Sci-Fi Happy Hour

Episode 058. (00:45) TV Series: “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners” Season One Revisited. (15:15) Web Series: One Person, Two Weeks, Zero Crew: The AI Short Film Boom. (45:15) The Essence of Acting, particularly with AI Actors. Hosts Share Their Own Ideas for a Story to Make As an AI Short.
 
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#cyberpunkedgerunners #edgerunners #cyberpunk2077 #studiotrigger #hiroyukiimaishi #netflix #anime #nightcity #aifilm #aishortfilm #runwayml #aifestival #primordialsoup #darrenaronofsky #googledeepmind #veo #ssffasia #psydiver #sora #openai #kling #seedance #aitools #tillynorwood #halloween #scifi #sciencefiction #webseries #tvseries
 
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Episode 057. Special Halloween Edition! Guest Sacha Smith – Filmmaker/Director/Producer/Actor. (02:46) The Origins: Were Vampires and Werewolves Ever More Than Monsters? (19:08) Immortality, Transformation & the Price of Being Different. If you could live forever but had to give up one essential part of being human, what would you sacrifice? Is the vampire's hunger comparable to addiction—or is that comparison too simple? (31:08) Sci-Fi Happy Hour Playhouse: Niece of Young Frankenstein.
Sacha Smith is an award-winning filmmaker, director, producer, and actor with a passion for bold, character-driven storytelling. A founder of ANTIDOTE Digital, she is grateful to have built a career doing what she loves while championing inclusive voices both on and off screen. An active industry advocate, speaker, and Emeritus Board Member of the Alliance of Women Directors, Sacha is a strong believer in community, mentorship, and industry education. She has spoken at notable universities, including Syracuse and Drexel, and participated in panels and industry events at Cine Gear and various film festivals, alongside organizations and companies such as Canon, Panavision, and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/sachamsmith/
#halloween #halloweengames #samhain #harvest #solstice #scifibooks #horror #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #sachamsmith #autumn #vampyre #vampires #lycans #lycanthrope #werewolf #wherewolf #therewolf #halloweencandy #youngfrankenstein #frankenstein #nosferatu #mule #fritz #chocolate #pralines #chocolates #marzipan #marzipanswan #banjo #wolfsbane #aconite #hotcocoa #cacao
 
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Episode 056. (00:39) Film: “Klara and the Sun.” Can Taika Waititi Make the Audience Care About a Robot? Jenna Ortega plays Klara, a solar-powered robot designed to provide companionship and support to the humans she serves, alongside Amy Adams, Natasha Lyonne and Steve Buscemi. (20:34) The Great Robot Companion Myth. (27:54) Star Wars Droids and How They’re Treated - the Parsing of Slaves and Servants. (39:09) Video Games: Star Wars Galactic Racer and End of Abyss.
 
#halloween #halloweengames #samhain #harvest #games #videogames #consolegames #pcgames #klaraandthesun #scifibooks #horror #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #horrorbooks #sciencefictionbooks #fantasybooks #taikawaititi #autumn #dahviwaller #kazuoishiguro #1xtechnologies #neohomerobot #neo #robotfriend #robotuprising
 
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Episode 055. (00:42) Best Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy Books Being Released in October. We run down the best sci-fi, horror and fantasy books being released in October. From alien adventures, AI horrors, time-bending space operas and demons, the list covers pretty much all tastes. (13:11) Halloween/Horror Games. (PC, Console, card, board, et cetera). (30:54) Halloween in Science-Fiction Culture and Media.
 
