemercury.bandcamp.com/track/episode-21-guardians-2-reaction Follow this week’s guest Ryan Casey on Twitter and check out his bio. Follow Jesse’s post-apocalyptic pal Evan Read more

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SciFi #80: You, Me & the Postapocalypse

Carolynne Wilcox shares opinions on the current wealth of post-apocalyptic SciFi shows including The 100, The Leftovers, The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead. She also discusses her new blog, You, Me & The Postapocalypse. Be sure to follow her on Twitter and check out her website. Jesse’s guest appearance on The Johnny Unicorn Show mentioned in this episode can be found at http://www.johnnyunicorn.com/wordpress1/podcast/episode-18-extremely-jesse-mercury/ Please leave a positive rating and review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scifi-with-jesse-mercury/id1014844182?mt=2 Read more

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SciFi #79: Tales of the Barrowman

First time guest Carolynne Wilcox shares stories of her acting school days with John Barrowman, discusses her lingering crush on the 5th Doctor and her interest in post-apocolyptic tales. Please leave a positive rating and review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scifi-with-jesse-mercury/id1014844182?mt=2 Learn how to support this podcast and the rest of Jesse’s SciFi Project at http://jessemercury.com/support Listen to Jesse’s SciFi synthpop album and podcast catalog at http://jessemercury.com

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Featured Guest: Ryan Casey

Ryan Casey is a writer and performer of comedy in Seattle, WA. He has appeared on a multitude of podcasts, internet radio shows, and even spent an entire year on an FM radio morning show. He moonlights as Episode One Guy on Twitter, a lunatic who loves Phantom Menace more than any other film.  He is a founding member of RadioLARP, a sometimes sci-fi sometimes superhero purportedly entertaining radio play and a regular panelist on SciFi on Trial. Read more

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Featured Guest: Sarah Lehman

 Sarah Lehman is a lifelong SciFi nerd, lover of astronomy and OG Mario super star. She is currently co-writing the upcoming SciFi comedy webseries “Strange Love” with Jesse Mercury. Since moving back to Seattle she has become a mainstay on the podcast, returning frequently to discuss her favorite SciFi. Sarah can be heard in the following episodes: SciFi #40: A Pulsar Map to My Heart SciFi #41: Tre(x) Files SciFi #42: The World is So Read more

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Featured Guest: Jefferson Salamander

Jefferson Salamander is a Seattle based singer/songwriter, event host and karaoke enthusiast. She is currently working on a solo album as well as collaborations with Matt Dalton and Daniel Desrosiers of His Many Colored Fruit. She was Jesse’s very first podcast guest (as Audri Tapia aka Audri the Great) as they began their journey through Star Trek: The Next Generation. They discuss each episode season by season as Jeff watches through Jesse’s favorite show for Read more

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Maybe He’s Born With It, Maybe It’s Lyme Disease (the full story)

Thank you all so much for the support I have received after sharing my Lyme story. On days where it hurts too much to move, it is heartening to know that something positive is coming from my experiences. To make sharing this simpler, I am re-posting both episodes in a single blog entry. Over the course of these two podcast episodes I detail 23 years of diagnostic confusion before discovering Lyme, the difficulty in receiving treatment, the Read more

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SciFi #78: My Stepmother is an Alien

Jesse and Sarah discuss Willow and Oz’s first date and 80s sexism in My Stepmother is an Alien. Please leave a positive rating and review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scifi-with-jesse-mercury/id1014844182?mt=2 Learn how to support this podcast and the rest of Jesse’s SciFi Project at http://jessemercury.com/support Listen to Jesse’s SciFi synthpop album and podcast catalog at http://jessemercury.com

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SciFi #77: Searching for a Star Trek Future

Sarah Lehman joins Jesse for a discussion of guacamole and colloquialisms before tackling click bait and the rise of fake news, while asking whether we can reach a utopian Star Trek future. Visit this link to learn more about Protect Our Tacos, the Planned Parenthood benefit event discussed in this episode. Please leave a positive rating and review on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scifi-with-jesse-mercury/id1014844182?mt=2 Learn how to support this podcast and the rest of Jesse’s SciFi Project at http://jessemercury.com/support Read more

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SciFi #76: Joey in Space

Jesse embarks on a quest to introduce his girlfriend Andi to the world of SciFi, starting with the 1998 reboot of Lost in Space. You can hear more of Jesse and Andi’s conversation (including Andi’s experience singing the national anthem at a major league baseball game) on the premium SciFi Project Podcast, available on Patreon.  

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