Weird Things http://weirdthings.com Between Science & Fiction Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:10:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How would you fight a Yeti in hand to hand combat? Would you attempt to sell your soul to the devil in the interest of science? How can you prepare for a zombie apocalypse? Find out all of this and more every week on the Weird Things podcast, where your hosts, Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young and Brian Brushwood probe the most challenging questions about the paranormal, supernatural and fringe. Between Science & Fiction Andrew Mayne http://weirdthings.com/images/weirdthingspodcast.jpgWeird Thingshttp://weirdthings.com supernatural, fringe, paranormal, magic, ghost, esp, bigfoot, yeti, ufo, monster, haunting, skeptic no Andrew Mayne amayne@gmail.com Podcast: The Apocalypse Will Be Clothing Optional http://weirdthings.com/2010/02/podcast-the-apocalypse-will-be-clothing-optional/ http://weirdthings.com/2010/02/podcast-the-apocalypse-will-be-clothing-optional/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:01:00 +0000 Editor http://weirdthings.com/?p=4562 weird things podcast SM

Andrew, Brian and Justin answer some listener scenarios. After revealing Brian’s deep-seated desire that the world go pantless post apocalypse, we find out how shockingly willing Brian is to switch teams and genders without actually being asked to do so. We explore the practical problems of someone who looks like Justin claiming to have a magical genii and find out about his experience in the wild frontier of Chat Roulette where he is accorded the dignity and respect he deserves for going there in the first place. We also talk about our admiration for men in leather and sometimes no leather at all wrestling and trying to kill each other.

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]]> http://weirdthings.com/2010/02/podcast-the-apocalypse-will-be-clothing-optional/feed/ 7 <p><img src="http://weirdthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-SM1-460x460.jpg" alt="weird things podcast SM" title="weird things podcast SM" width="250" height="250" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3917" /></p> <p>Andrew, Brian and Justin answer some listener scenarios. After revealing Brian’s deep-seated desire that the world go pantless post apocalypse, we find out how shockingly willing Brian is to switch teams and genders without actually being asked to do so. We explore the practical problems of someone who looks like Justin claiming to have a magical genii and find out about his experience in the wild frontier of Chat Roulette where he is accorded the dignity and respect he deserves for going there in the first place. We also talk about our admiration for men in leather and sometimes no leather at all wrestling and trying to kill each other.</p> <p> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=336704577&subMediaType=Audio">Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes</a><br /> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WeirdThingsPodcast">Podcast RSS feed</a><br /> <a href="http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/">Episode archive</a><br /> <br /> Download link: http://www.itricks.com/upload/WeirdThings022310.mp3</p> Andrew, Brian and Justin answer some listener scenarios. After revealing Brian’s deep-seated desire that the world go pantless post apocalypse, we find out how shockingly willing Brian is to switch teams and genders without actually being asked [...] WeirdThings.com 1:08:21 weird, spartacus, pants Podcast: Monkey Man Begins http://weirdthings.com/2010/02/podcast-monkey-man-begins/ http://weirdthings.com/2010/02/podcast-monkey-man-begins/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:39:49 +0000 Editor http://weirdthings.com/?p=4520 weird things podcast SM

The trio determines what would force them to become vigilantes. Andrew describes his frightening superhero creation that involves deranged circus animals and human dismemberment. Brian tries to retcon the creation in a most horrific way.

