Weird Things

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...

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

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

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.” Picks: Andrew: Scrivener and Justin: Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward and Brian: Toy Story 4 and Bryce: “83...

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.” Picks: Andrew: Isaac Arthur on YouTube and Justin: Documentary Now! Season 3 and Brian: Defunctland and Bryce: Neon Gene...

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.” Pick: Andrew Heaton’s Patreon

Magic tragedy in India. How can you do “risky” things while being appropriately safe and practiced? Preserved and discovered after 40,000 years. Andrew’s got a confession. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Star Trek: Discovery Justin: Black Mirror Brian: 12 Angry Men Bryce: Aggretsuko

“Listener” “Arthur” wants to know how to get over anxiety to finish projects, not just start them. How do you monetize a service that gets more expensive as it gets more popular? Fleshing out what Andrew can do with Audiomatic. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Veep Justin: The Handmaid’s Tale Bryce: Chernobyl

A big loss in aerospace. Protests at Tesla over price shifting. Tourism at the ISS. Space crime in space. A heart-warming story of amputation. With E3 this week, what are gaming trends we can expect? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Oculus Quest and Google Live Transcribe Justin: Game of Zones Brian: Good Omens Bryce: Black Mirror

Listener Salina has a question about pen names. When and how do you use one, especially for copyright? Is there space for making content in or for VR? Spoiler alert: almost certainly yes. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Chernobyl and Necroscope Justin: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience Brian: Andrew Heaton’s 2020 President...

See that glimmer in the sky? That’s data! Would you give up a view for better internet? Does Brian want to walk away from his achievements or just other people? What does a world of cordless VR mean for outdoor spaces and grouped VR experiences? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Oculus Quest Justin: Venom and Bohemian Rhapsody and Fighting wi...

It’s a strong time for meat-alternatives with the Beyond Meat IPO and Impossible Whopper. Where is the next step for meat-alternatives? When will it be the norm? Uh-oh, an asteroid is almost going to impact Earth. See more here. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Free: The Future of a Radical Price Justin: Adobe Audition Brian: Rock Breaks Sci...

If there was a civilization before humans, how would we know? Where would it be and what signs should we expect? Can we turn a brain back on–and how should we? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Valley of the Boom Justin: Mobile Passport Brian: Headlong podcast Bryce: Comedy Bang Bang 10th anniversary podcast

One more Game of Thrones spoilercast about episode 805, “The Bells,” and we wrestle with another good-not-great episode. It’s basically a therapy session, folks. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Alan Moore’s Supreme Justin: Watchmen Brian: Watchmen and Supergods

Andrew’s CONVINCED we’re living in a simulation. Breaking down Blue Origin’s big moon presentation. Home-building innovation coming to places of poverty. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Jeff Bezos’s “Going to Space to Benefit Earth” Justin: Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History and God’s Banker Brian: Under the Influence Bryce: Dar...

A spoilercast for Game of Thrones (804). We’re in between two huge battles, but how does that fare? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Brian: Headspace app

An avian conspiracy sparks the question, “what fringe conspiracy theory could you believe?” The Drake equation and how likely we are to be in a simulation universe. A theory of bots consuming content and buying goods. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Kanopy and Hoopla Justin: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Brian: Time Bandits Bry...

It was a big week between Avengers: Endgame and Game of Thrones and we’re here to give our spoiler-filled reactions. Spoilers for each are kept in their respective portions. Avengers: Endgame discussion and spoilers start 2:50. Game of Thrones 803 – “The Long Night” discussion and spoilers start 52:56. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” After Things will ret...

What does Luminary, a startup designed to publish exclusive premium podcasts, mean for creators small and large? Is this a walled garden or competition? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Tesla Autopilot Justin: Castro Brian: https://www.joeisanerd.com/

Elon Musk had a bit of a weekend with two explosive news stories. Black hole picture! Black hole picture! Still the western world’s #1 source for goblin news. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Amarey robot vacuum Justin: Game of Thrones Brian: I Expect You To Die Bryce: Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce

An Instagram scheme for free food. Is it ethical and what does it say about “success” in social media? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” The article we discuss: How I Eat For Free in NYC… Picks: Andrew: How I Built This Brian: Missing Link Bryce: Social media keynote and Adobe Spark walkthrough

It’s tax day. What would a future with minimum basic income do to deal with taxes in a world of abundance? A case for Brick and Bri Bri. Wooly mammoths back to life (kinda)! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: How I Built This Brian: An Economist Walks into a Brothel Bryce: Lost

How did Weird Things get started and what was the thinking behind how it originally worked. Justin’s working on an Instagram project–what is it and how is he doing it? Bryce talks about the thinking on his Trending Lemon podcast. Andrew breaks down his latest studio space upgrades and how cheap they are! The changed landscape of podcasting and funding. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@...

What’s the worst thing that could happen to a hospital? A bridge and it’s not made of rainbows! America going back to the moon: is the news of a return feasible? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Hopsital footage from this episode Picks: Andrew: AirPods 2 Justin: Us Brian: Us and Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series Bryce: Lost

How do you learn in a modern age of information? How does Scam Nation, a magic tutorial channel fit alongside that? A break-down of the differences between Scam School and Scam Nation from an educational and logistic perspective. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Udemy and Justin: Schitt’s Creek and Brian: True Detective season 3 an...