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How would you fight a Yeti in hand to hand combat? Would you attempt to sell your soul to the devil in the interest of science? How can you prepare for a zombie apocalypse? Find out all of this and more every week on the Weird Things podcast, where your hosts, Andrew Mayne, Justin Robert Young and Brian Brushwood probe the most challenging questions about the paranormal, supernatural and fringe.

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WT: Blood Letting Is Back!

Humans: we’re symbiotes and you gotta take care of your microbiota! Speed reading: seems effective, but is it the ultimate, fastest way to read? How could text, audio, and tactile technology increase our reading absorption today and tomorrow? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: PhraseReader Justin: Everything Everywhere All at […]

May 10, 2022

WT: Keep Traffic Thinking

Traffic signs are so clever and smart, but are they making the roads safer? Smiley face. Do you like magic and are you anti-social? Grab your sporks: people are pretty random. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Yellowstone Justin: Severance Brian: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Bryce: Knotwords Support Weird […]

May 03, 2022

WT: Golden Palace Infants

A simian savior. Just tap us out whenever this gets “too heavy.” Nuclear power works, why aren’t we using it more? What’s the hold up for fusion? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes Justin: The Batman Brian: The Book of Niall […]

Apr 26, 2022

WT: Survival of the Balloonist

More bad news for the SLS again. How can we keep cheering for this expensive government hedge? A new science discovery on the winds. Cameras capture an ally in our fight against pythons. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: That Mitchell and Webb Look Justin: Severance Brian: Come From Away […]

Apr 19, 2022

WT: Rockwell’s Box

CSI: Dino. Evidence of a very old death? OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 is a step-up upgrade for the tool that takes plain English prompts and creates photorealistic images. For entertainment purposes only. Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Severance and Moonwalking with Einstein from Joshua Foer Justin: Raised by Wolves Bryce: […]

Apr 12, 2022

WT: Do the Dew

NASA delays the SLS wet rehearsal! More money chasing the payoff of SLS. Social media is ablaze that Elon is buying a major stake in Twitter. How does that compare to previous media moves? Got something weird? Email neshcom@gmail.com, subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Profiles of the Future from Arthur C. Clarke Justin: Severance […]

Apr 05, 2022

WT: Americans Are From Mars, Russians Are From Venus

Picks: We won’t apologize for stepping on your toes! The Russian invasion of Venus and what it said for that era of space race. What technology is impractical today that will be trivial in the future? Andrew taught a computer to make games and did it without coding a whole game. Got something weird? Email […]

Mar 29, 2022

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