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]]> http://weirdthings.com/2010/02/podcast-monkey-man-begins/feed/ 8 <p><img src="http://weirdthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-SM1-460x460.jpg" alt="weird things podcast SM" title="weird things podcast SM" width="250" height="250" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3917" /></p> <p>The trio determines what would force them to become vigilantes. Andrew describes his frightening superhero creation that involves deranged circus animals and human dismemberment. Brian tries to retcon the creation in a most horrific way.</p> <p> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=336704577&subMediaType=Audio">Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes</a><br /> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WeirdThingsPodcast">Podcast RSS feed</a><br /> <a href="http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/">Episode archive</a><br /> <br /> url: http://www.itricks.com/upload/WeirdThings021210.mp3</p> The trio determines what would force them to become vigilantes. Andrew describes his frightening superhero creation that involves deranged circus animals and human dismemberment. Brian tries to retcon the creation in a most horrific [...] Mayne, Young and Brushwood 1:17:28 super hero, weird, animal Podcast: Redneck Fireworks Massacre http://weirdthings.com/2010/01/podcast-redneck-fireworks-massacre/ http://weirdthings.com/2010/01/podcast-redneck-fireworks-massacre/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:09:57 +0000 Editor http://weirdthings.com/?p=4434 weird things podcast SM

We explore the ethical implications of covering up your horrific crimes with science and have probably the most boring ideas about utopia ever. We then discuss our worst disaster scenarios. Finally we give unsolicited book and movie recommendations.

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]]> http://weirdthings.com/2010/01/podcast-redneck-fireworks-massacre/feed/ 7 <p><img src="http://weirdthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-SM1-460x460.jpg" alt="weird things podcast SM" title="weird things podcast SM" width="250" height="250" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3917" /></p> <p>We explore the ethical implications of covering up your horrific crimes with science and have probably the most boring ideas about utopia ever. We then discuss our worst disaster scenarios. Finally we give unsolicited book and movie recommendations.</p> <p> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=336704577&subMediaType=Audio">Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes</a><br /> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WeirdThingsPodcast">Podcast RSS feed</a><br /> <a href="http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/">Episode archive</a><br /> </p> We explore the ethical implications of covering up your horrific crimes with science and have probably the most boring ideas about utopia ever. We then discuss our worst disaster scenarios. Finally we give unsolicited book and movie [...] WeirdThings.com 1:27:01 science Podcast: Attack of the Sexy Clones http://weirdthings.com/2009/12/podcast-attack-of-the-sexy-clones/ http://weirdthings.com/2009/12/podcast-attack-of-the-sexy-clones/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:45:50 +0000 Editor http://weirdthings.com/?p=4313 weird things podcast SM

A tangent becomes a tangent when the hosts try to stretch their feeble minds around the global warming, the energy crisis and the singularity (again) after discussing clone sex.

Link: Craig Venter at TED on creating synthetic life
Link: Venter and Exxon enter partnership for biofuels
Link: Synthetic Genomics web site

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]]> http://weirdthings.com/2009/12/podcast-attack-of-the-sexy-clones/feed/ 7 <p><img src="http://weirdthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-SM1-460x460.jpg" alt="weird things podcast SM" title="weird things podcast SM" width="250" height="250" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3917" /></p> <p>A tangent becomes a tangent when the hosts try to stretch their feeble minds around the global warming, the energy crisis and the singularity (again) after discussing clone sex.</p> <p>Link: <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life.html">Craig Venter at TED on creating synthetic life</a><br /> Link: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/14/green-algae-exxon-mobil">Venter and Exxon enter partnership for biofuels</a><br /> Link: <a href="http://www.syntheticgenomics.com/">Synthetic Genomics web site</a></p> <p> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=336704577&subMediaType=Audio">Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes</a><br /> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WeirdThingsPodcast">Podcast RSS feed</a><br /> <a href="http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/">Episode archive</a><br /> </p> A tangent becomes a tangent when the hosts try to stretch their feeble minds around the global warming, the energy crisis and the singularity (again) after discussing clone sex. Link: Craig Venter at TED on creating synthetic life Link: Venter and [...] Mayne, Young and Brushwood 1:15:06 clones singularity Podcast: Dark Territory/White Meat http://weirdthings.com/2009/12/podcast-dark-territorywhite-meat/ http://weirdthings.com/2009/12/podcast-dark-territorywhite-meat/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:17:16 +0000 Editor http://weirdthings.com/?p=4207 weird things podcast SM

In this episode Brian is forced to make a choice involving cannibalism and his family and utters the phrase that will haunt his children for years to come, “Cannibalism ain’t as bad as it used to be”. Andrew struggles to explain the Singularity so he can prove why he’s right and everyone else is wrong about aliens visiting us and we all fail miserably at imagining the world in 20 years. Plus we provide first ever proof that Harry Houdini made contact with the Old Ones of the Chuthlu Mythos.

