A Super Bowl ad wants to take a FANTASTIC crew of FOUR civilians up to space. Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon’s CEO–will he turn his focus to Blue Origin? Avi Loeb is again saying Oumuamua, the cigar-shaped comet, is definitively an extraterrestrial vessel now in a new book. Matt Ridley’s new article paints a picture of a blatant cover-up from the Chinese government around the origin point of COVID-19. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Accidental financial fraud, the inspiration to make a bigger anything, and an update on Bryce’s marble league project after lots of After Things advice. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
Remember that story about phosphine on Venus, suggesting life on Venus? Well, it was more likely to be sulfur dioxide, a common compound found in Venus. What are problems in science funding and could you do double-blind research funding? Also, what’s #stonks and what’s with this Clubhouse thing? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Bryce shares an update on his marbles league project. Should he interface with the company that develops the game? The boys re-iterate the power of email lists and ways Bryce can capture people who are interested before going live. The mailing list is live now at marbles.win. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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SpaceX sets a record for most satellites launched in one launch with their rideshare program. Brian and Justin have had Quest 2s for a little while now–what are their impressions of the wireless VR device? Andrew got into the Facebook Horizons beta and has some thoughts. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Long-time listener Salina has a question about how to convert her Kickstarter backers to follow her next project. Bryce brings his new marbles game project to the guys for a once-over. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
NASA’s SLS dress rehearsal test ended in failure. What does that mean for the future of NASA development? Blue Origin completes its test of New Shepard NS-14. What are their ambitions? Space tourism? Virgin Orbit finally achieves orbit. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Short and to the point this week! Listener Reddicent asks us how to handle a troll that has co-opted their Reddit SEO. Do you handle the trouble or don’t feed the trolls? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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The next Starship test could be as soon as this week! A new game, “Contact, Arrival, or Something Else?” What type of data would you send to an advance civilization? Or taken another way, what essential information would you send 1,000 years into the past? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Andrew caught a strange commercial and found an incredibly successful creative project. How do you condense your project into a simple, quick story? Contains some broad discussion of The Mandalorian season 2 and the strengths and weaknesses of The Hero’s Journey. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
It’s a new year and a new episode of Weird Things. COVID-19 vaccines are rolling out and we dissect some of the attitudes and policies that got us here. Would it be ethical to cut costs and only give people a single-shot dose instead of two? What would it look like if people faked fake-immunization badges and cards? It get’s a little fiery, but we’re all friends and had a good conversation! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
To round out the year, we all saw Wonder Woman 1984 and have…critical thoughts! What works, what doesn’t, and why Justin can have a public opinion on Captain Marvel now. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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Another amazing discovery in Pompeii leaves us wondering about ancient cuisine. We clearly need to talk about what makes a movie a rom-com. What is adermatoglyphia and what barriers does it make in the modern world? Octopi will go fist-cuffs with you!! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Bryce and Justin watched the latest action-sci-fi thrill ride, Tenet, and Brian doesn’t think he could be spoiled, so let’s spoil it! Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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A scaly surprise in Florida. Brains: you’re never alone with one! Are aliens contacting us from Proxima Centauri? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Listener Ken asks: are there really two types of podcast workflows? Plus, does Substack’s podcast feature offer serious competition to Patreon? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
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