Pluribusters - a Pluribus video podcast

Pluribusters
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Pluribusters is a fun, thoughtful, very British after-show for Pluribus. Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (loves it) dive into every episode in-depth, with laughs, curiosity and your help. The community growing in our Spotify comments is incredible — full of long theories, reactions and details we missed. Join us each week as we explore the ideas, characters and mysteries of Pluribus, and share your thoughts with us and fellow fans with shout outs in the episodes. Use the links to podcast apps here or our feed URL: https://feed.podbean.com/pluribusters/feed.xml

Episodes

  1. 12/25/2025 · VIDEO

    Pluribus S1, Episode 9: La Chica o El Mundo | Pluribusters

    Please join the conversation - comment, follow and like to support us. Kate and Ru react to Episode 8  in which Manousos and Carol finally meet... and things don't go as well as we hoped. Then Carol travels the world.  And leaves us waiting for a year and half on perhaps the most unusual cliffhanger of recent times. Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming. Email hello@pluribusters.com, DM us on Instagram or join the conversation on Spotify - and please follow, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - it really helps people discover us.  Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive. Pluribusters – Episode 9 (Finale) discussion topics (click time to jump if available): 00:00:00 Welcome & Christmas Eve setting 00:01:15 Why this series worked (even for a non–sci-fi fan) 00:03:19 Podcast sponsor, endings & ritual 00:04:19 Community, audience growth & what happens next 00:05:22 Genre-defining TV & Carol’s central dilemma 00:06:55 Carol’s world tour, loneliness & family reactions 00:08:02 Happiness, hormones & emotional flatness 00:09:35 Translation scenes, sound design & inevitability 00:11:20 The eggs, omission, religion & coercive “love” 00:14:23 Manousos arrives — distrust, humour & jealousy 00:15:15 Ownership, morality & being “Team Carol” 00:16:55 Luxury, perfection & the Uber-rich world 00:17:55 Biblical imagery, origins & deeper mythology 00:19:10 Propagation, monoculture & the virus metaphor 00:20:21 Invasion of the Body Snatchers & sci-fi lineage 00:23:13 Love vs numbness — Buddhist & philosophical takes 00:24:44 Relationships, transgression & dark humour 00:27:12 Manousos’ skills, radio frequencies & resistance 00:29:08 Standing waves, sound, singing & interference 00:31:16 Humanity, collaboration & what makes us human 00:33:01 Cultural erasure & domination 00:34:23 Waiting for Season 2 & possible future episodes 00:36:18 Praise for the creative team & performances 00:38:13 Final thoughts, gratitude & sign-off

    40 min

  2. 12/20/2025 · VIDEO

    Pluribus S1, Episode 8: Charm Offensive | Pluribusters

    Please join the conversation - comment, follow and like to support us. Kate and Ru react to Episode 8 - in which Carol starts to have even more fun with Zosia... except... They. EAT. People.  And have the writers answered all our questions? Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming. Email hello@pluribusters.com, DM us on Instagram or join the conversation on Spotify - and please follow, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - it really helps people discover us.  Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive Chapters – Pluribus Episode 8 discussion topics (click time to jump if available): 00:00 Episode 8: Charm Offensive – opening reactions 02:22 Why some viewers checked out 03:10 The animal question and missing life 04:23 The desert train and visual storytelling 05:53 Desire, taste and Carol biting Zosia 07:09 Penultimate episode energy 08:25 Carol’s manipulation and the café wall 10:04 How the hive mind really works 12:08 Comedy, exposition and tonal shift 13:05 Setting up the finale 15:01 Can the world actually be saved? 16:06 Effective altruism, tech and moral horror 17:22 Cult dynamics and resistance 19:01 What Carol now has to lose 20:02 Sound design, emptiness and loneliness 22:07 Listener theories and community responses 25:02 Gender, gaze and intimacy on screen 31:24 Do shows still know how to end? 38:35 The signal, the virus and spreading consciousness 43:07 Hopes and predictions for the finale

    46 min
  3. Pluribus S1, Episode 7: The Gap | Pluribusters

    12/12/2025 · VIDEO

    Pluribus S1, Episode 7: The Gap | Pluribusters

    Please follow to see new weekly episodes, and join the conversation - comment and like to support us. Kate and Ru react to another beautiful and mostly silent episode of Pluribus: Episode 7 - The Gap. In which Carol starts to have some fun (or does she?), and Manousos and his MG go on a montage. Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming. Email hello@pluribusters.com, DM us on Instagram or join the conversation on Spotify - and please follow, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts - it really helps people discover us.  Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.

