Explore every episode of the podcast The L0WL1F3 Podcast
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wait. Hear Me Out. | 07 Oct 2026 | 01:19:26 | |
This ep, the crew delves a little deeper into the idea of "not cyberpunk, but what if?" Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| Mars Express (2023) | 28 Sep 2026 | 01:13:23 | |
This ep the crew (minus Scum) take on the 2023 French animated masterpiece Mars Express. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| root directory | 30 Jul 2026 | 01:01:24 | |
This ep, the gang works out where we're at and what we're gonna do next. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| The World According To Karp | 24 May 2026 | 01:16:52 | |
This ep, we regret to inform you that we are discussing "The Technological Republic" by Alex Karp. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| Bierce | 23 Apr 2026 | 00:54:39 | |
This ep, Grue takes CoinOps on a journey through the life and times of writer Ambrose Bierce. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| Sports | 13 Apr 2026 | 02:18:33 | |
This ep, Xero, CoinOps, Dan, and Scum have fun with some brackets. https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| "You've Got Mail" (1998) | 01 Apr 2026 | 02:43:20 | |
This ep, Scum, Xero, and CoinOps discuss the beloved 90s rom-com "You've Got Mail." Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| 86 / 47 | 27 Feb 2026 | 01:01:27 | |
The squad assembles to discuss the last twelve years as a bad TV show. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ | |||
| Everything Must Go | 16 Jan 2026 | 02:29:11 | |
We kick off season 6 with a deep dive into Dorian Lynskey's book "Everything Must Go" because, well... (gestures widely) Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e26 L0WL1F3 "2025 Rapt" | 29 Dec 2025 | 02:48:04 | |
For this season's finale, the crew discusses some of the art that got them through 2025. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e25 L0WL1F3 "Only Rob Could Go To China" | 24 Dec 2025 | 00:59:12 | |
This ep, Grue chats with his buddy Rob about various aspects of doing business in China (and lends us a little insight into Deepseek AI's cost.) https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e24 L0WL1F3 "Newsgasm" | 13 Dec 2025 | 01:50:20 | |
This ep, the crew discusses their most trusted news sources, and why they are constantly looking for new ones. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e23 L0WL1F3 "Atlas Redden and the Turkeys of Beantown" | 04 Dec 2025 | 01:11:04 | |
This ep, Scum, Dan, and CoinOps welcome the inimitable Atlas Redden to talk about writing, teaching, westerns, and turkeys in Boston. Check out their story at: https://www.neondystopia.com/?p=100043399 Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e22 L0WL1F3 "The Stories That Prepared Us" | 27 Nov 2025 | 02:13:11 | |
This ep, Xero, Grue, CoinOps, and Dan talk about some of the things they've heard, seen, and read that somewhat prepared them for modern times. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e21 L0WL1F3 "Pulse" | 21 Nov 2025 | 01:36:26 | |
This ep, Scum takes Grue and Dan through the 2001 Kiyoshi Kurosawa film "Pulse" (and its goofy 2006 American remake). Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e20 L0WL1F3 "In Conversation With Evo Terra" | 14 Nov 2025 | 01:27:37 | |
This ep, Grue and Dan have a splendid convo with early podcast hero, major audio fiction fan, author, and activist Evo Terra. Check out his work here! Our stuff is still here: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e19 L0WL1F3 "Nightbreed" (1990) | 07 Nov 2025 | 03:01:56 | |
This ep, Scum tells Xero, CoinOps, and Dan about one of his favorite movies. It's still spooky season as far as we're concerned. Let's all go to Midian. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e18 L0WL1F3 "Bring Two Things" | 17 Oct 2025 | 01:48:16 | |
This ep, CoinOps, Grue, Scum, and Dan come together to talk about a couple of things that've caught their eye in the last couple of weeks. Mostly, it's a decompression session. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ https://youtube.com/@l0wl1f3pod?feature=shared Show Notes: https://cult.cyberpunkonline.net/geffine/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMAPWtAqpbg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVEBWdydMQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBskrYZfhw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsxFzC9cl7c&list=PLKZ-wrM0L0ATSPY5lOMm6cVzdkfuoYmo4 | |||
| s5e17 "How To Get Ahead In Advertising (1989)" | 28 Sep 2025 | 01:50:34 | |
What if Cronenberg, but hilariously batshit? Seriously, watch the movie before listening. It's worth it. Link here: https://archive.org/details/how-to-get-ahead-in-advertising Other links: | |||
