Show Notes
A trip to Blackrock Castle Observatory devolves into a mental health episode. WARNING: something horrible happens in the middle of this one, but it is signposted. - RECOMMENDEDs: Space films: Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902 silent moon film)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1969 ape-and-space epic)
Solaris (1972 space psychocrisis film)
Alien (1979 alien film)
The Right Stuff (1983 Ed Harris NASA film)
Apollo 13 (1995 Ed Harris NASA film)
Contact (1997 sad family alien film)
Event Horizon (1997 space hell film)
Sunshine (2007 great sun film)
Moon (2009 great moon film)
Interstellar (2014 sad family black hole film)
The Martian (awesome 2015 ‘did that just happen’ Mars film)
Arrival (2016 sad family alien film)
First Man (depressing 2018 Neil Armstrong film)
Apollo 11 (amazing 2019 NASA documentary)
Project Hail Mary (awesomesauce 2026 ‘did that just happen’ space film)
Space stories: ‘The Last Question’ (Isaac Asimov, 1956)
‘The Egg’ (Andy heckin’ Weir, 2009)
More from Wet Cold Irish Summer
Mmmm... memento mori. This week the boys go underground for Halloween season, peering into the 18th century crypt hidden beneath the Triskel Arts Centre in the middle of Cork city. PLUS: how we'd like to be buried/ground into dust, and a violent spat with a local pizza place. - - "Shadowlands 4 - Breath" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
ART. The boys chat to Cork artist Sarah Long about her work - and then tackle the big questions: what is art for? Is the death penalty bad? And what does Blindboy look like?? - Sarah Long's exhibition 'I Want to Talk About Ireland' is on display at the Triskel in Cork until October 25. - RECOMMENDEDs: Doctor Who, 'Vincent and the Doctor' (2010)
BE EMERGENCY READY. The government's little booklet has frightened the boys into staying indoors this week. Stock up on cans, set your portable radio to Wet Cold Irish Summer, and wedge your head between your knees to preserve your dental records. - RECOMMENDEDs:
The boys explore Europe's largest walled park - but Ross' mind is elsewhere. - Music credit: Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeod • Edvard Grieg | http://incompetech.com Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Alma matters. Ross takes the boys on a tour of his old stomping grounds at UCC. It's a trip back in time both physically and psychologically, threatening to unravel Ross' psyche in a kind of sick butterfly effect paradox. We should never have come here. It's not natural.