Away With Words

Kristofer Velasquez

Kristofer Velasquez is a writer, director, producer, teacher, and father who has chosen this podcast as a verbal quest for immortality through a collection of musings. Sometimes creatively written, other times just curiously spoken - he hopes that his words might reach his children after he’s gone. From published and unpublished fiction to commentary on everything from horror and science fiction, to writing and creativity, to technology and philosophy.

  1. Away With Words: The Thing About Zombies

    10/28/2019

    Away With Words: The Thing About Zombies

    Happy Halloween! What better way to celebrate than by picking apart the zombie genre like a horde of walking corpses picking on a carcass? Kris tackles the big issues, like why the dead all have the same fashion sense and why our heroes never wear running shoes. Fans of The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead should put your geek caps on to protect their braaaaains (note: real zombies don't eat brains).

    23 min
  2. Away With Words: No Ghost of a Chance

    10/14/2019

    Away With Words: No Ghost of a Chance

    There’s 100% chance that 50% of the time you are listening to Kris explain paranormal issues you will have a 25% feeling that there is a ghost occupying 5% of the space you’re currently in, which has 0% possibility of being able to be proven to explained. Please note your findings in your ghosthunting evidence journal.

    28 min
  3. Away With Words: The Answer to the AI Puzzle

    10/07/2019

    Away With Words: The Answer to the AI Puzzle

    If the Terminator or Westworld has taught us anything, it’s that we fail at time travel and cyborgs will always be so much cooler. But they also taught us that in all scenarios, people end up being pretty useless to a race of robots. So before Siri makes it to the 2020 election ballot, Kris shares some insight on the riddle of artificial intelligence. Make sure you’re wearing headphones so that AI folk like Alexa won’t hear this paradigm-destroying epiphany.

    18 min
  4. Away With Words: Onward and Awkward

    09/23/2019

    Away With Words: Onward and Awkward

    Well, this is going to be awkward. Kris just found the solution our stalled human evolution in the face of the apocalyptic progression of technology and our regression of our collective #intellectual development … and it’s more awkward and longwinded than this sentence. From crazy people at Target to the complete failure of handshakes, get ready … this will be awkward (yes, the paragraph started and ended with this statement. Awkward? Yes, used that word again).

    19 min
  5. Away With Words: This Episode Time Travelled

    08/26/2019

    Away With Words: This Episode Time Travelled

    John Connor and Marty McFly lead us down the time travel rabbit hole as Kris sends you a message from the past. Bill and Ted stand by to save you from the inevitable confusion and mind-blowing effect of temporal insanity trying to tackle paradoxes that fuel some of our favorite stories.

    28 min
  6. Away With Words: The Death of Rock N Roll

    07/22/2019

    Away With Words: The Death of Rock N Roll

    Kris eulogizes the untimely demise of #RockNRoll. Put down your Guns. Leave some Roses on the grave. Find Nirvana.

    26 min
  7. Away With Words: I Invented Facebook

    07/08/2019

    Away With Words: I Invented Facebook

    True story. Kris traces his social media ingenuity back to the film Rain Main. Follow the amazing journey all the way the from the amazing 80s to the antisocial media of today.

    33 min
  8. Away With Words: Chained Reactions & Triggered Warnings

    07/01/2019

    Away With Words: Chained Reactions & Triggered Warnings

    You've been warned. Calm yourself.

    25 min
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About

Kristofer Velasquez is a writer, director, producer, teacher, and father who has chosen this podcast as a verbal quest for immortality through a collection of musings. Sometimes creatively written, other times just curiously spoken - he hopes that his words might reach his children after he’s gone. From published and unpublished fiction to commentary on everything from horror and science fiction, to writing and creativity, to technology and philosophy.

Information

  • Creator
    Kristofer Velasquez
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2019
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kristofer Velasquez
  • Show Website
    Away With Words