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.”

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.” Picks: Justin: The Expanse Brian: One Punch Man Bryce: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

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.”

SpaceX’s SN8 does a test flight and end in a fiery…data collection? Uh-oh, we found him! If we were a galactic federation, how would we induct a dumber planet? Mammoth bones are a cut above! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Ring Fit Adventure Justin: Framebridge Brian: Kim’s Convenience Bryce: Hannibal

Health and fitness! How do you keep active and healthy while staying at home? Apps, games, and software to burn calories. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

The Arecibo Observatory has fallen into disrepair and came crashing down this week. We now know a possible mini-moon orbiting Earth is actually man-made! How our human-brains color how we create and percieve scientific phenomena. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Mank Justin: The Expanse Brian: Wise as Fu*k from Gary John Bishop Bryce: Happie...

What will you do the same or different in 2021? A new year, a (technical) new decade, a chance for a newness in your life? What will the next ten years bring us in computing and media? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Justin: “Matt Drudge Logs Off” from Tablet Magazine Brian: The Soho Forum Debates

How long is too long to wear a Santa hat? Alphabets’s DeepMind unveils a new breakthrough in protein folding and we know most of those words! A mysterious pylon in Utah get even more mysterious. King King–what if he was a zombie? Speaking of zombies… Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Sabine Hossenfelder and Valerian and the City of a Thousand...

A huge insult in a virtual audition begs a conversation about respect in the creative industries, especially for those starting out or without means. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: ScreenFlow Justin: Extras and Life’s Too Short Bryce: Hades

A speedy first in Vegas. Optical and audio illusions break our minds including this visual illusion. Pooping in space: how does it work on the new Dragon Crew capsule? Virtual characters are advancing, but what value do they provide? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Yellowstone Justin: The Crown (season 2) Bryce: Bugsnax

Bear attacks require bear-sized solutions and Japan has a new scare tactic. Idiots in a national park (not us). Moscow’s facial recognition surveillance is compromised–and for cheap! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” After Things is off this week! Picks: Andrew: Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun Justin: Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun Brian: Aunty Donna...

Productivity talk! Andrew recommended Notion a few weeks back and we dive deep into this multi-use workspace app. How do Justin and Andrew use this powerful tool? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: How to Tell the Story of a Cult from Sophie Gilbert Justin & Bryce: Notion

Thievery in the emptiness of space! Dinosaurs before the dinosaurs. Some discussion on Pangea, the supercontinent, and it’s respective ocean (singular). Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Games You Can’t Lose from Harry Anderson Justin & Bryce: The Queen’s Gambit

A new nightmare in New York. We talk about bugs for like a while. Oh no, I’m on the sea and need to be on THAT boat. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” After Things is off this week! Picks: Andrew: The Mandalorian Brian: The Queen’s Gambit Bryce: Hades

Let’s get an update on everyone’s projects. Justin’s put out all of Raise the Dead season 2. Brian’s helping promote Jason Murphy’s new book and it seems to be effective. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

NASA had an announcement for an annoucement and that announcement was: an announcement of water on the moon! How wet is Luna and is it viable to provide water? OSIRIS-REx slammed into the moon and got way too many rocks. Remember when there was evidence of life on Venus? Well, science is scrutinizing that original data–which is good! Flu season is starting. What do infection rates look like amid C...

Listener Terry writes in about creating content for free and how that affects their community of paid content creators. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

LAX is met with a bogey yet again and we have a whole lineup of suspects! How will humans conquer the skies? Old cells lead to a new clone of an endangered horse. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Astoria from Peter Stark Justin: The Big Picture from Ben Fritz Brian: Class Action Park Bryce: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Long-time listener David Pots has a question about making major changes to your business if you’re possibly leaving money on the table. Plus, the idea behind the spiky hair and why visual branding was so valuable in decades past. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Notion Brian: Star Trek: Lower Decks Bryce: HomePod

Close encounters of the oceanic kind. How can drones protect beach-goers? AI is looking at Mars faster than us! A new demographic for augmented reality: Fido! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Notion Justin: The Boys Brian: Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson Bryce: 20020 by Jon Bois and Secret Base

Brian’s back post-COVID infection. What was the first-hand experience for someone who had symptoms? Resin DOES move in herds–a new breakthrough in DNA extraction in resin. Could bug or bird DNA unlock secrets of ancient species? The sizes of many big sci-fi ships. Paramedics: they fly now. [After Things is taking the week off.] Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Thin...

Justin is on the precipice of Raise The Dead season two. What was it like writing a sequel season and what did he take away from the success of the first? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: The Outsider Justin: Lovecraft Country Bryce: The Simpsons

Water on Mars? Scientists think they found it again! What water and life on Mars means to any manned trips. Plus, the elderly: younger or older than the previous generation? The wide world of autonomous assistants, now from Segway! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Justin: Ted Lasso Bryce: Among Us

Fundo. Town, a new Google way to put together ticketed live events, chats, and workshops in one package. What other options are out there and what is the landscape of online event-holding? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: The Outsider Brian and Justin: Lovecraft Country

Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset is now a real reality. How could VR impact working from home and affordable gaming. Otto Aviation have a new take on private jets–a new take on high-end travel or the a new wave of affordable flights? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Raised by Wolves Justin: The Vow Brian: Bill & Ted Face the...