| s5e16 L0WL1F3 "The Mixtape" | 31 Aug 2025 | 02:11:10 | |
This ep, CoinOps, Grueproof, Xero, and Dan get into some of the songs that got them into cyberpunk in general. As a bonus, check out the L0WL1F3 YouTube channel for a playlist of the songs discussed. The Mixtape: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVaXjwwSJtVSf2NJx4qospR3LcbJlDpT1&feature=shared Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e15 L0WL1F3 "Body Mod-ssage" | 10 Aug 2025 | 02:03:36 | |
S5e15 L0WL1F3 “Body Mod-ssage” This ep, Scum and Shadowlink describe the various reasons and ways people can modify their bodies. Whole buncha content warnings. Sources: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/hole-in-the-head-trepanation/ https://archive.org/details/modern-primitives_202312/mode/2up Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e14 L0WL1F3 "Southland Tales" | 26 Jul 2025 | 01:40:19 | |
This ep, Xero, Grue, Shadowlink, and CoinOps discuss Richard Kelly's 2006 hyper-ambitious film "Southland Tales". It's insane, divisive, granularly interesting, and utterly batshit. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e13 L0WL1F3 "Cypherpunks & Cybertribes" | 19 Jul 2025 | 03:10:38 | |
This episode explores the rise of cybertribes—decentralized, tech-savvy communities formed around encryption, identity, and cultural resistance. Tracing the movement from 1960s hacker roots to modern mesh networks and DIY servers, we unpack how privacy, self-hosting, and symbolic identity have become tools of real-world cyberpunk resistance. From crypto wars to solarpunk enclaves, this is a blueprint for reclaiming autonomy in a surveilled world. Top 5 Important Links: Cypherpunk Manifesto (Eric Hughes) – https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html Denmark’s face copyright law – https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/deepfakes-denmark-copyright-law-artificial-intelligence Operation Sundevil overview (EFF/SJG Raid) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil The Crypto Wars - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto_Wars Cybertribes in Subculture Studies – https://www.ijmsta.com/Vol_2_2_Papers/IJMSTA_Paper_7.pdf Links to other stuff: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e12 L0WL1F3 "A Pause For Station Identification" | 12 Jul 2025 | 01:44:36 | |
This Ep, Grue interviews the guys about the origins of Neon Dystopia and L0WL1F3. This is a good one if you've wondered how we got here, and where it's all going. Links: Hartnoll & Young - I'm Meditating: https://youtu.be/nocnu67zwdY?si=2QhWbcDwTt1Yo1lq https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e11 L0WL1F3 "Wag The Dog" | 27 Jun 2025 | 01:32:06 | |
CoinOps, Grueproof, and Scum discuss Barry Levinson's underrated masterpiece about how to distract from a Presidential scandal. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e10 L0WL1F3 "Whichever Monster Screams The Loudest" | 21 Jun 2025 | 01:56:40 | |
This ep, we welcome Grueproof to the L0WL1F3 squad, and we welcome back Darkstar for a discussion on the similarities between the current state of affairs and the similarities to the show Andor. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e9 L0WL1F3 "Smash TV" | 30 May 2025 | 02:11:56 | |
The full crew is back to discuss a stupid orb and a stupid gameshow. Shadowlink endures a technical issue. CoinOps discovers sarsaparilla. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e8 L0WL1F3 "Solarpunk" with Dr Sil | 16 May 2025 | 01:42:28 | |
This ep, CoinOps, Shadowlink, and Xero are joined by the inimitable Dr Sil to discuss Solarpunk, its potential as a response to dystopian genres, and the importance of seeking solutions to existential problems. Links: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e7 L0WL1F3 "I Have No Pod And I Must Cast" | 20 Apr 2025 | 02:01:55 | |
So, we've been talking about Harlan Ellison a lot off-mic (and a little bit on mic) and it just so happens that Xero has a buddy who's just recorded several audio-versions of Ellison's writing. Luis Moreno joins Xero, Scum, and CoinOps for an extended discussion on Ellison's life, works, and controversies. Links! https://www.luismorenotheactor.com/ https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e6 L0WL1F3 "Thistopia" | 07 Apr 2025 | 02:11:40 | |
From ChatGPT-fueled inquiries to daylight abductions, from the gutting of libraries to the Tesla backlash, from the Technocracists to the Tradwives, this episode has it all! And by "all" we mean like "a fraction of a percent." Links! https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ https://rss.com/podcasts/l0wl1f3podcast/ | |||
