Latest Mattruff Podcast Episodes
Bonus Episode: Live Reading by Author Matt Ruff
88 Names Podcast - April 29, 2021 19:45 - 36 minutesIn this bonus episode, author Matt Ruff reads from his novel 88 Names. This episode was recorded live on AltspaceVR on April 13, 2021.
Season 2, Episode 6: Fin
88 Names Podcast - April 20, 2021 23:41 - 1 hourCo-hosts Blake Collier and Matt Ruff sit down to discuss their thoughts and takeaways from two seasons speaking with engineers and developers and artists working on the cusp of Virtual and Augment Reality and Immersive spaces.
Season 2, Episode 5: Drew Stone
88 Names Podcast - April 07, 2021 18:55 - 34 minutesCo-hosts Matt Ruff and Blake Collier speak with Locusium Founder Drew Stone about helping to guide new users in VR spaces that are friendly and safe.
Season 2, Episode 4: Dr. Todd P. Chang, MD MAcM
88 Names Podcast - April 01, 2021 16:20 - 1 hourCo-hosts Matt Ruff and Blake Collier speak with Dr. Todd P. Chang about the role of VR technology in medical fields.
Season 2, Episode 3: Dungeon Dudes
88 Names Podcast - March 24, 2021 07:08 - 1 hour88 Names author Matt Ruff and co-host Blake Collier talk to Monty Martin and Kelly McLaughlin, the Dungeon Dudes, about Dungeons & Dragons, video games, VR, immersive theater, and more!
Season 2, Episode 2: Sasha Samochina
88 Names Podcast - March 17, 2021 02:57 - 46 minutesMatt & Blake talk to Sasha Samochina, an award-winning creative technologist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Season 2, Episode 1: Mike Pondsmith
88 Names Podcast - March 10, 2021 03:50 - 1 hourMatt Ruff and Blake Collier speak to Mike Pondsmith, creator of Cyberpunk.
Ep.13: Lovecraft Country - Last Letters
Lovecraft Country - October 30, 2020 16:17 - 57 minutes"Lovecraft Country" Season 1 is over, but the letters and voicemail keep pouring in. Ash and Gene respond to your thoughts on Leti's survival, Diana's revenge, Ruby's final acts, and the quality of the series as a whole. Subscribe Now Android: https://shatontv.com/lovecraft-country-android ...
Ep.12: Lovecraft Country - 110 - Full Circle
Lovecraft Country - October 21, 2020 19:26 - 1 hourTrue to its title, the "Lovecraft Country" season finale tied up several huge storylines explored during its 10-episode run. Listeners asked what we thought of those storylines, and we're here to tell you. Our "Full Circle" Deep Dive also examines the sometimes-confounding magic and rituals o...
Ep.11: Lovecraft Country - 109 - Rewind 1921
Lovecraft Country - October 14, 2020 23:36 - 58 minutesLovecraft Country redefined the purpose of a penultimate episode this week with Episode 9: "Rewind 1921." As Leti, Tic, and Montrose traveled back in time, we were reintroduced to Uncle George, shown Hippolyta's power, and invited to explore the interplay between homosexuality and fatherhood—all...
Ep.10: Lovecraft Country - 108 - Jig-a-Bobo
Lovecraft Country - October 07, 2020 07:57 - 1 hourLovecraft Country aspired from day one to mix eldritch horror with the terrors of racism in America. And Episode 8 showed us exactly how powerful that combination could be. The scares were scarier. The action was intense. And "Jig-a-Bobo" painfully examined the complex issues of intersectional...
Ep.9: Lovecraft Country - 107 - I Am
Lovecraft Country - September 30, 2020 21:15 - 1 hourLovecraft Country once again pushed the limits of representation, historical layering, trippy visuals, and empowerment when it told Hippolyta's story in Episode 7: I am. The Shat Crew dives deep into why Atticus went to St. Louis, where portals took Atticus and Hippolyta, the birthmark, Afrofu...
Ep.8: Lovecraft Country - 106 - Meet Me In Daegu
Lovecraft Country - September 23, 2020 21:55 - 1 hourLovecraft Country Episode 6 took us from the streets of Chicago to war-torn South Korea as we finally met Ji-Ah, learned her dark secret, and saw her vision of Atticus' death. "Meet Me in Daegu" left viewers wondering about kumiho legends, the Korean War, Atticus' true self, and what Judy Garl...
Ep.7: Lovecraft Country - 105 - Strange Case
Lovecraft Country - September 17, 2020 01:14 - 1 hourListeners asked for a deeper, longer dive, so here it is. This week's Shat on TV covers all the gore, glam, and "goddamn!" of Lovecraft Country Episode 5: Strange Case. Ash educates us on Kafka's "Metamorphosis," a subject she actually taught at the college level. Not to be outdone, Gene unvei...
Ep.6: Lovecraft Country - 104 - A History of Violence
Lovecraft Country - September 09, 2020 08:59 - 54 minutesWe expected an Indiana Jones-style romp from Lovecraft Country Episode 4. And "A History of Violence" delivered that adventure on a bloody plate, examining what it feels like to be the aboriginal rather than the raider. In this podcast edition, we explain why the museum was critical to telling...
