Archive for July, 2019

AT: Spoilercast: Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019
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Talking spoilers about Quentin Tarantino’s ninth and latest film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Four divisive takes on this old-school Hollywood film. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Man of Steel

Justin: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Brian: Pessimists Archive

Bryce: Slay the Spire

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WT: Loose Skull Threads

Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
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Andrew’s Shark Week special “Andrew Mayne: Ghost Diver” premieres August 2nd at 9pmET/PT on Discovery. Breaking down the brain-interface technology, Neuralink, which was presented two weeks ago. See the full presentation here. A fiery update on the prototype Starhopper platform. Prison Quest?! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Gun Club VR

Justin: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Brian: The Boys

Bryce: The Farewell

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AT: Phase 4 Wars

Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
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Comic-Con was this weekend, so we break down the new coming MCU Phase 4 films and series, plus other pop culture stuff! Brief Spider-Man Far From Home spoilers 31:40-33:18. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: The History of the Future

Justin: Andrew Heaton’s The Political Orphanage

Brian: Castaway

Bryce: The Real Housewives of New York City

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WT: Shark Attack!

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
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Andrew’s Shark Week special “Andrew Mayne: Ghost Diver” premieres August 2nd at 9pm on Discovery. What’s some of the skinny on trying to do magic for sharks? An old TV pitch that the Weird Things boys almost got made. 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission. Update on the SpaceX Dragon crew capsule explosion. OpenAI teams up with Microsoft to work on their AGI (artificial general intelligence). Robots make classical portraits. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Anderw Mayne: Ghost Diver VR Experience – ghostdiver.xyz

Justin: Euphoria

Brian: Not The Lion King

Bryce: The Lion King and Slay the Spire

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AT: Pay to Committ

Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
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Listener Ken wants to know if a pay-to-enter contest is worth an upcharge or if it’s a scam. Plus, some lessons from Brian’s trip to VidCon. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Justin: Spider-Man: Far From Home

Brian: Crawl

Bryce: The Casketeers

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WT: Dignity Check

Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
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Weird news of the week with Bryce, Justin, and Brian–just like it always is! Neuralink is about to finally announce what they do. An infestation in Florida. Naruto running to save ET. A remote island about to lose something small, but interesting. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Justin: Euphoria

Brian: Pessimists Archive Podcast

Bryce: Midsommar

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AT: Spoilercast: Stranger Things 3

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
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Spoilers ahoy for Stranger Things 3. Does the new season hold up to continue the story? What do its flaws tell us about genre, aesthetic, and storytelling direction? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

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WT: Dr. Skynet

Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
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The Earth shook–twice!! What’s more dangerous: earthquakes or tornados? How dangerous would an extended solar flare be today? SpaceX updates: Raptor engine test and a caught fairing. How much is acceptable cell phone camera image processing? Another deepfakes Pandora’s Box is opened. Unsupervised machine learning (Word2vec) may find science discoveries just from reading other research papers. Doc in a…robot box?? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Spider-Man: Far From Home

Justin: The Cave from Kenny Beats

Brian: Spider-Man: Far From Home

Bryce: Utada Hikaru Laughter in the Dark 2018 now translated on Netflix

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AT: Present-Me versus Future-Me

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019
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What techniques and routines do we use to get going? Are you better planning to create or creating in the moment and editing later? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: The Richest Man in Babylon

Justin: No One Left to Fight #1

Brian: Long Long Man and What We Do in the Shadows

Bryce: Chernobyl

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WT: Floppycast

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
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NASA’s going after Thanos with nuclear power. Electric aviation? Could you get a podcast on a floppy disc? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”

Picks:

Andrew: Moss (Oculus Quest) and Strange Angel

Justin: Brian and Justin are going to be on Andrew Heaton’s new podcast

Brian: Documentary Now! season 3

Bryce: Super Mario Maker 2

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