The Astronomica Podcast

The second and final part of our Cyberpunk 2077 series is now available. Our first foray into Cyberpunk video games was scary but I think successful. Thanks to Colin of @astronomicapodcast.com for joining us! open.spotify.com/episode/3zhu...

Oh man, this one is so good you guys! Recorded LIVE at Astronomicamp AND a bunch of really cool people from some really cool shows guested with us. Thank you so much to our friends @hightechlowlife.bsky.social, @old-seattle-pod.bsky.social, and 7th Star to the Right <3 #swn #podcast #scifi #ttrpg

Time for our very own Colin to shine over on High Teck Low Life!

Dystopia and Recommendo talk went super long this week so we put the unedited version on our Patreon free tier. We talk John D Macdonald, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, and more! www.patreon.com/hightechlowl...

This week we learn something very interesting about the Cade clones plus Hopper gets a new biomedical toy to tinker with which isn't at all concerning. #ttrpg #actualplay #scifi #swn #podcast

All of the love to everyone who came out for Astronomicamp 2026! We had an absolute blast and are continually blown away by how awesome our little community is that we can invite you to hang out with us in the Tennessee woods. Cheers to no ax murders 5 years and counting!

Hey cyberpunkins! So we are coming back soon and will have a lil teaser ep out in a few days to give the details. In the meantime we are going to be on an upcoming LIVE episode of Astonomica, recorded at Astronomicon 2026 and are soliciting questions from our listeners.

Exciting news! I am joining the amazing cast of @astronomicapodcast.com  in Memphis for their upcoming Nerd Camp, where I'll be joining them for their chat show! If there are any questions you want to ask me or for an AP group, send 'em my way! #podcast #actualplay

Look, let's not worry about last week's whole exploding a dude thing. Let's focus on this week's shiny new heist instead! #swn #ttrpg #actualplaypodcast #scifi

Man, this was a fun combat! Just absolutely the best, super complex, really impressive what Stardaddy was able to put together here! *psst - do you think that was enough praise to get some xp?* #actualplay #podcast #swn #scifi

It's getting seriously professional in here, y'all #scifi #ttrpg #swn #actualplay #podcast #heist

If you'd like to come hang out with us and a bunch of really cool people at our annual meet up, we've got the answers to most of your questions right here!

In honor of the USA's 250th, we solve the male loneliness epidemic! Turns out all you need are your bros, a big ass line of cable, and some sort of crab based catastrophe to pull it all together. #swn #actualplaypodcast #ttrpg #scifi #crabpeople

Part 2 of Space Patrol is ready for your listening pleasure! This is the second installment of our SWN Podcast Round Up; we are joined once again by our friends at 7th Star to the Right and @darkstaradventures.com #ttrpg #actualplaypodcast #scifi #swn

Forgot to share this one on Bluesky earlier this week! The amazingly generous @criticalhitcookies.bsky.social has donated a $50 gift card that you can win if you donate to our @translifeline.org team at give.translifeline.org/PAtM. (Raffle details in the image)

It's finally here! This week kicks off our massive #SWN Podcast Round Up with special one shots and guest swaps on all 3 pod feeds from @darkstaradventures.com and 7th Star to the Right! We also had an extra special bonus guest form our besties @hightechlowlife.bsky.social #actualplaypodcast #ttrpg

I hope you like montages because we for sure did one this week. Also it's very funny and has at least three bits that could have been full on mini-arcs of their own #swn #actualplaypodcast #scifi #ttrpg

CB out here acting like seeing a gargantuan interdimensional being made of not-light tentacles every time a bad thing happens is traumatizing or whatever #podcast #actualplay #actualplaypodcast #scifi #swn #ttrpg

Oh damn, look who decided to hop on the HTLL train with the rest of us! Our very own @stardaddy.bsky.social guests this week and next for some Westworld chat. Better tune in or you'll miss the debut of his new character voice: Giant Nerd

Time for a little after care after last week's high drama. Also we gotta try to fix that whole "stranded in a long forgotten sector with a dwindling food supply and no way to leave" thing #scifi #actualplaypodcast #swn #ttrpg #podcast

Hello World, we’d like to introduce ourselves. We the workers of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team have come together to unionize as United Wizards of the Coast - CWA! 🧵 unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/announcing-united-wizards-coast-cwa

This is possibly the most epic episode we have ever recorded. Seriously, this one is so good, you guys #swn #ttrpg #podcast #actualplay #scifi

This week we've got a bloody one for ya. The Machine Girl isn't high cinema, it's not even a truly great B-movie. But it still manages to be a fun 90 minutes. Speaking of a fun 90 minutes click that little sideways triangle down there for your own. open.spotify.com/episode/2fzV...

