A Thousand Maybe Worlds

Two non-experts work their way through the entire available run of the old time radio anthology X Minus One (X-1) with occasional guests.

Episode 55--"Mr. Costello, Hero" 09/26/2018

Episode 55--"Mr. Costello, Hero" Rescued from obscurity, an episode we recorded in July of 2017. We briefly discuss the story of a convincing activist and then the nature of evil. Insights into people bad at blackmail, audiobook celebrities, and Richard's dating profile. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/7083461

Episode 54 -- "Where Ever You May Be" X Minus One 06/28/2017

Episode 54 -- "Where Ever You May Be" X Minus One Now featuring both of us... William Redfield and Ernest Kinoy do their best to delight us with a really dumb story, Richard dreams of Bewitched, Ryan gets creeped out by old timey sexual innuendo and we all find a way to enjoy something bad. Ryan gives it a 2 and Richard a 3 like us on follow us on twitter @1000MaybeWorlds email us at drop us a review on iTunes /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/5488378

Episode 53 -- "Project Trojan" X Minus One 06/21/2017

Episode 53 -- "Project Trojan" X Minus One From out of nowhere comes a new episode. That we kind of discuss. As well as Riverdale, other anthologies, and Ryan eventually falls off the planet. Ryan gives it a 7 and Richard gives it a 6.5 in a category divide. Follow us at Twitter @1000maybeworlds, facebook or email us at [email protected] /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/5464169

Episode 52--"If You Was a Moklin" X Minus One 12/28/2016

Episode 52--"If You Was a Moklin" X Minus One We complete a years worth of weekly episodes in the span of a year an half or so with Murray Leinster's "If You Was a Moklin" where we discuss the line between adorable and scary, we forget our own podcasting history, and discuss evolution the way people who don't 'believe' in evolution think it happens. Ryan is an 8.5 and Richard is an 8 Like us here: Follow us @1000MaybeWorlds, email us at rate us on iTunes or where you get podcasts 'cause were in few now. Leave written reviews, receive praise. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4939703

Episode 51--"Project Mastodon" X Minus One 12/23/2016

Episode 51--"Project Mastodon" X Minus One I finally got some time set aside to edit one of the two episodes on deck, so here for your listening pleasure is Simak/Kinoy joint Project Mastodon. Topics include chill time travelers, goofy plans, a half-assed history of our writing, and the defense contractor pitch for top down scrolling games of the 80s. Ryan landed at a 7, Richard at a 7 1/2 Hey! , but also Twitter @1000MaybeWorlds,but don't forget . As always, leave reviews and star ratings on the ol' iTunes, and now we're on other podcasting apps, so now you can find us there too. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4937693

Episode 50 - "Lulungameena" X Minus One 11/08/2016

Episode 50 - "Lulungameena" X Minus One We're back. We've flipped the audio problems once again as we dive into the linguistic sorta story "Lulungameena." We discuss arcane grammar rules, ruin classic comedy bits, and quibble over what literal is. Ryan give it a 7, Richard a 6.5 @1000MaybeWorlds and A Thousand Maybe Worlds on Facebook. Also, now on Stitcher. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4813707

The Final 7 Minutes of Episode 49 09/03/2016

The Final 7 Minutes of Episode 49 So, somewhere along the line, I erased the last seven minutes of Richard's recording on the last episode...or i have space madness and Richard is just in my head... Either way, he was elbow deep in what is undoubtably the most popular part of the podcast, him talking about books he's read. So for the fans, I have restored Richard's Reading Room for your listening pleasure. And revealed that I don't to a QC after it goes to MP3... /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4639739

Episode 49--"The Defenders" X Minus One 09/01/2016

Episode 49--"The Defenders" X Minus One Finally it's here, except there's twenty minutes up front where Richard talks about Lem instead, then pitches a few shows based on mis-speaking, and eventually we get into a bunker episode that washes the taste of Hello, Tomorrow out of our mouths. Ryan clocked in at a 7 and Richard an 8 Find us on Facebook , follow us on Twitter @1000MaybeWorlds, email us rate us on iTunes, and hey, why not a written review while you're at it. huh? Why not? /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4634701

