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Fifty Years of Shit Robots

Fifty Years of Shit Robots

By: Matt Brown
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Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. FIFTY YEARS OF S**T ROBOTS is a podcast that celebrates them all. Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Matt Brown and Stephen Murray, senior lecturer in TV, Film & Journalism at Teesside University. WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.

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  • 200. THE TERMINATOR PART 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME TRAVEL

    200. THE TERMINATOR PART 1: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME TRAVEL
    Jun 22 2026

    Today we begin our season on THE TERMINATOR, maybe the most famous robot movie of them all. First things first, let's deep-dive into Time Travel movies.


    WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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    NOTES

    FIVE TIME TRAVEL PARADOXES

    https://www.astronomytrek.com/5-bizarre-paradoxes-of-time-travel-explained/

    A HISTORY OF TIME TRAVEL FICTION

    https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/46690/a-history-of-time-travel-fiction

    BFI’S TEN LESSER-KNOWN TIME TRAVEL FILMS

    https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-lesser-known-time-travel-films

    GQ’S TEN BEST TIME TRAVEL FILMS

    https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/best-time-travel-movies

    EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE’S LEGACY

    https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/new-way-thinking-about-motion-movement-eadweard-muybridge

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    43 mins
  • 199. WHAT'S NEXT?

    199. WHAT'S NEXT?
    Jun 8 2026

    WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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    9 mins
  • 198. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAL 9000 (PART 3)

    198. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAL 9000 (PART 3)
    Jun 1 2026

    In this episode we wish HAL a very happy birthday and take a dip back in to the HAL episodes from our 2001 season. It seemed like a great opportunity to chat about the current state of play with AI and begin a new tradition on the podcast. So, every 2nd April we'll have a HAL DAY, where we celebrate the very best stories of AI going rogue. Enjoy.


    WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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    NOTES

    LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE ALIBABA INCIDENT

    https://www.cio.com/article/4159256/when-ai-goes-rogue-lessons-from-the-alibaba-incident.html

    WILL A.I. EVER BE CONSCIOUS?

    https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/will-ai-ever-be-conscious/index.html

    THE ART OF SYD MEAD

    https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-syd-mead/

    2010: THE UNTOLD TRUTH

    https://www.looper.com/355019/the-untold-truth-of-2010-the-year-we-make-contact/

    EUROPA – THE BEST BET FOR ALIEN LIFE?

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a23158/europa-alien-life-solar-system/

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    51 mins
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Great little fun podcast about the history of film and TV robots. As it’s radio there’s some serious memory work at play. I’ve spent hours looking up robots from my youth and comic books due to this

They’re Shit and we Know They Are

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Likeable hosts, interesting content and weird shite old films - what’s not to love! Also some newer films because we bloody love a robot.

Best Robot film review podcast

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There’s robots lots of robots but more much more is the rich history and downright hilarious background. Love it on my second listen.

Informative, fun and addictive

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