We're back! Did you miss us? This week we've got the answer to the big question: How did the Ophanum hitch a ride on the Irish Goodbye? #scifi #actualplay #swn #podcast

Part 2 of our recap of the book Equations of Life by Simon Morden is now up. We recorded a fresh intro (as of Sunday) to talk about all the fun new dystopia news. The future has never been brighter! open.spotify.com/episode/2is6...

It's getting to that part in the movie where you're so tense, you don't want to look at the screen but also you have to look at the screen to see how your favs figure it all out #swn #podcast #scifi #ttrpg

This episode may be on the short side but it is absolutely chock full of stuff that is about to go wrong in surprising ways! #ttrpg #actualplay #podcast #scifi #swn

So I hear their guest this week is some bearded weirdo who likes books or whatever. Probably a really fun listen, I dunno (it's our Geoff, aka Grace/Hopper, aka everyone's favorite slightly malevolent VI with several hearts of gold, or at least hearts of *something*...don't ask)

Maybe we went too easy on Equilibrium, but after the couple of snoozefest weeks we've had prior to this one, can you blame us? It may be a little cheesy but at least it has heart, man! open.spotify.com/episode/2FE1...

Just what it says in the title this week, everything is fine and also very not fine and that's basically normal, right? #swn #podcast #actualplay #scifi #ttrpg

You know, some folks seemed to think we got off lightly with that whole jump failure resulting in a mostly dead ship stranded in an unknown system thing. This latest little wrinkle is for them. #swn #ttrpg #podcast #actualplay #scifi

Maybe we were a bit hard on Blade Runner: Black Lotus. But then again, maybe it should have just been better. Either way, here it is! open.spotify.com/episode/3BM7...

Congrats to our friends over at Spirits and Monsters! They've made one helluva show <3

We kick off this week's episode with some high energy combat, complete with hyper karate, space shotguns, and the dueling horror shows that are Hilde (aka the Goop Monster) and Hopper (the Robot) #ttrpg #actualplay #swn #scifi #podcast

Part 2 of our Transmetropolitan episode covering issues 2-6 is now up. With an updated intro to briefly talk about some of the super neat world developments of the last week. We love it here! open.spotify.com/episode/4dK2...

Brand new regular episode drops tomorrow but did you know we did a bonus ep for the truly excellent GM-less ttrpg Revolt! This fantastic game was created by @alwayscheckers.bsky.social and gifted to us by Bryon with @old-seattle-pod.bsky.social. We hope we did it justice! #ttrpg #actualplay

This week's subject is a little less dystopian and a little more titstopian (I'm so sorry) because this week we are covering 1981's Heavy Metal. Trashy schlock, but fun trashy schlock! open.spotify.com/episode/3g2R...

Okay, so this week's episode is a liiiitle late but hear me out: now you have a chance to catch up on the adventures of everyone's favorite doomed space pirates! You won't believe how this lovable crew of just all around great guys meets their tragic end! #scifi #swn #actualplay #podcast #ttrpg

This week's movie may be kind of a drag, but the ep is gonna be great for our SEO. This week Spielberg is back with AI Artificial Intelligence from 2001. open.spotify.com/episode/6Q5n...

This week we take a moment to focus on the real heroes of our setting: the brave space pirates who make Team Meatbag look downright principled in comparison. #swn #scifi #podcast #actualplay #ttrpg

Team Meatbag continues their quest to repair their ship after catastrophic failure! #podcast #actualplay #scifi #swn

This week we recap 2025's The Running Man with @babacorva.bsky.social from @astronomicapodcast.com. We may have got a little carried away and stretched it into a 2 parter, the second half of which will come out on Friday. It's not a good movie, folks. open.spotify.com/episode/1U8x...

For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank! linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid

Whelp, we made you wait a whole holiday season to find out if our crew survives so I guess it's time to get down to it. Spoilers: We've got a bumpy ride ahead! #podcast #swn #scifi #actualplay

This week we are joined by Kristen, of @astronomicapodcast.com fame, to deep dive into the original 1987 The Running Man, a movie that really threads the needle between goofy action flick, and topical social commentary. open.spotify.com/episode/4IlA...

You know that thing where you're just kinda goofin' around, vibin thru the cosmos, and then suddenly Stardaddy makes you roll dice? Anyways, you definitely do NOT want to miss this episode #swn #scifi #podcast #actualplay

Aliens come to earth and stand there looking about like a car mechanic Aliens: Well, there's yer problem, yer billionaire class is all outta whack, gots too much power and it's messing up the rest of yer planets systems... yer gonna need a whole planet revolution just to get em back under control

Time for a new arc and that means a brand new motivation to be professional and have standards and norms and civility and definitely not run any cons or accidental revolutions or double crosses. Just kidding! We're totally gonna keep doing all those things, obvs #scifi #actualplay #swn #podcast