WELCOME TO LAYER 01, "An exploration of the WEIRDness in this bizarre world of ours... and outside of it."
Layer 01 is the first piece of media we here at Schizopunk Media discovered and have been able to succesfully recover episodes of after the discovery of The Waystation Drive in an old, abandoned, off-the-books military research outpost just outside of Warrensburg, Missouri. The recordings contain what appear to be just an average podcast about various strange and slightly eerie topics made by/with the same people/characters(?) who appear in Cinema Cyberia and The Videodrome. Proper investigation into the matter is pending.
09/20/24 Restored Episode 16: Hypercrisis, or: The Dimensional Merge
08/09/24 Restored Episode 15: KEK - Cyberstition and Memetic Warfare
07/26/24 Restored Episode 14: Dune, Dreaming, and Destiny
03/22/24 Restored Episode 13: Polybius - Nostalgia As Technotronic Terror
03/08/24 Restored Episode 12: The Committee of 300
02/19/24 Restored Episode 11: The Cult of Boitata - Serpent Worship and Myth Across Time
12/29/23 Restored Episode 10: Science Adventure Series - Hacking the Black Iron Prison Pt. 2
12/27/23 Restored Episode 09: Anonymous;Code - Hacking the Black Iron Prison Pt. 1
10/25/23 Restored Episode 08: Land of the Lost - High Strangeness and The Mauve Zone
10/13/23 Restored Episode 07: Philip K. Dick - Chapel Perilous & Conspiracy Folklore
10/06/23 Restored Episode 06: Ong's Hat - Liminal Spaces and Legend Tripping
08/26/23 Restored Episode 05: Mothman - American Yokai
02/02/23 Threw together a little extension of the Schizopunk Media site for the Layer 01 Podcast Recovery Project
01/30/23 Restored Episode 04: SMT is Real
01/23/23 Restored Episode 03: Aliens are Demons
05/22/22 Restored Episode 02: Roko's Basilisk
03/29/22 Restored Episode 01: Godzilla Singular Point
Layer 01 EP 16: Hypercrisis, or: The Dimensional Merge
Fray & Kouji study Grant Morrison's Hypercrisis, the continuous Acceleration of Weirdness in the world, and the ongoing Dimensional Merge.
Layer 01 EP 15: KEK - Cyberstition and Memetic Warfare
Fray & Kouji wander into the past depths of the Wired. The strange Cult of KEK, The Great Meme Wars, and their effects on culture and modern history.
Layer 01 EP 14: Dune, Dreaming, and Destiny
Fray & Kouji return to discuss the deep implications of the power of Religion, the reality of Prophecy, Dreaming, and the eternal relevance of Frank Herbert's Dune.
Layer 01 EP 13: Polybius - Nostalgia As Technotronic Terror
Fray & Kouji dive into the mysterious Urban Legend around the Polybius Arcade Machine, and its influences on Pop Culture and Unfiction as a whole.
Layer 01 EP 12: The Committee of 300
Fray & Kouji reveal details about the Enigmatic Secret Society known as The Committee of 300 - the shadowy organization that [wants to] rule[s] the world.
Layer 01 EP 11: The Cult of Boitata - Serpent Worship and Myth Across Time
Fray & Kouji uncover the deep connections between ancient Serpent Cults, Myths & Deities, and the endless war against the SERPENT [BASILISK]
Layer 01 EP 10: Science Adventure Series - Hacking the Black Iron Prison Pt. 2
Fray & Kouji continue discuss the Science Adventure Series, and the strange connections they have with Philip K. Dick's works (and life).
Layer 01 EP 9: Anonymous;Code - Hacking the Black Iron Prison Pt. 1
Fray & Kouji rant about the Japanese Visual Novel Anonymous;Code, the greater Science Adventure Series at large, and the strange connections they have with Philip K. Dick's works (and life).
Layer 01 EP 8: Land of the Lost - High Strangeness and The Mauve Zone
Fray, Kouji, & Barry explore the classic 70s TV series Land of the Lost, along with the bizarre connections to High Strangeness and the Mauve Zone. Furthering our foray into American Shintoism and the insanity of modernity.
Layer 01 EP 7: Philip K. Dick - Chapel Perilous & Conspiracy Folklore
Kouji and Fray, ft. Barry - come together to talk about the prolific author and modern prophet - Philip K. Dick, his impact on culture and society and connection to the strange aspects of the Chapel Perilous.
Layer 01 EP 6: Ong's Hat - Liminal Spaces and Legend Tripping
Kouji and Fray return to explore the first internet ARG known as Ong's Hat, and its connection with the Legend Tripping Phenomenon, along with the infamous Black Mailbox and other Liminal "Sacred Spaces". As featured on Joseph Matheny's Ong's Hat Website!
Layer 01 EP 5: Mothman - American Yokai
Kouji and Fray come at the infamous Mothman and other cryptids from a different angle than usual- as the yokai to a uniquely American "shintoism" developing in modern times.
Layer 01 EP 4: SMT is Real
Kouji and Fray discuss the idea that digital technology may just be a gateway to another, darker world.
Layer 01 EP 3: Aliens are Demons
Kouji and Fray ponder the notion that maybe so called extraterrestrials and demons are not only compatible concepts- but maybe even the same thing.
Layer 01 EP 2: Roko's Basilisk
Kouji and Fray utterly fail at not exposing you to an infohazard.
Layer 01 EP 1: Godzilla Singular Point
Kouji and Fray discuss the barely comprehensible quantum shennanigans of the first TRUE Godzilla anime.