The Great and Secret Knowledge

Jeff Richardson
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  • Science Fiction
  • Updated Biweekly

A speculative fiction podcast by Jeff Richardson and friends, in which they dive deeply into the text of a variety of stories from all manner of different media.

  1. 3d ago

    Doctor Who Series 14 Episodes 5-8 "The Hand of Fear" with James Lark

    The great man returns to talk about this remarkable series! Classic Doctor Who took Jeff from a fan to a freak and it can do it for you too! Watch this awesome serial and find out what this show is all about. You'll be happy you did! PS The great man in question is the inimitable, logitical, and musicritical James Lark, composer and podcaster and all-round proper chap. Careful folks, this episode will learn you some real deep lore, so be warned!   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show) James's podcast Neurotic Literature James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, and Mastadon   James Lark   @JamesLark on twitter @works of Lark on Instagram   Possible Show Titles Surprisingly Horny I'm Touching the Old John Thomas Always Birddoggin' Chicks Degrees of Hugeness It Really Looks Like a Good Time Talking Bobbins A Pretty Vague Measurement of Time Just How Many Kings Have They Launched Into Space? It's a Short Hand This is Fine Mile High Island? Deep Down Carter Was a Murderer Fanwank It's Utterly Naff This is What You're Taking With You? So Many Webs Awful Person, But Great Babysitter Recommendations Les Misérables Small Prophets Links School Spirits Strangeness in Space Ace Odyssey A Hamster With a Blunt Penknife The Bartimaeus Trilogy Wheel of Time LEGO Coronation Street The Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager) Superman 2 Superman Alien old time scifi story with aliens implanting eggs in humans British government in the mid-70s House of Cards Strictly Come Hamster: Season Fourteen Doomwatch Chernobyl Star Trek Star Trek: The Next Generation Atari 2600 Avengers The Office Detectorists The Epstein Files (it's possible it isn't the worst thing we've ever linked to, but we don't want to do any more research than we have to)

    2h 20m

  2. 4d ago

    A Bit of Sizzle from Jeff on Oh Boy: A Time Travel Podcast

    This is a little teaser for Jeff's appearance on the excellent podcast that inspired the development of our own, Oh Boy: A Time Travel Podcast!   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram

    10 min

  3. Jun 2

    Star Trek: TNG Season Two Episode 7 "Unnatural Selection" with Sofia

    In this one, Sofia and Jeff discuss a very odd and possibly subpar episode that features Doctor Pulaski and Jean-Luc Picard's very limp "engage" gesture. It's a weird one!   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Possible Show Titles Some Unintentional Sexiness Robot Deep Cleaning Transporter Chase Star Trek Doesn't Nuke the Kids From Orbit These Disease Kids Telepathic Murder Children The Picard Method Recommendations Service Model The Expanse Series Twelve Months The Scholomance Trilogy The Golden Enclaves Links Sherlock Holmes Sherlock (2010) Young Sherlock Holmes How Did This Get Made? Murderpod Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Star Trek: The Original Series Lord of the Flies Swedish book - all the men are carriers of a disease Sector General Hospital Fallout Wall-E

    1h 44m

  4. May 22

    The Fellowship of the Ring with Taylor Bonzer and Jessie Rye

    Friend of Jeff's shows from way back, Taylor Bonzer, makes his triumphant return to podcasting to discuss this incredible film and novel series, Lord of the Rings, plus an in-depth discussion about the first forty minutes or so of Fellowship. Jessie and Jeff have a ton of questions!   If you want to hear more from Taylor Bonzer, check out his appearances on Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? as well as his many appearances as Farley Gnarts on Shattered Worlds RPG!   Direct Download Link   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Jessie Rye @kosmiccowgirl on Bluesky Taylor Bonzer   Taylor Bonzer on Threads Dark Circles Doodle Co. on Facebook Possible Show Titles One of the Goods I Live in the Woodwork A Lot of Glorf Fans Out There He Can Be Old and Sexy Rushing the Magic is Never a Good Idea My Yes, But to the Goblin Rollercoaster I'm a Sucker for a Dragon There's Plenty of Orcs on Both Sides Thick Tuft, Full Carpet Doctor Doolots They Started Here Recommendations The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien Rings of Power A Tale for the Time-Being House of the Dragon Outlander The King of Ashes The Darkness Returns Links (I may eventually link these for real but for now you'll just have to copy-paste them by hand) Tolkien accounts on Threads:   Davidthengoldo Silmarillianne BelmontLOTR   Doctor Who Rosehaven Celia Pacquola  The Hobbit Redwall Goosebumps Ralph Bakshi's Fellowship of the Ring Animated Return of the King  The Last Unicorn Dead Alive  The Frighteners The Silmarillion Return of the Shadow Peter Jackson's stomach ulcer Doctor Strange Is a dame knighted? War of the Rohirrim Tolkien's Letter to Nazi Germany Rings of Power Game of Thrones LEGO Lord of the Rings The Color of Magic 50 First Dates Animal Crossing The Things That You Think The Chronicles of Narnia Baz Luhrman's Australia Van Helsing Moulin Rouge Gettin' Square Goldeneye Godzilla Ronin Moonraker Tomorrow Never Dies The Vicar of Dibley Robin Hood (2026) Disney's Robin Hood Master and Commander  Outlander Macbeth (2014) Doom Patrol Queen of the Damned Eastern Promises A History of Violence Hidalgo Green Book The Road Crimson Tide Carlito's Way The Sound of Music Twelve Monkeys Ian McKellen on Graham Norton The Hunt for Gollum Elizabeth Thor: Ragnarok The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Aviator Paradise Road The Monuments Men I'm Not There Ponyo Howl's Moving Castle Brazil Strangers With Candy Alien The Fifth Element Lord of War All Quiet on the Western Front Lost X-Men James Bond The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Dressmaker The Matrix V for Vendetta How to Make Gravy House of the Dragon Star Trek: Voyager The Lost World Jurassic Park: The Lost World The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement The Living Daylights Fire and Ice Pirates of the Caribbean Kingdom of Heaven Troy Blackhawk Down North The Princess Bride Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Sin City Wilfred Wilfred (Australian) Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency The Good Son Australian/Hillbilly Feet The Legendarium Supernatural Unfinished Tales The History of Middle Earth Miss Congeniality Nicholas Holt as Tolkien Doctor Dolittle Horse Whisperer Monty Python's Flying Circus The Mighty Boosh Auntie Donna Duck Soup The Rift War The Serpent War

