The Groundhogs Day effects of algorithm-based news feeds and being locked in a content cage. Would you sign up for a radical “blue pill” escapism lifestyle? A new competitor in the reusable rocketry game. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Andrew’s in a high after his Ghost Diver Shark Week special aired. How do you handle reactions and comments online? What can you do to deal with rando hate and how can you bring good to online? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
The page may be shut down, but the Raid Area 51 craze continues. Man crosses English Channel on hoverboard! LightSail has successfully unfurled. Andrew’s Ghost Diver special aired on Friday. How was it shooting the special and could there be a follow-up special on the horizon? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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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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.”
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.”
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.”
Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, Libra, is a new payment method in an internet of microtransactions. Does that offset the tracking and centralization? Also, is there value to purging an email list? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
World’s greatest rocket launch again…yawn! How much will the world’s biggest airplane sell for? Throw out your clocks! Get scared!!! Why so many UFO sightings lately? The certainty of conspiracy theories. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.”
Justin’s long talked-about historical podcast, “Raise the Dead,” is in an alpha phase and he sent it to Andrew and Brian. How is that process of noting and what can each person give in feedback? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”
