Episode 64: Timeloops ft. Director Jim Byrkit
This episode was recorded on May 7, 2025 and August 7, 2025 and posted on September 20, 2025.
Content Warning: Light vulgarity.
Introduction
- Welcome to No Bodies Episode 64
- Introductions to your Ghost Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Suzie aka Projectile Varmint
- Introductions to our guests - Jim Byrkit, director of Coherence
- Today's Topic: Timeloops, Sci-fi, and Paradoxes in Horror
Introducing Jim Byrkit & Timeloops
- Jim's experience with horror
- Defining timeloops and paradoxes
- The Grandfather Paradox and Time Travel
- Why are timeloops and time travel so relevant in horror?
The Making of Coherence
- The inspiration for the film
- Behind the scenes
- Advice for filmmakers
Media Discussions
- Coherence (2013)
- Timecrimes (2007)
- The One I Love (2014)
- Horse Girl (2020)
- Other Recommendations from Suzie & Jim
Closing Thoughts
- If you could time travel, would you?
Thank you to our guest!
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Sources
Contributors to Wikimedia projects. (2024, September 27). Grandfather paradox. Simple English Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_paradox
Contributors to Wikimedia projects. (2025, February 20). Temporal paradox. Simple English Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_paradox NOVA |
Einstein's Big Idea | Time Traveler | PBS. (n.d.). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/hotsciencetwin/#:~:text=His%20idea%20was%20that%2C%20theoretically,due%20to%20motion%20time%20dilation.
Waldrop, M. (2025, May 12). Einstein's relativity explained in 4 simple steps. Science. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/einstein-relativity-thought-experiment-train-lightning-genius
Wikipedia contributors. (2025a, May 9). Coherence (film). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherence_(film)#cite_note-BD-25 Wikipedia contributors. (2025b, August 27). James Ward Byrkit. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ward_Byrkit
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