Tests From The Future

In this week's episode we desperately try to pronounce "particle accelerators" several times before resorting to the name everybody uses; "Por". Listeners will learn what computer games, making mustard, and LCLS have in common, what our favourite Por models are and what a Dyson swarm has to do with anything. And if that wasn't enough already, we also clear up the mystery of the strange title of ep...

What do you call it when you use a lot of technology in your daily life, even by 23rd century standards? Exactly, you're living on the edge! This week, we dive deeper into the wonderful ways that can make your home a true example of modern living. We skim over the stuff you already know, like teleporters and pods, to make sure we have enough time for home technologies we haven't mentioned much so...

Do you feel tired after a long three-day work week? Then there's nothing like a holoday to get you all freshened up! In this episode we explain where holodays take place (in empty halls), how they take place (with holograms) and what our favourite destinations are (mountains, forests and cookie dough). We fondly remember our tree-climbing, pool-jumping, getting-shot-at-with-a-slingshot times in Mi...

It's time. The campaign is coming to an end and the results are about to be announced. Did we finish in the top three? You'll find out during the episode. You'll also find out how election night is organised, if (and how) we voted, and what we plan to do afterwards. Oh, and we had our Congo produce some bottles and cans of alcohol-free beer to toast with and to produce some quality sound effects!...

Live from our campaign headquarters (which is Simon's apartment), we tune in to bring you up to date on the campaign. We explain our 'dirty' slogan, we tell you how the debates went, and you'll also find out how toilet bowls and green sauce were involved. We speak about the other candidates a little and about ourselves a lot - just how a proper campaign is run! And we end with a 'massive' cliffhan...

After being informed that Dirk was randomly selected to be a candidate in the upcoming elections, we decide that it is time to explain the political structures of the 23rd century. If that doesn't sound too exciting, rest assured that we compensate for that by being pretty excited ourselves. You see, we went on a course and everything! To confirm this episode went back in time, please email michae...

Everything started out so well. We were going to talk about something pretty awesome! But then we receive a strange call. Initially we try to find out where the call is coming from, but it turns out we should have wondered 'when' it was coming from. If you thought that receiving a podcast from 200 years in the future was already pretty unbelievable, imagine what we go through, when we find out tha...

Live toys are toys that are actually alive. And sometimes even sentient! They can play, they can run and they can quit. They can wander around the house and they can have the weekend off. In this episode we speak about our own live toys, mention what happens when you take live action figures to the park, and discuss which board games didn't really need a live toy version. We also learn who Michael...

What's better than five days on Venus? Seven more days on Venus! Cut off from all communication. With rats. And no showering. Now that Venus' ground workers are on strike, and nobody is entering or leaving the planet, Dirk records an episode all by himself, hoping that the possibility to send it back in time isn't affected by the strike. Spoiler: it isn't! To confirm this episode went back in time...

In this episode, Dirk gives you all the inside details about the organisation that aims to organise an interplanetary organisation. And he explains how all this organisation even made it into the organisation's name. Twice! Since Dirk actually works there, Simon takes the opportunity to ask everything he ever wanted to know about UFOPOO, as well as a few things he already knows, just for the podca...

The difference between a fly and a drone is… well, actually, that doesn't really matter. What matters is that the fly, that was bothering us during our previous episode, was actually a Fly Drone! In this episode we don't just tell you more about these unregistered flying cameras, don't just tell you about the way we investigated this specimen and don't just list all the different conspiracy theori...

Yes, we sure do like to get back to things that we have mentioned in previous episodes. And Alipedia is definitely something we have spoken about several times, because that's where we get a lot of our information. It's a combination of AliBaba and an encyclopedia, which explains most of it. Big tech company AliBaba makes it possible for us humans to have access to all information about everything...

There's a dinosaur on the loose! Since last week! And the initial excitement has calmed down a bit by now. Today, we bring you up to date on the 'hunt'. We explain where the dinosaur has been, what has been attempted to catch her so far, and why none of it has been successful. After the whole story comes to a spontaneous and abrupt end, we move over to a more exciting topic: books. To confirm this...

