The L0WL1F3 Podcast

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By: Coinops, Scum, Xero, Shadowlink, The Cyberpunk Librarian & Grueproof

Dystopia? Check. Every episode is either about some fresh new hell that was probably predicted in a cyberpunk story, or some topic that could be viewed through a cyberpunk lens. Produced in affiliation with neondystopia.com

s5e12 L0WL1F3 "A Pause For Station Identification"
#12
Yesterday at 1:56 AM

This Ep, Grue interviews the guys about the origins of Neon Dystopia and L0WL1F3. This is a good one if you've wondered how we got here, and where it's all going.

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s5e11 L0WL1F3 "Wag The Dog"
#11
06/27/2025

CoinOps, Grueproof, and Scum discuss Barry Levinson's underrated masterpiece about how to distract from a Presidential scandal.

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s5e10 L0WL1F3 "Whichever Monster Screams The Loudest"
#10
06/21/2025

This ep, we welcome Grueproof to the L0WL1F3 squad, and we welcome back Darkstar for a discussion on the similarities between the current state of affairs and the similarities to the show Andor.

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s5e9 L0WL1F3 "Smash TV"
#9
05/30/2025

The full crew is back to discuss a stupid orb and a stupid gameshow. Shadowlink endures a technical issue. CoinOps discovers sarsaparilla.

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s5e8 L0WL1F3 "Solarpunk" with Dr Sil
#8
05/16/2025

This ep, CoinOps, Shadowlink, and Xero are joined by the inimitable Dr Sil to discuss Solarpunk, its potential as a response to dystopian genres, and the importance of seeking solutions to existential problems.

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s5e7 L0WL1F3 "I Have No Pod And I Must Cast"
#7
04/20/2025

So, we've been talking about Harlan Ellison a lot off-mic (and a little bit on mic) and it just so happens that Xero has a buddy who's just recorded several audio-versions of Ellison's writing. Luis Moreno joins Xero, Scum, and CoinOps for an extended discussion on Ellison's life, works, and controversies.

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s5e6 L0WL1F3 "Thistopia"
#6
04/07/2025

From ChatGPT-fueled inquiries to daylight abductions, from the gutting of libraries to the Tesla backlash, from the Technocracists to the Tradwives, this episode has it all! And by "all" we mean like "a fraction of a percent."

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s5e5 L0WL1F3 "How the Slightly Less Bad Guys Lost"
#5
03/03/2025

Oleg returns with more insight into the fall of the Soviet Union, and more parallels to the current situation in the US. Also: vodka.

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s5e4 L0WL1F3 "The Siege" (1998)
#4
02/07/2025

Watching this pre-9/11 movie, at this point in history, is like catching a glimpse of an alternate, but still kinda shitty, dimension.

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s5e3 L0WL1F3 "NewsMash: NewNightmare"
#3
01/31/2025

It was a hell of a year last week.

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s5e2 L0WL1F3 "The Putinization of America"
#2
01/20/2025

CoinOps, X3R0, and Dan welcome special guest Oleg to discuss some interesting similarities between the fall of the Soviet Union and what's happening here and now.

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s5e1 L0Wl1F3 "Tastefakers: 2024 Edition"
#1
01/10/2025

We kick off season 5 looking back at some media from 2024 that got us through.

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s4e26 L0WL1F3 "The Wild Bunch (1969)"
#26
12/14/2024

This week, CoinOps can finally shut up about the epic 1969 Sam Peckinpah western: The Wild Bunch. Yee, and I cannot stress this enough, haw.

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s4e24 L0WL1F3 "Turkey Shoot (1982)"
#24
12/08/2024

This ep: a film about every conspiracy theorist's wettest dream. We got re-education camps, a totalitarian government of elites, and something that's not entirely unlike Sasquatch.

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s4e25 L0WL1F3 "NewsMash 12/2024"
#25
12/08/2024

How 'bout a little slice of news? We've got mysterious drones, Pokemon feeding AI, global destabilization, and a corporate correction.

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s4e23 L0WL1F3 "Enemy of the State"
#23
11/22/2024

This ep, we talk about 1998's "Enemy of the State," a 2 hour and 12 minute movie told in a series of consecutive Vine clips.

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s4e22 L0WL1F3 "The Cell"
#22
11/15/2024

Spoopy Season concludes with a discussion on the 2000 film, "The Cell." Slim Goodbody may make an appearance.

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s4e21 L0WL1F3 "Crimes of the Future & Lifeforce"
#21
11/01/2024

Spooky season goes into overtime, the first of many future crimes of the, ahem, L0W-L1F3Force!