Link: Ray Kurzweil’s TED talk on the Singularity University
Link: PDF of Beneath the Pyramids (Published as Imprisoned with the Pharoahs)

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]]> http://weirdthings.com/2009/12/podcast-dark-territorywhite-meat/feed/ 4 <p><img src="http://weirdthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-SM1-460x460.jpg" alt="weird things podcast SM" title="weird things podcast SM" width="250" height="250" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3917" /></p> <p>In this episode Brian is forced to make a choice involving cannibalism and his family and utters the phrase that will haunt his children for years to come, “Cannibalism ain’t as bad as it used to be”. Andrew struggles to explain the Singularity so he can prove why he’s right and everyone else is wrong about aliens visiting us and we all fail miserably at imagining the world in 20 years. Plus we provide first ever proof that Harry Houdini made contact with the Old Ones of the Chuthlu Mythos.</p> <p>Link: <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university.html">Ray Kurzweil’s TED talk on the Singularity University</a><br /> Link: <a href="http://weirdthings.com/files/imprisoned.pdf">PDF of Beneath the Pyramids (Published as Imprisoned with the Pharoahs)</a></p> <p> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=336704577&subMediaType=Audio">Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes</a><br /> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WeirdThingsPodcast">Podcast RSS feed</a><br /> <a href="http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/">Episode archive</a><br /> </p> In this episode Brian is forced to make a choice involving cannibalism and his family and utters the phrase that will haunt his children for years to come, “Cannibalism ain’t as bad as it used to be”. Andrew struggles to explain the [...] WeirdThings.com 1:06:11 paranormal magic cthulhu Podcast: No Sign of Intelligent Life http://weirdthings.com/2009/11/podcast-no-sign-of-intelligent-life/ http://weirdthings.com/2009/11/podcast-no-sign-of-intelligent-life/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:45:48 +0000 Editor http://weirdthings.com/?p=4116 weird things podcast SMIn this episode the brain trust can’t figure out a practical application for teleportation, has a heated debate over the ideal super fortress and almost comes to fisticuffs over the possibility that we’ve been visited by alien life.

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]]> http://weirdthings.com/2009/11/podcast-no-sign-of-intelligent-life/feed/ 5 <p><img src="http://weirdthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-SM1-460x460.jpg" alt="weird things podcast SM" title="weird things podcast SM" width="250" height="250" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3917" />In this episode the brain trust can’t figure out a practical application for teleportation, has a heated debate over the ideal super fortress and almost comes to fisticuffs over the possibility that we’ve been visited by alien life.</p> <p> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=336704577&subMediaType=Audio">Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes</a><br /> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WeirdThingsPodcast">Podcast RSS feed</a><br /> <a href="http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/">Episode archive</a><br /> </p> In this episode the brain trust can’t figure out a practical application for teleportation, has a heated debate over the ideal super fortress and almost comes to fisticuffs over the possibility that we’ve been visited by alien life. Subscribe [...] Andrew Mayne 43:30 Podcast: Invisible Paleo Fight Club http://weirdthings.com/2009/11/podcast-invisible-paleo-fight-club/ http://weirdthings.com/2009/11/podcast-invisible-paleo-fight-club/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:01:22 +0000 Editor http://weirdthings.com/?p=4065 weird things podcast SMWelcome to the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young.

In this episode we discuss our entirely self-serving ideas on utilizing superpowers, how even Tyler Durden couldn’t make us cool and argue over the logistics of building your own extinct animal preserve.

