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Hosts In The Shell

Jon Richter and Matt Adcock

The podcast where Jon Richter and Matt Adcock, writers and cyberpunk fans, discuss the genre's greatest works, as well as interviewing other cyberpunk creators.

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S3 · E75
Saturday · 41 min
Flashback
Paul Cuisset's early 90s cinematic video game masterpiece is undoubtedly cyberpunk, pulling from all manner of movie inspirations of the time. Tune in to here the Hosts discuss it, its legacy, its troubled sequels, ramble on about completely off-topic stuff, and attempt questionable French accents.
S3 · E74
October 24 · 43 min
An interview with synthwave megastars New Arcades (creators of the theme tune to RoboDoc!)
Interviewing musicians is always an absolute treat, especially when we're already big fans!! New Arcades are a synthwave duo who've been making music since before that genre was a thing, including the theme tune to ace Robocop documentary RoboDoc! Join us to discuss their creative processes, favourite artists, and ramble about retro video games!! https://www.newarcades.com/
S3 · E73
October 17 · 44 min
The Running Man (with cyberpunk writer, architect and spaceship designer Jim Keen!)
It's an honour to welcome back returning guest and brilliant writer Jim Keen to talk about his fascinating new art project, as well as to compare and contrast the 1987 and 2025 movie adaptation of Richard Bachman's (aka Stephen King's) The Running Man! Find out whether the lads preferred the older cult classic, the new more faithful adaptation or, surprisingly, maybe neither?? (Check out Jim's work at jimkeen.com, or visit fleetobscura.substack.com)
S3 · E72
October 10 · 39 min
The Ghost In The Shell (2026)
For full disclosure, although our podcast name is a pun on the title of this seminal manga and its myriad adaptations, we don't purport to be absolute experts - in truth, like everyone else we're just massive fans of the Mamoru Oshii anime version (as well as its spin-offs and sequel). So when we heard there was a new version hitting our screens in 2026, and that it was a more faithful adaptation of the original manga, we had some trepidation about checking out - after all, how could it possibly surpass the 1995 classic?? Well, having watched all ten episodes, we can confirm it was certainly...... different... Tune in to find out more about what we thought, and also to hear Matt learning live on air that the show has had a website for years that he didn't know about.
S3 · E71
October 3 · 39 min
An interview with Richard K Morgan, author of Altered Carbon! (Part 2)
Put on your best sleeve and join us for part 2 of our interview with the legendary Richard K Morgan, author of Altered Carbon as well as a HOST (see what we did there) of other brilliant books! In episode 2 we talk more about Richard's work, as well as the writing and ideation process (and how it's bizarrely similar to rock-climbing), and even veer off into famously non-controversial topics like AI and politics! Enjoy the show, and please don't forget to visit Richard's website at www.richardkmorgan.com for the latest RKM news, including details of his latest novel, No Man's Land.
S3 · E70
September 26 · 40 min
An interview with Richard K Morgan, author of Altered Carbon! (Part 1)
It isn't often you get to interview a person that meets the following criteria: i) Is a literary hero and writer of some of the best books ever ii) Is cyberpunk royalty iii) Is a fascinating interviewee iv) Is a lovely bloke ... but in Richard K Morgan, we have managed to achieve this implausible superfecta!! (And also learned a new word by googling 'what is a trifecta but for 4?') Feast yer ears on the first half of our bumper-length cyberpunk showdown with one of the genre's greatest!!! (And make sure you visit www.richardkmorgan.com for more info on Richard's work including brand new novel, No Man's Land)
S3 · E69
September 19 · 40 min
Fallout (season 2)
The last time we talked about Fallout, we crammed in the entire video game series, some spinoffs, and of course the first season of the hugely popular Amazon Prime TV series!! This time we're focusing (ish) solely on season 2 of the latter, which was bigger, more ambitious, and potentially a bit more muddled... find out if we survived our visit to the Mojave Wasteland, or if we were gobbled up by deathclaws...
S3 · E68
September 12 · 46 min
Philip K. Dick (with multi-award-winning cyberpunk author T R Napper)
Who could be more cyberpunk than the man who wrote Blade Runner (aka Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall (aka We Can Remember It For You Wholesale), Minority Report and a host of other revered books, short stories and future movie adaptations?? The answer, actually, is multi-award-winning author T R Napper, a man who is LITERALLY a doctor of cyberpunk!!! Hear his thoughts on one of the greatest writers of all time, as well as on his own brilliant books including the recently-released This Machine Kills Billionaires... Tim's website: https://nappertime.com/ Tim on Twitter: @TheEscherMan Tim on Instagram/Facebook/Bluesky: @trnapper
S3 · E67
September 5 · 49 min
Robocop (the 2014 remake)
You've probably heard Jon talk about Robocop about five million times, because he loves the film so much he's probably seen it about that many times... but you'll rarely have heard him mention the largely forgotten 2014 remake, because until now he's never seen it! Tune in to find out if the star-studded movie really is as much of a flop as ED-209's boardroom demo...