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s4e20 L0WL1F3 "Dead Leaves & Altered States"
#20
10/26/2024

L0WL1F3 returns with a discussion about a highly-kinetic anime and a cerebral film about a guy that returns to Monke. Harembe wept.

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s4e18 L0WL1F3 x Cyberpunk Librarian "The Conversation (1974)" Part 1
#18
09/28/2024

The crew discusses a Coppola film about a surveillance expert afflicted with shitty opsec and Catholicism.

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s4e19 L0WL1F3 x Cyberpunk Librarian "The Conversation (1974)" Part 2
#19
09/28/2024

The conclusion of our, uh, conversation about Coppola's "The Conversation", a film that prefigured several problems that we now see with the surveillance state, and our position within it. Yay!

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s4e17 L0WL1F3 x Cyberpunk Librarian "404 Books Not Found"
#17
09/14/2024

This ep, our good buddy Cyberpunk Librarian joins us to explain the recent Hachette v Internet Archive hullabaloo.

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s4e16 L0WL1F3 "Poe's Law"
#16
08/22/2024

This ep, we enlist the help of Soft Rock to talk about satire, trolling, and Poe's Law.

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s4e15 L0WL1F3 "Runaway (1984)" Part 2
#15
08/04/2024

We cannot believe this took two episodes.

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s4e14 L0WL1F3 "Runaway (1984)" Part 1
#14
08/04/2024

The story of a sentient mustache with vertigo that hunts down renegade robots and the bass player who created them.

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s4e13 L0WL1F3 "Clown Coup Chronicles"
#13
07/20/2024

This ep, the crew talks about what happened in Butler, PA, and also SeigedSec's hack of The Heritage Foundation.

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s4e12 L0WL1F3 "The Violation Engine"
#12
06/27/2024

Just gonna put a big ol' CONTENT WARNING right up front here. This episode deals with AI image generators and pornography made about people without their consent. It's not great.

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s4e10 L0WL1F3 "Freejack" Pt 1
#10
06/14/2024

Freejack (1992), a movie about time-travel body-snatching, a billionaire's quest for extended life, and Mick-fucking-Jagger. (Part 1 of 2)

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s4e11 L0WL1F3 "Freejack" Pt 2
#11
06/14/2024

We pick up where we left off, in the future of 2009. Mick Jagger is all that remains.

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s4e9 L0WL1F3 "AI" Ain't It
#9
06/07/2024

This ep, the team talks about Atlas, SEO jackassery, and how Google is pretty much useless now.

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s4e8 L0WL1F3 "Neotropolis w/ Butcher"
#8
05/10/2024

This ep, the crew has invited Butcher to describe what it was like to spend a few days in the Mohave at Neotropolis.

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s4e6 L0WL1F3 "Swordfish Part 1"
#6
05/08/2024

"You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit."

Talk about a movie that tells on itself. Yeesh.

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s4e6 L0WL1F3 "Swordfish" Part 1
#6
04/30/2024

"You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit."

Talk about a movie that tells on itself. Yeesh.

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s4e7 L0WL1F3 "Swordfish" Part 2
#7
04/26/2024

"No, I'm not some grungy wannabe filmmaker that's searching through existentialism through a hail of bong smoke or something."

We'd sigh, but we're coughing.

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s4e6 L0WL1F3 "Swordfish" Part 1
#6
04/26/2024

"You know what the problem with Hollywood is? They make shit. Unbelievable, unremarkable shit."

Talk about a movie that tells on itself. Yeesh.

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s4e4 L0WL1F3 A Discussion with Filmmaker Andrew McGee
#4
03/31/2024

This ep, Shadowlink and CoinOps welcome writer/director/producer Andrew McGee for a discussion on filmmaking, the creative process in general, and what actually deserves a remake.

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s4e5 L0WL1F3 NewsMash
#5
03/31/2024

This ep, the whole crew is here to talk about scams, a bridge, planes, TikTok, and other news.

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s4e3 L0WL1F3 "Bread & Circuses"
#3
02/23/2024

This Ep, Xero digs into the concept of "bread & circuses" a bit, while Shadowlink and CoinOps comment and tangent wildly. Scum is absent due to a cold, alas.

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s4e2 L0WL1F3 "ClusterFest 2024"
#2
02/07/2024

This ep, the squad just goes ahead and talks about Election 2024, the Palestine/Israel bloodbath, the current state of (cough) AI, and the unrelenting desire to eat the rich. Note: this is not in fact the first half of a two-parter; we managed to make ourselves miserable in the time allotted.

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s4e1 L0WL1F3 "The Public Domain"
#1
01/12/2024

To kick off the new season, we figured we'd talk about some gems that made it into the public domain. We figure we can get to how bad 2024 is gonna suck in later episodes.

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