Rusty and Milky Explore the Universe

Episode 17: Women Across Time and Race

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:52:51 +0000

This episode Rusty and Milky talk about the women in their lives and the sexual and cultural barriers they face. the spoken word reading concerns Hypatia, a famous female scholar from ancient Alexandria and her grisly fate at the hands of Christian fundamentalists.

Episode 16: The Utopian Future of Star Trek

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:29:12 +0000

In this episode Wasabi joins Rusty and Milky to discuss the Utopian vision of Star Trek in all its various forms. (Bet you would have never guessed we're all Trekkies deep down!) We discuss the character dynamics of the different series, from the original, to Brave New Worlds (but we really get into Deep Space Nine) and the positive image of the future that they portray, where all the humans seem to get along with each other, and what we might be able to learn for other beings not like us.

Episode 13: Don't Dream It, Be It

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:54:35 +0000

This episode was recorded just before Halloween 2024, so Rusty and Milky decided to talk about a movie that had a huge cultural impact on us both and on the culture at large

Episode 12: Feet Of Clay

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:43:01 +0000

In this episode Rusty and Milky discuss people who they admire but at the same time have significant character flaws, their feet of clay, that one must acknowledge even in our favorite people, especially rock stars and other famous people.

Episode 11: Guns

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:21:33 +0000

For this episode, Rusty and Milky discuss American's love for firearms. Fortunately, neither of us has suffered any personal loss from guns and we have both fired guns before, but we both feel strongly that there is a need to regulate them.

Episode 10: Psychology

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:55:29 +0000

For this episode Rusty and Milky explore the world of mental health and the care we are likely to expect when we are in need of help.

Episode 9: Perception

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 23:43:05 +0000

It this episode Rusty and Milky discuss what it's like inside their heads, and how the world looks and feels from the inside. It's an interesting and somewhat metaphysical discussion.

Episode 8: Kamala

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 23:33:36 +0000

Rusty and Milky talk about the candidacy of Kamala Harris. This episode was recorded shortly after Kamala became the nominee of the Democratic Party and all was looking positive.

Episode 7: Growing Up Bi-Racial

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 06:32:35 +0000

This episode features Milky's sibling, Wasabi making his first appearance on the podcast! Milky and Wasabi relate their experiences growing up bi-racial in what Rusty thought would be a tolerant climate, Southern California. Wasabi takes after Rusty as a writer and this episode's spoken word piece comes from him.

Episode 6: White Privilege

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:51:42 +0000

Rusty and Milky explore the subject of white privilege and how it's invisible to those who enjoy its blessings.

Episode 5: Ancient Rome's Elagabalus

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:08:35 +0000

Rusty and Milky explore the roots of trans culture, in ancient Rome! It's the story of Emperor Elagabalus, who wanted to be a woman, is true and it proves that trans people have always been with us.

Episode 4: Money

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 01:04:43 +0000

Rusty and Milky explore the world of money and finance and how hard it is to make enough in 21st Century America. Rusty also puts forth his notion that money, or more precisely CREDIT, is the only real form of magic!

Episode 3: CATS!

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 23:58:08 +0000

No we're not childless cat people, but Rusty's mom (pictured) had an award winning pure breed cattery and so Rusty was raised with as many as 40 cats and kittens in the house. His love of cats made sure that there was always one or two in the house as Milky grew up, too. It's a major point of connection between our hosts so settle in for a nice conversation.

Episode 2: JC Superstar

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 23:45:27 +0000

As a rock deejay, Rusty played the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar on the radio when it was new. Milky caught wind of it when very young and always liked it. Discussing the music allows Rusty to discuss some of his feelings about Christianity, and our attitudes about Christ in general. Don't worry, it's not like Sunday School, it's just a frank discussion.

Episode 1: Introductions

Rusty Pipes and Milky Way — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 23:11:57 +0000

It's our new podcast! Rusty and Milky introduce themselves and Rusty tries to get Milky's pronouns straight!