#halloween #halloweengames #samhain #harvest #games #videogames #consolegames #pcgames #werewolf #scifibooks #horror #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #horrorbooks #sciencefictionbooks #fantasybooks #october #autumn #masks
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Episode 054. (00:39) Meet the Guests Maxim W Furek – Author, Psychology, Addictions, Music Journalism, and the Paranormal, and Kristen Amanda – Paranormal Broadcaster, Producer, and Writer. (03:00) “Paranormal Monkeyshines: The Hoaxers of High Strangeness” Initiates Discussion about the 1967 Patterson–Gimlin Film and the World of Cryptids. (30:48) The Scream of the Haunted House, Stone Tape Theory, Ted Shares a Psychometry Story, Amityville Horror, Ed & Lorraine Warren. (48:12) Ghosthunter Mistakes, Fear of the Unknown, After Reading “The Scream of the Haunted House” Takeaways, and Dark Tourism. (01:06:56) SFHH Playhouse: The Ninth Spirit.
Bio:
Maxim Furek’s rich background includes aspects of psychology, addictions, music journalism, and the paranormal. He has a master’s degree in communications from Bloomsburg University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Aquinas College.
He was featured on Coast to Coast with George Noory, Exploring the Bizarre with the legendary Timothy Green Beckley and Tim R. Swartz, and Art Bell’s Midnight in the Desert with Heather Wade.
Maxim, who has written extensively about Richard Sharpe Shaver, is featured in the upcoming documentary The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers, produced and directed by Dr. Dean Bertram, and also appears in the stand-alone segment from the feature, the multi-award-winning short documentary The Shaver Mystery.
He is a respected contributor to Fate Magazine, Paranormal Underground, and Strange Knocks, showcasing his expertise and knowledge in the field. He was the invited guest speaker at the 2026 Forest County Bigfoot Festival (PA) and the Central Pennsylvania Cryptid and Bigfoot Expo.
The Scream of the Haunted House - https://www.amazon.com/Scream-Haunted-House-Maxim-Furek/dp/B0HDQRNXLC
Kristen Amanda is a paranormal broadcaster, producer, and writer with a background in acting and film production. Since launching The Paranorm Girl Podcast in March 2021, she has interviewed notable voices in the paranormal field, including Jim Harold, Kathleen Marden, Lyle Blackburn, and Doug Hajicek of Monster Quest fandom. She was recognized as a Featured New Podcaster in the July 2022 edition of American Paranormal Magazine.
She participated in the Society for Arcane Studies, conducting in-depth research into The Stone Tape Theory, Place Memory, Psychometry, and the nuances between residual and intelligent haunting.
Since 2024, Kristen has also co-hosted the live paranormal-comedy call-in show Beer, Boos and Boogeymen. She additionally serves as one of the station managers for Paranormal FM, a 24-hour paranormal radio streaming app launching soon.
@paranormgirlpod
https://bcr.formaloo.me/pfm-signupama
 
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Episode 053. (00:36) Guest Aarti Hari Chopra – Writer/Actor/Comedian. (02:37) Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Aarti’s Actor Pick of Who Played Spider-Man Best, Post-Credits Scene, (24:15) Our Incessant or Incurable Hunger for Hero Stories, (42:48) Writing the Scene: The Web of Lies.
#spiderman #spidermanbrandnewday #marvel #marvelcomics #tomholland #peterparker #ironman #mcu
 
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Episode 052. Silo Season 3, the first half. (22:02) Silo Season 3, the latter half. (44:13) Predictions for Silo Season 4.
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Episode 051. (05:43) Guest Megg Hall – Arizona Browncoats, President. Meet the Arizona Browncoats, a fan-club and cosplay organization. (19:50) The New Firefly Show. (50:19) Upcoming Projects for AZ Browncoats and for Megg. (52:53) SFHH Playhouse: Bad Anvil, Good Cake.
#firefly #azbrowncoats #browncoats #serenity #alantudyk @alantudyk #nathanfillion @nathanfillion
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Episode 050. (02:58) Apple TV’s “Murderbot.” (20:55) Chinese Rover on the Moon. (38:31) Movie: “Fire in the Sky.”
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Episode 049. (02:40) Guest Chris Tannhauser – Cult Writer. (16:50) Cosmicism Without Cthulhu: Updating Lovecraftian Dread for a Post-Disclosure World. (53:58) The New Weird's Body Horror Renaissance. (1:06:53) SFHH Writing the Scene (Led by Chris): The Black Sun Incident.
 
Screams Like Meat - Chris Tannhauser, Amazon Link
https://a.co/d/00ZQsPsU
 
Doom Think Equations - Chris Tannhauser, blog
http://doomthinkequations.blogspot.com/
 
 
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