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]]> http://weirdthings.com/2009/11/podcast-invisible-paleo-fight-club/feed/ 0 <p><img src="http://weirdthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-SM1-460x460.jpg" alt="weird things podcast SM" title="weird things podcast SM" width="250" height="250" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3917" />Welcome to the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young.</p> <p>In this episode we discuss our entirely self-serving ideas on utilizing superpowers, how even Tyler Durden couldn’t make us cool and argue over the logistics of building your own extinct animal preserve.</p> <p> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=336704577&subMediaType=Audio">Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes</a><br /> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WeirdThingsPodcast">Podcast RSS feed</a><br /> <a href="http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/">Episode archive</a><br /> <br /> </p> Welcome to the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young. In this episode we discuss our entirely self-serving ideas on utilizing superpowers, how even Tyler Durden couldn’t make us cool and argue over [...] Andrew Mayne 52:23 invisibility Weird Things podcast: Selling Our Souls http://weirdthings.com/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-selling-our-souls/ http://weirdthings.com/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-selling-our-souls/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:21:15 +0000 Andrew http://weirdthings.com/?p=3930 weird things podcast SMWelcome to the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young.

In this episode we discuss giant snakes, selling your soul to the devil, uploading your memory, a vampire named James Brown and Justin and Brian’s willingness to fly in Andrew’s potentially murderous flying machine.

Story link: Python eats alligator (fail)

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]]> http://weirdthings.com/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-selling-our-souls/feed/ 3 <p><img src="http://weirdthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-SM1-460x460.jpg" alt="weird things podcast SM" title="weird things podcast SM" width="250" height="250" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3917" />Welcome to the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young.</p> <p>In this episode we discuss giant snakes, selling your soul to the devil, uploading your memory, a vampire named James Brown and Justin and Brian’s willingness to fly in Andrew’s potentially murderous flying machine.</p> <p>Story link: <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1006_051006_pythoneatsgator.html">Python eats alligator (fail)</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=336704577&subMediaType=Audio">Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes</a><br /> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WeirdThingsPodcast">Podcast RSS feed</a><br /> <a href="http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/">Episode archive</a><br /> <br /> </p> Welcome to the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young. In this episode we discuss giant snakes, selling your soul to the devil, uploading your memory, a vampire named James Brown and Justin and [...] Andrew Mayne snake, vampire, anti-gravity Weird Things Podcast: The Kraken Awakes! http://weirdthings.com/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-the-kraken-awakes/ http://weirdthings.com/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-the-kraken-awakes/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:46:04 +0000 Andrew http://weirdthings.com/?p=3941 weird things podcast SMWelcome to the first official episode of the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young.

In this episode we discuss krakens, killer sharks, Brian’s policy on eugenics and Justin’s homicidal sleepwalking defense.

Story link: Marlin vs. shark video

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]]> http://weirdthings.com/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-the-kraken-awakes/feed/ 2 <p><img src="http://weirdthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/weird-things-podcast-SM1-460x460.jpg" alt="weird things podcast SM" title="weird things podcast SM" width="250" height="250" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3917" />Welcome to the first official episode of the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young.</p> <p>In this episode we discuss krakens, killer sharks, Brian’s policy on eugenics and Justin’s homicidal sleepwalking defense.</p> <p>Story link: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdEohdYcvQ">Marlin vs. shark video</a></p> <p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=336704577&subMediaType=Audio">Subscribe to the Weird Things podcast on iTunes</a><br /> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/WeirdThingsPodcast">Podcast RSS feed</a><br /> <a href="http://weirdthings.com/category/podcasts/">Episode archive</a><br /> <br /> </p> Welcome to the first official episode of the Weird Things podcast featuring Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young. In this episode we discuss krakens, killer sharks, Brian’s policy on eugenics and Justin’s homicidal sleepwalking [...]