Between Science and Superstition - A Twilight Zone Podcast!
Ana and Dan watch and discuss every episode of The Twilight Zone! Connect with us each week talking about the themes, philosophy, and BTS of each episode!
Episodes
The State Is Not God.
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the sixth episode of Season 2 of The Twilight Zone, Eye of the Beholder.
Finally! Join us for an in depth analysis of the themes of this episode including Fascism, Beauty Standards & Racism, Body Dysmorphia/ Gender Dysphoria. We ask, is the ending a Happy Ending?
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In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the fifth episode of Season 2 of The Twilight Zone, The Howling Man
Banger Block! We talk about clashes between the Director and Writer, subtle vs explicit depictions of the Devil, the fantastic camera work, and the visual aesthetics of the episode.
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Hello!
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the fourth episode of Season 2 of The Twilight Zone, A Thing About Machines
Its like Season 1's The Fever, but not as fun or meaningful. We break down this episode with an unremarkable character and pitch several different approaches that could have made this episode much better.
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In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the third episode of Season 2 of The Twilight Zone, A Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room.
A decent attempt at a message about getting your life back together, but it can deff be misinterpreted as pull yourself up by your bootstraps. We break down how you can fall into a cycle of crime, but mostly just laugh at our own jokes the whole time.
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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the second episode of Season 2 of The Twilight Zone, The Man In The Bottle.
We talk about how we are confused why they didn't just make it a monkey paw episode, Dan's bundles, and how we were shocked they just went full Hitler.
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We Back!
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the first episode of Season 2 of The Twilight Zone, King Nine Will Not Return
Season 2 starts with Rod Serling doing a second attempt at Where Is Everybody, Dan and Ana debate on which season had a better season premiere episode.
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In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the final episode of season 1 of The Twilight Zone, A World of His Own.
We go into how this episode is pretty meta from a writers perspective and how the light hearted ending is a good send off rather than the original, more somber, approach they had in mind.
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What is a man!? A Miserable Pile of Secrets!?
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the thirty-fifth episode of The Twilight Zone, The Mighty Casey
We talk about the very dark trivia surrounding this comedic episode, make fun of Ana's lack of sports knowledge, and briefly discuss the philosophical question of what makes you a human.
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In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the thirty-fourth episode of The Twilight Zone, The After Hours.
Be it the Make Up, Directing, Set Design or Acting - every department brought their A game. We talk about this episodes world building, perfect pacing, and how we related to the retail worker.
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This was originally 2 hours long.
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the thirty-third episode of The Twilight Zone, Mr Bevis.
We dive deep into the sub-text of this feel good episode. Expect topics like conforming to society, capitalism, land lords, and being yourself.
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Movie Review Time!
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, we review Robert Eggers second film, The Lighthouse.
We go into details like how the aspect ratio and the black and white look great while also reinforcing themes, the gay subtext, descent into madness, and the beautiful graphic scenes.
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We Back!
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the thirty-second episode of The Twilight Zone, A Passage of Trumpet
This episode would have benefited from a longer length because its insincere to cure depression in a 25 minute run time. We talk about mental illness in media, the cool set piece, and how the actor practically eats the trumpet at times.
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I've had a bad day.
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana review Todd Phillips' Joker.
Listen as we cover the themes of class disparity, mental illness, media coverage, and more. We go into how we feel the movie might be irresponsible in how vague its messaging is.
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Why Did we record at 1AM.
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the thirty-first episode of The Twilight Zone, The Chaser.
We talk about the theme of Be Careful What You Wish For, how consent is hot, and we pretend one of the characters is a gremlin under a bridge because we recorded this at 1am.
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Yo!
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the thirtieth episode of The Twilight Zone, A Stop at Willoughby.
We might get some heat from this, but we didn't like this. We talk about how you shouldn't fetishize the past, the undeserved ending, and how EP5 Walking Distance handled these topics much better.
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Do People Look Familiar To You Sometimes?
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the twenty-ninth episode of The Twilight Zone, Nightmare As A Child.
We talk about food adjectives, repressed memories, and how the plot development in this episode works against the character development.
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Happy October!
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the twenty-eighth episode of The Twilight Zone, A Nice Place To Visit
Listen as we talk about hell is probably more fun than heaven, seven deadly sins, and how winning is only fun if you have a chance to loss.
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Hello!
In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the twenty-seventh episode of The Twilight Zone, The Big Tall Wish.
Tune in to hear us talk about the importance of representation, wishes, and give some of the many interpretations of this episode.
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In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana break down the twenty-sixth episode of The Twilight Zone, Execution.
We practice our pronunciations, go over the themes of justice and morality, and how other media have tackled these themes better, including the original story this script is based on.
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In this episode of Between Science and Superstition, Dan and Ana get in touch with Matt Hurt of the Obsessive Viewer, Anthology, and Tower Junkies podcasts.
We cover a range of topics including 13 Reasons Why, past reviews we've gotten, and of course The Twilight Zone.
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