Episode 570: My Journey to K-Pop Demon Hunters

Real Life  Ben’s having a bit of an “old man yells at cloud” week. Everything is changing, young people adapt, old people stretch (sometimes), and Orion—our good doggo—is in late-stage kidney failure. Can the universe just… not for five minutes?

Steven is counting the days until school starts again. When does he get his elusive “me time”?

Devon? Out in the yard, living the Yard Work Man life, which means he’s off the show this week.

The Domingues household is fully embracing lazy summer mode.

Ben’s been watching K-Pop Demon Hunters—thanks to field-adjacent reporter Matt. It’s PG, but is it okay for kids who are spooky-sensitive? Think “My Little Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Speaking of Buffy—she’s coming back, baby. The new Slayer? She was in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Ben wonders: how old was she when they filmed this? Because slayers start at 18, right? Just because it dropped this year doesn’t mean it wasn’t filmed in the Before Times™.

Steven’s deep in Star Wars: ShatterPoint. Played Christina’s husband again—this is a game about objectives, not just smashing plastic. Rematch today at 3pm.

Future or Now Ben: Eh? Oh Well! – AOL is officially shutting down dial-up on September 30, 2025, after 34 years. Yes, apparently it was still alive. Email will continue, so Grandpa’s chain forwards are safe.

Devon: Not here. So sad.

Steven: Yum or Yuck? – New research points out that ultraprocessed foods are bad (shocker) and are tied to chronic health issues, especially in lower-income groups. Experts want clearer guidelines and systemic change.

Book Club Next Week: 2 B R 0 2 B by Kurt Vonnegut – A short satirical look at population control in a future where disease and aging are gone, and the moral dilemmas of a society with strict population caps. Read here or watch here.

This Week: Transience by Arthur C. Clarke – A masterclass in telling hundreds of thousands of years of history in just a few pages, all set on a single beach at the edge of a forest.

Also: Foundation season 3, Wondla season 2, and how Star Trek: Strange New Worlds keeps poking the continuity bear.