Episode 48 -- "Hallucination Orbit" X Minus One 07/04/2016

Episode 48 -- "Hallucination Orbit" X Minus One Our first remote recording, some audio problems, timing problems, but it's an uploadable episode so here it goes. X-1s grumpiest man returns in a space madness episode "Hallucination Orbit". Ryan complains about his stomach, Richard reads a kids book, and we encounter the first man in literature to be bored with porn. Ryan gave it a 8.5, Richard a 7.5 The Facebook! The twitter @1000MaybeWorlds The Email! Places to leave written reviews! iTunes! Exclamation point! /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4491451

Episode 47 -- "The Seventh Order" X Minus One 06/25/2016

Episode 47 -- "The Seventh Order" X Minus One Richard gets the title right on the second try, but Ryan can't count. Another invasion story, this time from a Blue Man Group Robot. Bad piloting, a strange plan, and another episode we talk ourselves out of liking in this week's belated episode. Fours all around. Do the facebook thing at Follow us on the Twitter @1000MaybeWorlds Email us at Review us on iTunes and hey, why not do it in writing? You know, for posterity. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4469065

Episode 46--"Sea Legs" X Minus One 06/17/2016

Episode 46--"Sea Legs" X Minus One Back from the dead, the first of the previously lost episodes "Sea Legs" despite the fact that Richard calls it "The Seventh Order" and Ryan agrees. Listen as we slowly talk ourselves into disappointment, Richard soapboxes a pet peeve again, we get Ryan's favorite grumpy voice actor William Redfield, and we decide what makes a good bureaucratic distopia story. Richard gave it a 4.5 and Ryan a 6.5 Find us at facebook follow us on Twitter @1000MaybeWorlds, email us at and rate us on iTunes and hey, why not celebrate the return of the pre recorded episodes by giving us a written review? /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4450775

A Thousand Maybe Worlds Special: The Brooklyn Brain 2000 Plus 05/11/2016

A Thousand Maybe Worlds Special: The Brooklyn Brain 2000 Plus So, maybe my hard drive did not survive this last move, maybe it's just the power supply. Either way, hard drive failure and last minute thinking have brought you this special edition of A Thousand Maybe Worlds, our pre-release test recording of the 2000+ episode"The Brooklyn Brain." I haven't even listened to it since the trial edit over a year ago, so I'm going to be as surprised as you are. Enjoy...and, good luck. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4360604

Episode 45--"A Sense of Wonder" X Minus One 04/30/2016

Episode 45--"A Sense of Wonder" X Minus One The ship is all, praise the ship...yep, we're on another /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4332686

Episode 44--"Jaywalker" X Minus One 04/20/2016

Episode 44--"Jaywalker" X Minus One Hey, did you like "Cold Equations" but thought that there needed to be a stupid personal drama and a way out of the situation? What's wrong with you? Well, here's "Jaywalker," where we talk about how bad the episode was, ways in which the episode was bad, and the general badness of the episode. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4283119

Episode 43--"Star, Bright" X Minus One 04/13/2016

Episode 43--"Star, Bright" X Minus One Every parent's fantasy, a super genius child that transcends human existence. You know, with shenanigans. We discuss the dual-pronged difficulty of writing geniuses and children at the same time, what math goes where, and our different experiences in gifted programs. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4283116

Episode 42--"How-2" X Minus One 04/06/2016

Episode 42--"How-2" X Minus One A kit getting shipped by accident causes an existential crisis, but the silly music keeps playing. Richard has a moment with an author he's almost read, Ryan proposes a new way to listen to The Shadow, and we come to terms with rooting for the bad guy. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4269523

Episode 41--"A Pail of Air" X Minus One 03/30/2016

Episode 41--"A Pail of Air" X Minus One The ultimate blanket fort goes in search of a story but gets lost along the way. Richard forgets a fallacy, Ryan...shit, I may have sat this one out..., and we make a hard pitch for our perennial not-a-sponsor in this week's "A Pail of Air" /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4258320

Episode 40--"A Thousand Dollars a Plate" 03/24/2016

Episode 40--"A Thousand Dollars a Plate" We go straight into lament that this story wasn't the pilot to a sci-fi McHale's Navy. We name drop a bunch of other old sitcoms, including Richard's take on Hogan's Heroes, we do the worst musical number in all of podcastdom, and we return to a classic by turning on teenagers. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4244971