    44 min

  4. 12/05/2025 · VIDEO

    Pluribus S1, Episode 6: H.D.P | Pluribusters

    What an episode! Please comment, follow and like to support us. Kate and Ru react to Episode 6: HDP - in which Carol travels to Vegas, we get to see more of Casanova McBoner, and the man in Patagonia makes a move Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming. Email hello@pluribusters.com, DM us on Instagram or join the conversation on Spotify - and please follow, rate an review us on Apple Podcasts - it really helps people discover us.  Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.

    43 min
  5. Pluribus S1, Episode 5: Got Milk | Pluribusters

    11/29/2025 · VIDEO

    Pluribus S1, Episode 5: Got Milk | Pluribusters

    Please rate, review and leave comments for discussion on the show via https://pluribusters.com or on Spotify or via hello@pluribusters.com Kate and Ru react to the silent movie that is Episode 5: Got Milk... is this going somewhere...? And what has she discovered? Soylent Green? Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming - and please follow and rate us on Apple Podcasts. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS and JOIN US! Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.

    48 min
  6. Pluribus S1 Episode 4 Please, Carol | Pluribusters

    11/22/2025 · VIDEO

    Pluribus S1 Episode 4 Please, Carol | Pluribusters

    Kate and Ru react to Episode 4. Please follow us and keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming on Spotify - and please follow and rate us on Apple Podcasts.  Pluribusters is a podcast about Pluribus: Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) decided to start it when they had a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it was mostly Ru who thought this. Kate hadn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in video, audio and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.

    46 min
  7. Pluribus S1 Episode 3 Grenade | Pluribusters

    11/15/2025 · VIDEO

    Pluribus S1 Episode 3 Grenade | Pluribusters

    "I am a very independent person." Kate Dimbleby and Ru Howe discuss Pluribus Episode 3: Grenade. Please keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming - and please follow and rate us on Apple or wherever you hear this podcast to help us, and comment or email hello@pluribusters.com

    44 min
  8. Pluribus S1 Episode 2 Pirate Lady | Pluribusters

    11/09/2025 · VIDEO

    Pluribus S1 Episode 2 Pirate Lady | Pluribusters

    Now it's getting serious! Ru and Kate unpack a LOT of stuff - with your help! Please keep your thoughts, ideas and theories coming - and please follow and rate us on Apple or wherever you hear this podcast to help us, and comment or email hello@pluribusters.com

    49 min
  9. Pluribus S1 Episode 1 We Is Us | Pluribusters

    11/08/2025 · VIDEO

    Pluribus S1 Episode 1 We Is Us | Pluribusters

    It begins! Kate and Ru come fresh from watching the first episode of Pluribus...

    28 min
  10. Recorded 2 days before Pluribus Starts

    11/06/2025 · VIDEO

    Recorded 2 days before Pluribus Starts

    Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (nerd) have a feeling that the upcoming TV series Pluribus might be the greatest TV ever. Actually, it's mostly Ru who thinks this. Kate hasn't heard of it, but is prepared to be convinced. This video podcast is brought to you in audio, video and 360 VR by Stornaway.io - Make Anything Interactive.

    14 min
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Pluribusters is a fun, thoughtful, very British after-show for Pluribus. Singer Kate Dimbleby (hates sci-fi) and inventor Ru Howe (loves it) dive into every episode in-depth, with laughs, curiosity and your help. The community growing in our Spotify comments is incredible — full of long theories, reactions and details we missed. Join us each week as we explore the ideas, characters and mysteries of Pluribus, and share your thoughts with us and fellow fans with shout outs in the episodes. Use the links to podcast apps here or our feed URL: https://feed.podbean.com/pluribusters/feed.xml

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