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The High Tech Low Life Podcast: A Cyberpunk Media Retrospective

May 27, 2026

This week we are covering The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree Jr.  Tiptree is a pen name for Alice B. Sheldon who wrote a number of science fiction stories in the 60's and 70's.  This one is a short but very well done story about an ugly girl who, through some fancy tech, gets to be pretty... with a few notable...


May 20, 2026

This week we celebrate the Willenium by watching Will Smith's 2004 film I Robot.  And even though it may win the award for middest movie that ever midded, we still had a good time talking about it. 

The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of media. Film, Television,...


May 13, 2026

Alright, we've introed the show, talked about the characters, now it's time to dig into the details of the first season of Westworld.  We go over the arcs of all the characters and try to reveal all the secrets we can.  We are joined by Stardaddy Stan of the Astronomica podcast once again.

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May 6, 2026

This episode was cursed from it's inception.  We fought connection issues throughout, and turns out we had audio issues crop up as well.  We did what we could to fix everything, but if things feel off, that's the reason.  Other than that though, it was a really fun talk with Stardaddy Stan from the Astronomica podcast...