Episode 39--"Tunnel Under the World" X Minus One 03/16/2016

Episode 39--"Tunnel Under the World" X Minus One We go long and even occasionally talk about the episode. People from the future who can't remember the past encounter future disappointment, Richard gives Ryan an affirmation, Ryan throws shade on Dark City (get it?), Richard shares some hate for The Crow. Plus some Matrix talk and it all somehow vaguely relates to an episode we kinda liked. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4218554

Episode 38--"A Gun for Dinosaur" X Minus One 03/09/2016

Episode 38--"A Gun for Dinosaur" X Minus One We go way back in time with some characters equally out of time to explain why you need to be able to handle a big gun for dinosaur in..."A Gun for Dinosaur." Ryan gets all kinds of names wrong, Richard explains why there's no time travel Santa Claus, and we encounter the anti-sucker punch. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4201704

Episode 37--"Junkyard" X Minus One 03/02/2016

Episode 37--"Junkyard" X Minus One The making up continues as we explore the Simak story, "Junkyard." We discuss the unimportance of details, have a minor nerd off on other subjects we bore people with at parties, and our willingness to just assume our heroes are wrong about what's going on if the rest of the story is charming. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4182709

Episode 36--"Skulking Permit" X Minus One 02/24/2016

Episode 36--"Skulking Permit" X Minus One This is it, we're in Sheckley territory now. We gush over one of our favorite episodes by one of our favorite X Minus One adapted authors. We discuss the role of sincerity in narratives and society, decide that generational stereotypes are heat loss, and Ryan misremembers a story he just listened to. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4171680

Episode 35--"C-Chute" X Minus One 02/17/2016

Episode 35--"C-Chute" X Minus One Back on schedule-ish just in time for the heretic roles to be reversed. Richard talks through his problems in search of why he didn't like this story which involves a few greatest hits and why we don't like The Breakfast Club. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4154197

Episode 34--"Cave of Night" X Minus One 02/15/2016

Episode 34--"Cave of Night" X Minus One Turns out we were faking space long before we got to the moon, also playing with 'found footage' style narratives. Richard puts his foot down on anthropomorphic nature documentaries, we contemplate why the obvious solution wasn't used, and Richard launches right into the reading corner. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4149013

Episode 33--"Time and Time Again" X Minus One 02/03/2016

Episode 33--"Time and Time Again" X Minus One Almost in time for Groundhog's Day a Groundhoggy story...sort of. Ryan is apparently trying to not wake a baby, Richard pitches hard for the CW, and Ryan tries to start a religion. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4122608

Episode 32--"The Roads Must Roll" X Minus One 01/27/2016

Episode 32--"The Roads Must Roll" X Minus One We spend about as much time on plot as this story did, which is to say hardly anything. Instead we gave local shoutouts, threw unprovoked shade on Stockton, and generally had a hard time wrapping our head around the premise. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4106463

Bonus--Sound check nonsense...Richard explains nuts 01/27/2016

Bonus--Sound check nonsense...Richard explains nuts If there's anyone out there who can't get enough of Richard explaining food to Ryan, here's a little bonus discussion about nuts. For no reason. Except I may or may not be able to stay awake through this week's edit... /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4106284

Episode 31-- "A Logic Named Joe" X Minus One 01/25/2016

Episode 31-- "A Logic Named Joe" X Minus One In the best prediction of the future yet, the internet (Logic) meets it's first hacker, a snotty 12 year old. There's fawning, there's Ryan mispronouncing names, Richard spoils a book he recommends, and we go over the first year of X Minus One while insisting on calling it a season. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4100417

Episode 30--"Marionettes, Inc" X Minus One 01/13/2016

Episode 30--"Marionettes, Inc" X Minus One It's the episode that broke Richard. 50s husband caricatures deal with their equally thinly drawn wives with robots. Having not listened to "Perigi's Wonderful Dolls," they don't see the twists coming. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4069165

Episode 29--"To the Future" X Minus One 01/06/2016

Episode 29--"To the Future" X Minus One Time traveling vacationers visit 1955 and manage to not almost hook up with their parents in the Ray Bradbury tale "To The Future." We quibble over who the protagonist really is, talk about vague war, and for once Ryan doesn't have to be drug along to like a Ray Bradbury story. He still rates it lower than Richard. /episode/index/show/rockettomars/id/4052137

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