S3 · E66
August 29 · 43 min
An interview with Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time and Shadows of the Apt
We are honoured and delighted to welcome another big-hitting literary guest to our humble show, this time celebrated British sci-fi and fantasy writer Adrian Tchaikovsky! Famed for writing about non-human intelligences, Adrian also makes some fascinating predictions about future technological advances... as well as a compelling case that spiders might be alright after all. Adrian's website: https://adriantchaikovsky.com/ Find Adrian on Bluesky: @aptshadow Adrian's podcast: https://starshipalexandria.com/
S3 · E65
August 22 · 38 min
Streets of Rage
Not cyberpunk?? Pffffffft we'll be the judges of that! And anyway, who can begrudge us an episode to enthuse about arguably the greatest beat-em-up of all time... just watch out for bin chickens!
S3 · E64
August 15 · 43 min
An interview with Bruce Bethke, author of 'Cyberpunk' (and inventor of the word!)
The term 'legend' gets bandied about... but today's guest absolutely 100% meets the necessary criteria, having invented the word 'cyberpunk' as the title of his seminal 1980 short story!! We are honoured, delighted, starstruck and did we mention honoured to welcome Bruce Bethke to the show, who talks about being a genre pioneer along with his other work, including publishing other writers via Stupefying Stories (link below) , and tests even Matt's encyclopaedic literary knowledge to the limit! Find Cyberpunk here: https://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/cpunk.htm Stupefying Stories: https://stupefyingstories.com/
S3 · E63
August 8 · 38 min
Mad Max
The lads are back, this time to chat about George Miller's iconic Mad Max movies!! Get ready for a guzzoline-soaked race through a wasteland that's anything but MEDIOCRE!!!!!
S3 · E62
August 1 · 52 min
An interview with Hugh Howey, creator of the Silo series
No daft puns this time: it's an interview with Hugh Howey, the phenomenally talented, staggeringly successful, and astoundingly likeable writer, known primarily for his smash hit Silo novels, which went from self-published short pieces to internationally acclaimed novels and more recently an Apple TV adaptation!! Can't wait for you to hear this one: we're Silover the moon about it (okay maybe one daft pun...) https://hughhowey.com/
S3 · E61
July 25 · 41 min
Short Circuit
Is this the least cyberpunk thing we've ever covered? Probably! Does it feature a loveable robot who inarguably embodies the true spirit of badass punk?? Possibly!! Is there one incredibly problematic aspect to these movies that the lads had completely forgotten about when they decided to talk about them??? Very much so!!!
S3 · E60
July 18 · 46 min
Cyberpunk villains (with Tim Standish)
The baddies are always the best characters... but which of cyberpunk's rogues' gallery deserve the title of all-time greatest? Tune in to hear the lads joined by brilliant writer Tim Standish, author of The Sterling Directive, as they attempt to answer this very question... Where to find more about Tim: Website: https://timstandish.co.uk/who-is-tim-standish/ Twitter: @TimStandishUK
S3 · E59
July 11 · 35 min
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
In today's episode, Matt and Jon are chatting about Harlan Ellison's massively influential 1967 short story, as well as its 1995 video game adaptation! In a typically rambling chat, they're also debating the most evil AI of all time, as well as the art of the perfect movie trailer...
S3 · E58
July 4 · 49 min
Elysium (with Phil Stitelmann)
Today's topic is another gem of a cyberpunk movie, Neill Blomkamp's Elysium, and today's guest is a gem of a cyberpunk writer, the prolific Phil Stitelmann! Tune in for a fascinating chat with a top creator, as well as Jon attempting a South African accent so bad that it may constitute a war crime. Phil's debut novella and other upcoming books and articles can be hunted down at the following co-ordinates... Website: https://digital-gods-and-fallen-angels.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/c/PhilStitelmann/home YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilStitelmann Instagram: @phil_stitelmann Blog: https://medium.com/@Phil-Stitelmann
S3 · E57
June 27 · 35 min
Alien: Earth
If the lads had been able to think of a suitable pun, this podcast probably would have been named after Alien instead of Ghost In The Shell; that's how much they love this enduring, legendary, and admittedly patchy franchise. So it was with some trepidation that they ventured into Noah Hawley's TV show... tune in to find out what they made of it, and which character/eyeball stole the show!! (Podmetheus? You Have My Sympodthies? Weyland You-hear-me?)
S3 · E56
June 20 · 36 min
Watch Dogs: Legion (with SD Miller)
Our first guest of the new season is the brilliant, talented, likeable, articulate and all-round ace SD Miller; alongside his excellent Nekonikon Punk novels, we'll be discussing a cyberpunk gem of a video game: Watch Dogs: Legion! We're trying to be a bit better about including our guests' contact deets, so here's where to find out more about SD Miller's great books: Website: https://www.sdmiller.ca/ Substack/Newsletter: https://www.thistoo.ca/ Instagram: @nekonikonpunk

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