| s5e5 L0WL1F3 "How the Slightly Less Bad Guys Lost" | 03 Mar 2025 | 02:17:42 | |
Oleg returns with more insight into the fall of the Soviet Union, and more parallels to the current situation in the US. Also: vodka. https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ | |||
| s5e4 L0WL1F3 "The Siege" (1998) | 07 Feb 2025 | 01:59:02 | |
Watching this pre-9/11 movie, at this point in history, is like catching a glimpse of an alternate, but still kinda shitty, dimension. https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ | |||
| s5e3 L0WL1F3 "NewsMash: NewNightmare" | 31 Jan 2025 | 02:14:59 | |
| s5e2 L0WL1F3 "The Putinization of America" | 20 Jan 2025 | 02:18:50 | |
CoinOps, X3R0, and Dan welcome special guest Oleg to discuss some interesting similarities between the fall of the Soviet Union and what's happening here and now. Hit us up: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ | |||
| s5e1 L0Wl1F3 "Tastefakers: 2024 Edition" | 10 Jan 2025 | 02:49:00 | |
We kick off season 5 looking back at some media from 2024 that got us through. Hit us up: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ | |||
| s4e26 L0WL1F3 "The Wild Bunch (1969)" | 14 Dec 2024 | 02:17:33 | |
This week, CoinOps can finally shut up about the epic 1969 Sam Peckinpah western: The Wild Bunch. Yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw. Send a wire: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ | |||
| s4e24 L0WL1F3 "Turkey Shoot (1982)" | 08 Dec 2024 | 01:37:40 | |
This ep: a film about every conspiracy theorist's wettest dream. We got re-education camps, a totalitarian government of elites, and something that's not entirely unlike Sasquatch. https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ | |||
| s4e25 L0WL1F3 "NewsMash 12/2024" | 08 Dec 2024 | 01:53:23 | |
How 'bout a little slice of news? We've got mysterious drones, Pokemon feeding AI, global destabilization, and a corporate correction. https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ | |||
| s4e23 L0WL1F3 "Enemy of the State" | 22 Nov 2024 | 02:40:12 | |
This ep, we talk about 1998's "Enemy of the State," a 2 hour and 12 minute movie told in a series of consecutive Vine clips. Hit us up! https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ | |||
| s4e22 L0WL1F3 "The Cell" | 15 Nov 2024 | 02:16:53 | |
Spoopy Season concludes with a discussion on the 2000 film, "The Cell." Slim Goodbody may make an appearance. Hit us up: https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ | |||
| s4e21 L0WL1F3 "Crimes of the Future & Lifeforce" | 01 Nov 2024 | 02:10:29 | |
Spooky season goes into overtime, the first of many future crimes of the, ahem, L0W-L1F3Force! Hit us up! https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ | |||
| s4e20 L0WL1F3 "Dead Leaves & Altered States" | 26 Oct 2024 | 02:31:11 | |
L0WL1F3 returns with a discussion about a highly-kinetic anime and a cerebral film about a guy that returns to Monke. Harembe wept. Hit us up! https://www.patreon.com/neondystopia/ | |||
| s4e19 L0WL1F3 x Cyberpunk Librarian "The Conversation (1974)" Part 2 | 28 Sep 2024 | 01:09:15 | |
The conclusion of our, uh, conversation about Coppola's "The Conversation", a film that prefigured several problems that we now see with the surveillance state, and our position within it. Yay! Hit us up! | |||
| s4e18 L0WL1F3 x Cyberpunk Librarian "The Conversation (1974)" Part 1 | 28 Sep 2024 | 01:45:52 | |
The crew discusses a Coppola film about a surveillance expert afflicted with shitty opsec and Catholicism. Hit us up! | |||
| s4e17 L0WL1F3 x Cyberpunk Librarian "404 Books Not Found" | 14 Sep 2024 | 01:55:57 | |
This ep, our good buddy Cyberpunk Librarian joins us to explain the recent Hachette v Internet Archive hullabaloo. Hit us up: https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/ | |||
| s4e16 L0WL1F3 "Poe's Law" | 22 Aug 2024 | 01:25:34 | |
This ep, we enlist the help of Soft Rock to talk about satire, trolling, and Poe's Law. Hit us up: | |||
| s4e15 L0WL1F3 "Runaway (1984)" Part 2 | 04 Aug 2024 | 01:04:56 | |
| s4e14 L0WL1F3 "Runaway (1984)" Part 1 | 04 Aug 2024 | 01:34:45 | |
The story of a sentient mustache with vertigo that hunts down renegade robots and the bass player who created them. Find us here: | |||
| s4e13 L0WL1F3 "Clown Coup Chronicles" | 20 Jul 2024 | 01:42:19 | |
This ep, the crew talks about what happened in Butler, PA, and also SeigedSec's hack of The Heritage Foundation. Hit us up: | |||
| s4e12 L0WL1F3 "The Violation Engine" | 27 Jun 2024 | 01:34:35 | |
Just gonna put a big ol' CONTENT WARNING right up front here. This episode deals with AI image generators and pornography made about people without their consent. It's not great. Deets: | |||