ANDREW returns! We finally get our update on The Snuggery! Will our intrepid reporter unleash a b-dog on this poor woman? Mayne tells us of a hilarious run-in with a legendary magician. The boys peruse a vintage catalogue of hazing devices. We review our predictions of 2012 and make new ones for 2013.

It’s a DOUBLE STUFFED edition of the Weird Things Podcast!

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Picks:

Andrew:

1933 King Kong

Brian:

Doctor Who – The Snowmen

Justin:

Django Unchained

We are joined by Jason Murphy of Loading Bar and Spill.com. The boys revisit the mysterious explosion in an Indiana suburb and finally get a deadly update. SpaceX has a plan to send 80,000 people to Mars but Brian has to make a horrifying choice that could ruin his marriage. A startling link between balding men and apes is discovered.

It’s all coming up on yet another edition of Weird Things.

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Picks:

Jason:

Daredevil by Mark Waid

Brian:

The Walking Dead video game

Justin:

Book of Basketball

Tom Merritt joins us as we discuss a massive natural event that happens to alert us to the opening of a new movie. Tom has to make a terrible decision that could leave him buried in Apple rumors or Sasquatch reports.

Also, is belief a chief tenant of science?

All this and more in an unfortunately Mayne-less episode of Weird Things.

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Picks:

Tom:

NaNoWriMo

Brian:

Brandwashed

Justin:

Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Book 3: The Last Command

What would you do if you could live forever. Also, do we now know if the initials to SpaceX’s MCT project? What exploded a peaceful neighborhood in Indiana? We return to the Snuggery after a WTP listener offers to go investigate. Also, when will it be unethical to turn off a video game character?

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Picks:

Andrew:

Angry Birds: Star Wars

Brian:

Walking Dead Video Game

Justin:

East Bound and Down

A woman has a strange job. It sparks a statistical argument between Brian and Justin to rival the Presidential Election. A new way to tell if Mars is housing a killer plague sets up a scenario involving precursor aliens and bears on a level you never before seen. The boys discuss the place the Water Bears have their picnic.

Also.

Star Wars TALK!!!

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Picks:

Andrew:

Going Postal

Brian:

Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina

Justin:

The Price of Politics

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Gary and The Weasel make their podcast debut to solve a Polish crime. Who would win in a fight: a Neanderthal or a human? Andrew quizzes us on a mysterious man who witnessed something amazing. Can the boys figure out his identity? And what did he see?

The results connect the very fabric of our history through a meld of technology and culture! Prepare friends, for yet another Weird Things podcast!

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Listener Sponsors:

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Picks:

Andrew:

My Mother is Nuts by Penny Marshall

Brian:

Thinking Fast and Slow

Justin:

Cloud Atlas

Felix Baumgartner is amazing, but seriously, what comes next? The boys make their guesses. Killjoy scientists try and kill our dinosaur dreams. Because they hate joy. And want to kill it. But fear not! Andrew has a plan that can not only make your dreams a reality, but make the argument it couldn’t have worked any other way anyhow.

Hold on to your butts, it’s another Weird Things podcast!

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Picks:

Andrew:

Argo

Brian:

Better Angels of our Nature

Justin:

Walking Dead

Has mysterious device that has a major city in a panic fallen into the wrong hands? The infection that affects millions of people every day and replicates every second could be permanently changing the brain of someone you love! Can we decode the brain. Wait, is there water on Mars? Because I heard there was. Or wait. Was it not? Brian asks the age-old question: What’s got seasons?

PLUS a WeirdThings LIVE EVENT THIS SUNDAY FOR THE SPACEX LAUNCH!

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Picks:

Andrew:

The Master

Brian:

Tears of Steel

Justin:

Looper

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SpaceX tests revolutionary new tech but is NASA ready to send up another manned mission? Are we at the cusp of a new era of exploration? How many hours does it take to maintain a relationship according to Elon Musk? A massive shortage on a delicious crop panicks the boys. BF = PIMP. Wait, are we ALSO at the cusp of the Maker Age?

Strap in for yet another edition of the Weird Things podcast!

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Picks:

Andrew:

Dredd 3D – take the #DreddPledge Today!

Brian:

The Long Earth

Justin:

Framerate

Instead of indulging Justin in his incessant need to make insipid comments, Brian and Andrew are free to take things in bold new directions as they take the reigns on the WTP as a POWER DUO! A podcast full of monkey sex, science, discussion of peak oil and yet more monkey sex.

Bri Bri and AM answer questions submitted by the audience. Enjoy!

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Picks:

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Andrew: The War Game