HyperLab Omni

We continue our talk with Nathan Moody and we all vibe at the same frequency as we discuss a short story by Orson Scott Card, from the July 1979 episode of Omni. Please check out all of Nathan's amazing music at nathanmoody.bandcamp.com Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

In this episode, Chad and Jason commandeer musician and digital sorcerer Nathan Moody to talk about his stellar work providing underscores for the entire HyperLab Omni podcast. This is the first part of a two-part interview. Like what you've been hearing? Please check out more at nathanmoody.bandcamp.com. Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

In this episode, Chad and Jason briefly ruminate on the meaning of Hope Punk, and consider sequels that should have been. 

This episode, Jason and Chad put on their Hyperlab Coats · and concoct their own indeterminacy recipe loosely based on John Cage·s experimental work, Roaratorio, an Irish circus on Finnegans Wake.

Grab your ear goggles and follow along as the crew of HLO explores the minimalist soundscapes of John Cage.   Chad and Jason ponder the joys and challenges of experimental music and avante-garde art as well as learning Chad's hard rules for eating snacks in the theatre (Hint - DON'T!) and Jason's simple wish for a magical algorithmic soundscape generator.  

In this episode of HLO, Chad and Jason pull back the curtain for frank discussion on how the current state of US politics is affecting the direction of the podcast and how embracing a theme of #hopepunk might be a viable way to help us all to navigate our uncertain future.

In this episode, the HLO crew explains their absence and offers a fun John Cage themed teaser to a future episode.

In this episode, Chad and Jason chase psychedelic rabbits through a warren dug by Gregory Bateson, whose article "Mind and Nature" drills heady passages though verbal alchemy, entropy, sacrament, weaponized anthropology, CIA black propaganda ops, Karl Jung, Bob Dobbs, schizogenesis, cybernetics, and the epistemology of dead crabs. Content warning: there is one dark reference to a mass grave of pets who lived their best lives and died of natural causes. This episode was recorded sometime last year.

In this episode, the HLO crew takes a spooky nostalgic detour by inviting some special guests to talk about some fun personal memories of Halloweens past. Enjoy! Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.

ADA tries to lose Chad and Jason in a tangled and twisting heuristic hedge maze as they explore the weirdness of artificial intelligence in this fun HLO minisode.  Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page - https://www.patreon.com/daydreamthief

Chad and Jason discuss the future and ethics of animal uplift technology and ADA is ready to ride this futuristic wave into a weirder future!

Explore an undersea wonderland as we discuss Lobotomy Shoals, an amazing short story by Juleen Brantingham featured in the February 1979 issue of Omni.

In this episode we dip a bit deeper into the Omni archive, to an interview from November of 1978, which inspires a fun conversation about Alvin Toffler's prescient Future Shock with computer scientist and friend of the HyperLab, Brian Dowtin. (Check out our fun conversation we had with Brian in Episode 4 about Big Traks) Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.

In this show, Chad and Jason try to navigate their way out of the uncanny valley after gaining a new member of the lab production team, before having a fun discussion about an interstellar mission to Barnard's Star, from an article featured in the January 1979 issue of Omni. Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.

Greetings from the HyperLab! In today's thrilling episode, we follow the threads of Episode 6's cliffhanger ending and listen as Jason makes a life and death gamble with an AI ghost in the HLO machine. And later, Chad and Jason play with some temporal tautological traps as they explore an Isaac Netwon themed time travel short story by Paul J. Nahin that appeared in Omni magazine in January 1979. Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.  

Join us somewhere beyond the tangential event horizon as we resume our conversation with megatalented comic book creator, Jack Foster. And for those of you who missed it, here's a link to part 1. In this episode we wrap up our talk about artist John Berkey, wander through a desert oasis known as "Dune Minute" and engage in some intense pop culture regression therapy to resolve Jack's Star Wars false memory implant. Be sure to check out Jack's work at guncomic.com and follow him on Twitter and Instagram Sound design and music is by Nathan Moody.  Visit nathanmoody.bandcamp.com to hear more.  Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.

Climb aboard, seal the hatches and sink below the memetic seascape with HLO as we take a deep dive into the Omni art nostalgia trench in the first of a two part interview with the amazing artist/writer/creator, Jack Foster. Be sure to check out Jack's work at guncomic.com and follow him on Twitter and Instagram Sound design and music is by Nathan Moody.  Visit nathanmoody.bandcamp.com to hear more.  Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.

This episode, Jason and Chad tumble into a memetic wormhole when exploring a cryptozoological science fiction piece called "And Whether Pigs Have Wings" by Nancy Kress, and are saved by their virtual assistant. We also feature a short clip of our upcoming interview with Brian Dowtin, who is a computer scientist working on some of the whys and hows of technology. Brian picked an Omni interview between Bob Guccione and futurist Alvin Toffler, who wrote Future Shock. We’ll connect a lot of dots between Brian’s work and this prescient voice of future past as we take a nostalgic Big Trak journey into the collective hallucination we call childhood. Sound design and music is by Nathan Moody.  Visit nathanmoody.bandcamp.com to hear more.  Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.

In this April '79 Omni episode, Jason and Chad  sculpt a Devil's Tower shaped mound of wonder as they explore some wild extraterrestrial artwork, sit in on a UN field trip with some high-powered believers, and share a close encounter story of shock and awe. This means something!   Sound design and music is by Nathan Moody.  Visit nathanmoody.bandcamp.com to hear more.  Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.

In this episode, Jason and Chad talk about a passel of topics that spring from the January 1979 issue of Omni, and Jason tells tales of unidentified mysteries. Sound design and music is by Nathan Moody.  Visit nathanmoody.bandcamp.com to hear more.  Omni magazine is a trademark of Penthouse Global Media. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Some audio elements in this episode are under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Read the full audio credits and learn how to support this podcast at our Patreon page.