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A podcast for the end times. Every month, four scientists will be forced to subject themselves to a terrible movie of your choosing, brimming with science that is, at best, questionable. As proof we've served our time, we present this podcast, reflecting on the cinematic horrors we've witness. We’ve only got twelve years left, so come squander your precious time with us and the worst science Hollywood has to offer.
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What even is a Geostorm anyway? Spoiler alert: we never find out. Listen to the crew discuss Geostorm, a film so terrible we mainly just focused on things like bad haircuts and if Secret Service agents are allowed to date. Funds raised from this episode will go to the Billion Oyster Project, whose mission is to restore oyster reefs to New York Harb…
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Sharknado! As the movie posters say, “ENOUGH SAID.” It’s literally a tornado full of sharks, what more do you want? In the second episode of Anthropocinema, the hosts discuss the perplexing brilliance of Sharknado even though the vast majority of the movie defies the laws of physics. Come for the sharks, stay for segments like “things that fall fro…
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This month, we watched sharks inexplicably whirl around in a tornado of doom in Sharknado, the film described by the New York Daily News as "an hour and a half of your life that you'll never get back." And friends, we certainly won't. But it was all for a great cause! In January, we're sending your Patreon donations to 500 Women Scientists, a nonpr…
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The Day After Tomorrow is…today. It’s the first episode of Anthropocinema and we are coming out of the gate with one of the most iconic climate change disaster movies of all time—so buckle up. From wolves attacking people in the newly frozen tundra of Manhattan to soccer ball-sized hail squashing people in the streets of Tokyo, this movie has every…
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Welcome to the age of the Anthropocinema, a podcast for the end times. Every month, a group of scientists will be forced to subject themselves to a terrible movie of your choosing, brimming with science that is, at best, questionable. All you have to do is donate to vote on which movie you want to subject us to next.Be sure to subscribe on iTunes a…
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