What happens to dinosaurs when they die? They are resurrected millions of years later! In this episode we visit the museum/theme-park/excavation-site World Messel, which is full of previously extinct animals. While eating muffins in the cafe, we talk about the things we did so far. You'll find out what they do in the labs of World Messel, which unique food products they serve in the cafe and which...

Move over, humans! It's time for Mr. Dobalina, Dirk's Personal Assistant to take over. He gives his personal spin on the usual format, and even sneaks in a little bit of poetry! As if we wouldn't notice :) To confirm this episode went back in time, please email michaellasagna5@gmail.com with the episode number in the subject line. We may even respond to your message in a future episode! Chapters 0...

Centuries of technological advancement also influenced the way we clean in the 23rd century. As in, we do it all ourselves and by hand. Or with a broom stick. No joke! We'll explain how the evolution of technology actually caused us to stop using it for cleaning purposes. And how we kind of use technology anyway! We also explain how cleaning helps you read books or strengthen your relation with ot...

We barely understand them ourselves, but we explain them pretty well nevertheless! NFTs allow you to pretty much sell anything that ever happened and PDRs can recycle all these into more sizeable chunks. We discuss important things, like who a conversation belongs to, how you can make money from saying poppy seeds, and how rocks smell in the summer. And to end on a high note, we then move on to a...

Fonzie is passing through our solar system tonight, which means that many meteor showers are being organised in celebration of that wonderful event. In this episode we'll explain the origins and customs of these meteor showers, and also discuss the meteor naming scheme. Spoiler: they're all named after characters from classic earth television series. We have fond memories of the years where all me...

We got tickets to watch the Eyjafjallajökull erupt! We are so excited about it, that we forget to actually mention the name of the volcano at any point during the episode. And we even practiced its pronunciation! It's all a bit spontaneous anyway, because we record live on the way back from the spectacle. If you thought flying cars in the 23rd century were completely silent, you're in for a surpri...

Oh soul-e mio! This episode will cram several decades of soul research into twenty minutes. Do souls even exist? Yup! Do robots have souls? You got it. Do rocks have souls? Listen and you'll find out! You'll also learn what a Soul Mate is and which specialities you can choose when studying Soul Searching. There might even be a bit of word play involved! Sole sounds a lot like soul, you see. We're...

Did you ever hear about the Roman Emperor Sponsianus? And did you hear he was a bit of an usurper? Well, he wasn't! At least that's what he says himself. Thanks to 'technology', the people of the 23rd century were able to resurrect the infamous emperor, and we invited him on the show. We learn what he misses most about the 3rd century, what he likes most about the 23rd and what he plans to do next...

Somebody gave us a cool new gadget to play with. So we do! We highlight several different features of the Astro Mirror, which include star constellations, lasers and rhyming. We also discuss one or two features that you'd expect, but that aren't actually there. And, we mention some of the awards that it won, which don't just include Gadget of the Year. PPPPS: We answer more questions from Felix! T...

Creating energy just by thinking about it? That's not as crazy as it sounds! It's still pretty crazy though, so let's talk about it. We come slightly unprepared this week, because the party that we started last week ended up going on for a few days. And we're still pretty tired! We start the episode by mentioning a few things that happened at the event. Spoiler: the clown didn't show up! To confir...

Reality check incoming! The future isn't completely crime-less. For the naughty ones among us, we have a thing called Barfillian Rocks, which are rocks made out of… you guessed it. The element Barfillian lets you catch organic material inside, which means it is perfectly suited as a prison cell. We'll give you all the 'insides' (one of us out of experience even), but we also just have to talk abou...

An important telekinesis test is coming up for Simon and we record the podcast from the back of the audience. That means we get to comment on the other students, while we wait for Simon's demonstration. We will witness somebody peeling labels off beer bottles, for example… with his mind! And we'll see how somebody tries to keep a guinea pig from eating his guava pellets. You know, our usual everyd...