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Hosts In The Shell

Jon Richter and Matt Adcock

The podcast where Jon Richter and Matt Adcock, writers and cyberpunk fans, discuss the genre's greatest works, as well as interviewing other cyberpunk creators.

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S3 · E66
Yesterday · 43 min
An interview with Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time and Shadows of the Apt
We are honoured and delighted to welcome another big-hitting literary guest to our humble show, this time celebrated British sci-fi and fantasy writer Adrian Tchaikovsky! Famed for writing about non-human intelligences, Adrian also makes some fascinating predictions about future technological advances... as well as a compelling case that spiders might be alright after all. Adrian's website: https://adriantchaikovsky.com/ Find Adrian on Bluesky: @aptshadow Adrian's podcast: https://starshipalexandria.com/
S3 · E65
August 22 · 38 min
Streets of Rage
Not cyberpunk?? Pffffffft we'll be the judges of that! And anyway, who can begrudge us an episode to enthuse about arguably the greatest beat-em-up of all time... just watch out for bin chickens!
S3 · E64
August 15 · 43 min
An interview with Bruce Bethke, author of 'Cyberpunk' (and inventor of the word!)
The term 'legend' gets bandied about... but today's guest absolutely 100% meets the necessary criteria, having invented the word 'cyberpunk' as the title of his seminal 1980 short story!! We are honoured, delighted, starstruck and did we mention honoured to welcome Bruce Bethke to the show, who talks about being a genre pioneer along with his other work, including publishing other writers via Stupefying Stories (link below) , and tests even Matt's encyclopaedic literary knowledge to the limit! Find Cyberpunk here: https://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/cpunk.htm Stupefying Stories: https://stupefyingstories.com/
S3 · E63
August 8 · 38 min
Mad Max
The lads are back, this time to chat about George Miller's iconic Mad Max movies!! Get ready for a guzzoline-soaked race through a wasteland that's anything but MEDIOCRE!!!!!
S3 · E62
August 1 · 52 min
An interview with Hugh Howey, creator of the Silo series
No daft puns this time: it's an interview with Hugh Howey, the phenomenally talented, staggeringly successful, and astoundingly likeable writer, known primarily for his smash hit Silo novels, which went from self-published short pieces to internationally acclaimed novels and more recently an Apple TV adaptation!! Can't wait for you to hear this one: we're Silover the moon about it (okay maybe one daft pun...) https://hughhowey.com/
S3 · E61
July 25 · 41 min
Short Circuit
Is this the least cyberpunk thing we've ever covered? Probably! Does it feature a loveable robot who inarguably embodies the true spirit of badass punk?? Possibly!! Is there one incredibly problematic aspect to these movies that the lads had completely forgotten about when they decided to talk about them??? Very much so!!!
S3 · E60
July 18 · 46 min
Cyberpunk villains (with Tim Standish)
The baddies are always the best characters... but which of cyberpunk's rogues' gallery deserve the title of all-time greatest? Tune in to hear the lads joined by brilliant writer Tim Standish, author of The Sterling Directive, as they attempt to answer this very question... Where to find more about Tim: Website: https://timstandish.co.uk/who-is-tim-standish/ Twitter: @TimStandishUK
S3 · E59
July 11 · 35 min
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
In today's episode, Matt and Jon are chatting about Harlan Ellison's massively influential 1967 short story, as well as its 1995 video game adaptation! In a typically rambling chat, they're also debating the most evil AI of all time, as well as the art of the perfect movie trailer...
S3 · E58
July 4 · 49 min
Elysium (with Phil Stitelmann)
Today's topic is another gem of a cyberpunk movie, Neill Blomkamp's Elysium, and today's guest is a gem of a cyberpunk writer, the prolific Phil Stitelmann! Tune in for a fascinating chat with a top creator, as well as Jon attempting a South African accent so bad that it may constitute a war crime. Phil's debut novella and other upcoming books and articles can be hunted down at the following co-ordinates... Website: https://digital-gods-and-fallen-angels.com/ Patreon: patreon.com/c/PhilStitelmann/home YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilStitelmann Instagram: @phil_stitelmann Blog: https://medium.com/@Phil-Stitelmann
S3 · E57
June 27 · 35 min
Alien: Earth
If the lads had been able to think of a suitable pun, this podcast probably would have been named after Alien instead of Ghost In The Shell; that's how much they love this enduring, legendary, and admittedly patchy franchise. So it was with some trepidation that they ventured into Noah Hawley's TV show... tune in to find out what they made of it, and which character/eyeball stole the show!! (Podmetheus? You Have My Sympodthies? Weyland You-hear-me?)