Ep.5: Lovecraft Country - 103 - Holy Ghost
Lovecraft Country - September 02, 2020 07:25 - 57 minutes"Lovecraft Country" promised us a spooky, sexy, seething mix of TV horror and real-world racism. And Episode 3 delivered on that promise in a big way. Learn the history of the Winthrop House, Christina Braithwaite's involvement, and the significance of the episode's opening church scene. Explo...
Ep.4: Lovecraft Country - 102 - Whitey's on The Moon
Lovecraft Country - August 26, 2020 06:52 - 1 hourLovecraft Country Episode 2 hit us hard and quick with a slew of new characters, Atticus' dizzying lineage, hallucinations, rituals, cannibalism, ancient orders, and snake dick. Thankfully, we have answers. "Whitey's on The Moon" pushed the audience into new territory while drawing from influ...
Ep.3: Lovecraft Country - 101 - Sundown
Lovecraft Country - August 19, 2020 06:07 - 58 minutesOur "Sundown" Deep Dive explores the breakneck pace and refreshing attitude of Lovecraft Country's debut episode. We examine the racist legacy of H.P Lovecraft, the legendary voice of James Baldwin, and the principle of "othering." A voicemail about "The Green Book" takes Gene Lyons to task, a...
Ep.2: Lovecraft Country - Season 1 Primer
Lovecraft Country - August 05, 2020 02:43 - 48 minutesBefore you watch HBO's "Lovecraft Country," get the breakdown on what it's about, who's in it, how it was made, and why the big names behind it really make a difference. Millions have listened to Shat on TV coverage of "Westworld," "Game of Thrones," "Watchmen," "True Detective," "Taboo," and ...
Ep.1: Lovecraft Country - Podcast Introduction
Lovecraft Country - July 18, 2020 03:50 - 7 minutesWant "Lovecraft Country" broken down in an hour or less? We're the team to do it. Shat on TV returns after covering three seasons of HBO's "Westworld" and the racially charged "Watchmen" to explore the horror, science, and civil rights issues of Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams' ambitious TV project...
Bonus Episode: Live Reading and Q&A by Author Matt Ruff
88 Names Podcast - May 07, 2020 21:10 - 57 minutesIn this bonus episode, author Matt Ruff reads the first chapter from his novel 88 Names and takes questions from a live audience. This episode was recorded live on AltspaceVR on April 17, 2020.
Episode 8: Simón Rojas & Amir Ebrahimnia, Co-founders of Derooted
88 Names Podcast - May 04, 2020 23:03 - 24 minutesMatt Ruff and Blake Collier speak to Amir Ebrahimnia and Simón Rojas, co-founders of Derooted Immersive, about what creativity looks like when working with major brands, how the quarantine has shifted the work they do and affected their day-to-day business, and what they see as the benefits and ...
Episode 7: Noah Nelson
88 Names Podcast - April 28, 2020 22:17 - 1 hourNoah Nelson has made a life of exploring the numerous ways that the audience transcends the proscenium, or stage, that separates them from the experience on the stage or screen. In this delightful and very human conversation, Blake Collier and Matt Ruff dig into the worlds of immersive theater a...
Episode 6: Joanna Popper
88 Names Podcast - April 20, 2020 22:03 - 27 minutesBlake Collier and Matt Ruff talk to Joanna Popper about HP’s own interests in the development of VR/AR—especially in the realms of location-based entertainment. We talk about what the effects of the technology are on a global scale and the intentions of the creators versus the intentions of the ...
Episode 5: Michael Madary
88 Names Podcast - April 13, 2020 20:30 - 1 hourMichael Madary (along with fellow philosopher, Thomas Metzinger) penned the first Code of Ethical Conduct for virtual and augmented realities. Blake Collier and Matt Ruff explore the ethics of technology and what it looks like to attempt to prophecy all of the potential negative elements of an i...
Episode 4: Mariana Acuña Acosta
88 Names Podcast - April 07, 2020 00:45 - 51 minutesBlake Collier and Matt Ruff speak with Mariana Acuña Acosta about the ins and outs of VR/AR development, where the technology and the tools to develop it are at in access to the masses, and what these technological shifts mean for the greater world. We also dig into how businesses counteract and...
Episode 3: Cory Doctorow
88 Names Podcast - March 28, 2020 04:07 - 58 minutesBlake Collier and Matt Ruff talk to Cory Doctorow about the state of technology and how it influences everything from economics to the environment. We also touch on how pop culture like fiction shapes the development of VR and AR tech as well as tackling the issues of closed tech systems like Ap...
Episode 2: Matt Ruff
88 Names Podcast - March 17, 2020 18:33 - 1 hourIt’s just the two of us on this special day! Blake Collier turns his sights on his co-host, Matt Ruff, and digs into numerous aspects of his new book which you can purchase through links on the podcast website! Matt talks about how he originates his unique ideas for books and when the ideas fina...
Episode 1: Brandon Oldenburg
88 Names Podcast - March 13, 2020 16:22 - 51 minutesBlake Collier and Matt Ruff visit with Flight School’s Brandon Oldenburg about his 2012 Oscar-winning animated short, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, the shifting landscapes of virtual and augmented realities and how they have changed the art of illustration and storytelling, ...
Episode 0: Matt Ruff
88 Names Podcast - March 04, 2020 01:11 - 9 minutesBlake Collier and Matt Ruff talk about how Matt got the idea for his 2016 novel, Lovecraft Country, and what the process of working with Misha Green (Underground), Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us), and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: Episodes 7 & 9) on the HBO adaptation of the book was like, especially since...
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