Hosts In The Shell

About Hosts In The Shell

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.

Publisher

Jon Richter and Matt Adcock

Category

arts · technology · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Feb 2022

Latest episode

17 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

74 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Oct 2026

   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)

2. 

   10 Oct 2026

   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 possi...

3. 

   3 Oct 2026

   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.richard...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

26

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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