New podcast hosted by E.J. Kalafarski. Each episode we'll time travel to a different year with a movie and use it to process today’s technology, media, and politics. New episodes drop every other Thursday.
The Matrix (1999, 2199): The Movie That Taught Us How to Talk About AI
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Jenna Hanlon joins and we get heady and weird talking about ‘The Matrix’ as we time travel to the halcyon days of 1999 and the dystopian AI future of 2199. We get into everything from religion to simulation theory to identity, while Neo shoots his way through the lobby and our childhoods.
24 Sept 2026
The Great Dictator (1940): When Chaplin Mocked Hitler (and Gave Us SNL and South Park)
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Editor, graphic designer, and producer Fred Bonheim joins as we time travel to 1940 with the OG South Park, Charlie Chaplin’s seminal parody ‘The Great Dictator’. We dig into the propaganda, the consequences, and how it amazingly feels like it’s written for us today.
3 Sept 2026
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991): Maybe Edward Furlong Can Teach AI Love
Jenna Hanlon returns so we can revisit Tiny Skull World and James Cameron’s prophetic warnings about AI in 1991's Terminator 2: Judgement Day. We flip our learning switches and get into everything from the catchphrases to the 90s aesthetic to the existential threat.
27 Aug 2026
Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013): A Different Kind of Time-Traveler from the Future
Danielle Lee joins to talk about that other great time travel trilogy, Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy. We dig into ‘Before Sunrise,’ ‘Before Sunset,’ and ‘Before Midnight.’
20 Aug 2026
2000–2015: Special Effects and the Era That Can’t Be Remastered
Today’s episode is a little different, as Katy Rusch and I took a detour during our recent discussion on John Carpenter’s The Thing to talk about special effects in a conversation that deserved its own episode. This time, we time travel across an entire 15-year period to talk about the transition that special effects went through as the CG era took over, what it means for the way we feel about movies that have become so reliant on it, and the 15-year period at the beginning of this century where movies can never be remastered.
11 Aug 2026
True Romance (1993): Enter Tarantino (and ‘Generation Jones’)
Mike Goonan joins as we travel to 1993 with the real first Quentin Tarantino movie, ‘True Romance.’ We dig into how Tarantino defines the digital era, an entire generation that lives between two others, and all cinema to come after.
4 Aug 2026
The Terminator (1984): When James Cameron Warned Us About AI
Tech and videogame strategist and singer/songwriter Jenna Hanlon joins as we travel to 1984 with the most famous AI warning of all time, James Cameron’s ‘The Terminator,’ and try to figure out whether its prediction of the coming AI war in 2029 feels right and what it means for the next decade.
28 Jul 2026
The Thing (1982): Kurt Russell Wins Us the Cold War
Production designer and art director for film and TV Katy Rusch joins as we travel to 1982 and into the delicious paranoia of John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing.’
21 Jul 2026
Working Girl (1988): When Boomers Hit Their 30s and the Workplace
In our premiere episode, we're joined by production designer Claire Vitto as we travel to 1988 and dive deep into the hair, technology, and sexual politics with the film ‘Working Girl.’
17 Jul 2026
Introducing ‘You Are Here with E.J. Kalafarski’
E.J. Kalafarski is a technologist, transit advocate, former Presidential Innovation Fellow, actor, archaeology ambassador, and amateur time traveler. Each week, we’ll time travel to a different year using movies, technology, and pop culture to bridge the divide between generations and see what living in other times can tell us about surviving the technology, media, and politics of today.
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