Weird Things

Brian’s new studio is growing fast. What’s the vision and what are the needs still? When is it right to go all-in? Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: The Righteous Gemstones Brian: The Formula Bryce: Heave-Ho

Starhopper hopped! What’s next for the gigantic rocket? Something discovered the barriers of this world. A HauntBnB!! Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Apple Card Brian: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Bryce: Succession

Waiting for the Starhopper 150 meter test and we watched Star Wars: The Mandalorian trailer from D23 and have very excited thoughts! Does it seem like the show has potential? Is Disney+ a must-get and does it feel like a value? Quibi in a world of subscription fatigue. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Always Amazing Justin: 30 For...

THANKS FOR THE BLUEPRINTS, BRIAN. The first-ever crime in space leaves us conflicted. It’s a very small story, buuuuut it’s in space!! Starhopper is testing today. Nukes in space (historically). Old Hamburger takes down a satellite. Scott Manley’s video on the ASAT story Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)...

We take a spoiler-filled look at the new Hulu documentary “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary” and its handling of reality, the man, and the shared subject of the film. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.”

Radioactive threats–no Imagine Dragons needed. Handheld solutions to high-tech surveillence at protests. Porch presents! Nuke Mars! Nuke Mars? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: TRON: Legacy Justin: What We Do in the Shadows (TV series) Brian: The Three-Body Problem Bryce: The Wandering Earth

Long-time contributor James Harrison is in-studio to grill the boys on why they do what they do, their endgames, and how they find a reason to go on. Send your project questions/ideas to neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Two Minute Papers Justin: Dark Net Diaries Brian: DEF CON Bryce: NYT Crossword App James: The Boys

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.” Picks: Andrew: Prospect Justin: The Boys Brian: The Boys Bryce: Homecoming

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.” Picks: Andrew: Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Justin: Andrew Mayne Ghost Diver Brian: The Boys

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.” Picks: Andrew: The Boys Justin: Andrew Mayne Gh...

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.” Picks: Andrew: Man of Steel Justin: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Brian: Pessimists Archive Bryce: Slay the Spire

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.” Picks: Andrew: Gun Club VR Jus...

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.” Picks: Andrew: The History of the Future Justin: Andrew Heaton’s The Political Orphanage Brian: Castaway Bryce: The Real Housewives of New Yor...

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). Robot...

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.” Picks: Justin: Spider-Man: Far From Home Brian: Crawl Bryce: The Casketeers

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.” Picks: Justin: Euphoria Brian: Pessimists Archive Podcast Bryce: Midsommar

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.”

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