S3 · E56
June 20 · 36 min
Watch Dogs: Legion (with SD Miller)
Our first guest of the new season is the brilliant, talented, likeable, articulate and all-round ace SD Miller; alongside his excellent Nekonikon Punk novels, we'll be discussing a cyberpunk gem of a video game: Watch Dogs: Legion! We're trying to be a bit better about including our guests' contact deets, so here's where to find out more about SD Miller's great books: Website: https://www.sdmiller.ca/ Substack/Newsletter: https://www.thistoo.ca/ Instagram: @nekonikonpunk
S3 · E55
June 13 · 33 min
Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex
WE'RE BACK BAYBEHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Season 3 of Hosts In The Shell kicks off in style with our customary discussion of something related to Ghost In The Shell, this time the spin-off anime series Standalone Complex. Tune in for an amusing and ever-so-slightly informative chat about the subject matter, a load of random tangents, and some EXCITING updates about forthcoming guests... including the creator of our brand new theme tune and inventor of the word 'cyberpunk' in his seminal 1983 short story, the staggeringly talented Bruce Bethke!!
S3 · E54
June 7 · 1 min
Hosts In The Shell season 3: a shambolic cyber-trailer!
The boys are BACK BAYBEHHHHH!!!!! Season 3 is incoming and promises more frequent episodes, the usual scintillating chat, some guests we're frankly staggered we managed to trick into appearing, and this rubbish trailer!!! Looking forward to wagging our cyber-chins with you in the coming weeks :-) :-) :-)
S2 · E53
May 25, 2025 · 47 min
Season finale!! Ghost In The Shell (2017 live action movie)
Season two of Hosts In The Shell lurches, careens and, erm, clatters to the end of another rollercoaster run! It's just Matt and Jon to close it out, revisiting their main inspiration and beloved anime franchise to revisit and (sort of) reappraise the 2017 live action version... listen as they figure out what went wrong with the movie, gush about our lovely guests and audience, and fantasise about a cyber-resurgence for the UK...
S2 · E52
May 11, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min
Hardware (bonus episode from the Dark Natter archives - the first time Jon and Matt met!)
As we hurtle like a malfunctioning hovercab towards our season finale, we thought it would be fun to dust off this 2021 recording: the first time Jon and Matt ever met! It was a guest appearance by Matt on Jon's other podcast, Dark Natter (where dark fiction gets dissected), but unsurprisingly Matt picked a cyberpunk topic - it's almost like this show was their inescapable destiny...
S2 · E51
Apr 27, 2025 · 46 min
Peruvian cyberpunk with Gustaffo Vargas
Those scoundrelly Hosts are joined by the far more wholesome, lovely, and massively talented cyber-graphic-novel-creator, Gustaffo Vargas, for a brilliant deep dive into the world of Peruvian cyberpunk! Tune in to find out how to modernise an ancient culture, Jon's favourite Studio Ghibli moment, and why Matt is changing his name to Adquot...
S2 · E50
Apr 13, 2025 · 57 min
Nemesis
For those who haven't yet been introduced to this (ahem) masterpiece, Nemesis is the 1992 brainchild of legendary cyber-B-movie director Albert Pyun, and after you've watched it you'll be as incredulous as Jon that it spawned four sequels!! Tune in to find out what Jon and Matt made of this inexplicably endearing cyberpunk action (ahem) extravaganza...
S2 · E49
Mar 29, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min
The Matrix trilogy (with Keith Anthony Baird)
Despite covering The Matrix Resurrections way back at the start of this podcast's existence (before the cyberpsychosis had really kicked in), the Hosts have unbelievably never covered the original Matrix trilogy! Thankfully, brilliant multi-genre writer Keith Anthony Baird was on hand to join us to remedy that shocking state of affairs, resulting in a belter of an episode that aims to once and for all answer the question: why were the Matrix sequels so much worse than the original masterpiece??
S2 · E48
Mar 16, 2025 · 54 min
Casshern
After years of podcasting, chatting and general cyber-film-buffery, it's unbelievable that the lads have only just realised they both absolutely love Kazuaki Kiriya's underrated (and bonkers) gem of a movie! Get yourselves suited up for a nice relaxing dip in a pool of body parts and Neo Cells...
S2 · E47
Mar 2, 2025 · 49 min
Altered Carbon (with T R Napper)
It's about time we covered this modern classic novel and its TV adaptation, and we're delighted to be joined by multi-award-winning cyberpunk writer T R Napper to do it! Join us for another wide-ranging chat that veers into Aliens and Bishop's knife trick (not the Fall Out Boy song...)

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