    2h 34m

  5. Apr 16

    Star Trek: TNG Season Two, Episode 6 "The Schizoid Man" with Sofia

    It's Star Trek: The Next Generation time again and this one's a hoot! Some lonely scientist slips inside Data so he can live forever and romance young women who he watched grow up. Get ready for some real wild behavior, folks!   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Possible Show Titles  To Know Him is to Love Him is to Know Him A Fine, Full, Dignified Beard! The Only Guy She's Ever Known Data Gets Down Funniest One So Far Recommendations Children of Time Wheel Takes with Ali and Gus Fluence This Wretched Valley Sako and the Moon Links Star Trek: Voyager Enterprise Hitchcockian Huntington's disease Alzheimer's disease Nobody gets concussions in media How It Should Have Ended The Ig Nobel Prize

    1h 37m

  6. Apr 12

    Star Trek: TNG Season Two Episode 3 "Elementary, Dear Data" with Sofia

    Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Direct Download Link   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Possible Show Titles A Hallucinatory Eating Disorder There's Nary a Net in Star Trek I'll Still Fill You With Crumpets Links Star Trek: Voyager The Expanse Order of the planets Colorism Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back The expression "heavy" Doctor Who Grand Theft Auto The X-Files HMS Victory Star Trek: Generations Booksheet Podcast Sherlock Holmes Japanese woman Sherlock Holmes Shirley Holmes Star Trek: The Original Series Large language models Star Trek: Lower Decks Redshirts Culture Series Westworld Murderbot Witch King Star Trek: Prodigy

    1h 44m

  7. Apr 4

    Everything, Everywhere All at Once, Part Three with Jessie Rye

    This is it! Part three of our EveryOnce coverage is in and complete! Reward yourself with all these helpful recs and so many critically important opinions! Jessie Rye and Jeff Richardson love this film and you should also!   Direct Download Link   Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Jessie Rye @kosmiccowgirl on Bluesky Possible Show Titles She's Just Tryin to Get a Snack Except it Does Matter We Need Kindness Cushions For All Recommendations We Are Lady Parts Heated Rivalry Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Dude Cinema Links Wicked Amygdala hijack The reptile brain Basal ganglia CPTSD/BPD CBT/Schema work Autistic meltdown Legends of the Fall Return of the Jedi The Force Awakens The Godfather The Karate Kid Lady Bird Bridesmaids Supercop Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Mad Max: Fury Road Mad Max Hamlet  The First Wives Club Little Women Stepmom The Big Liebowski Dude, Where's My Car? Crazy Rich Asians Ace Ventura: Pet Detective The Truman Show The Cable Guy Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion The male gaze Atomic Blonde Suicide Squad Birds of Prey Justice League Wonder Woman Star Trek Doctor Who Thelma and Louise A League of Their Own Terminator 2: Judgment Day River (2023) Tank Girl Furiosa Thor: Ragnarok Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Taskmaster Junior Taskmaster Titanic Mystery Men Beaches Drop Dead Fred Snowpiercer We Are Lady Parts Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Star Trek: The Next Generation

    2h 27m

  8. Apr 4

    Everything, Everywhere All at Once, Part Two with Jessie Rye

    In this exciting Part 2 of our coverage of this incredible film, Jessie and Jeff get into the middle bit of Everything, Everywhere All at Once. Stephanie Hsu is absolutely crushing it as Jobu Tapaki! Join our Discord server and get to know the fam!  https://discord.gg/vtJnpkhd   Jeff's podcasts   Shattered Worlds RPG Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ? Omniversal Escapades (Jeff's livestreaming RPG show)   James Lark (composer, podcaster) wrote the theme song for the show Licensed for show use, copyright 2024 Here's James website for all his activities:  jameslark.co.uk   Social Media   Jeff Richardson   @eljefetacoma on Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram Jessie Rye @kosmiccowgirl on Bluesky Possible Show Titles Don't Forget to Breathe Happy as Larry I've Seen Orange is the New Black Careful With Those Boners, Gents! Recommendations Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Stitchesinti.me Stitches in Time: A Doctor Who Podcast Heated Rivalry Links Doctor Who  Gallifrey One Doctor Who Am I? Fantastic Four Dark Eyes Star Trek Star Trek: Discovery Star Trek: Picard Star Trek: Section 31 Watsu massage Labubu Orange Is the New Black Star Trek: Lower Decks My Dad Wrote a Porno Fifty Shades of Grey Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Avengers: Endgame Bisexuals sit weird The Bisexual Intellectuals Dawson's Creek A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Manic pixie dream girl Dani Laidley, Australian footballer Retired AFLer who came out as bisexual A League of Their Own Queer women in the ladies baseball league Assassination of President Garfield Death By Lightning Australian Survivor

    1h 31m
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A speculative fiction podcast by Jeff Richardson and friends, in which they dive deeply into the text of a variety of stories from all manner of different media.

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