Location:
United States
Description:
A weekly roundup of weird news, strange views and odd ideas.
Language:
English
Website:
http://encaffeinated.ca/tws
Email:
weirdshow@gmail.com
Episodes
TWS401: K is for Kilometer, not Savings
3/8/2018
On the show this week: A Different View ** Tech We Didn't Know You Needed ** CQ: Have we fundamentally changed as a civilization in the last two hundred years -- and will we change again in another 200? Or are all the changes really superficial and circumstantial? Full list of 10 articles after the jump!
Duration:00:59:40
TWS400: Lookin’ Good At A Distance
3/3/2018
On the show this week: Space Enough For Anyone ** Slyborg ** Making It Up As We Get Along ** CQ: If you won the big lottery tomorrow, would you have 100% leisure time, or would you choose to work for a salary still?
Duration:01:07:57
TWS399: As Smart As You Wanna Be
3/3/2018
On the show this week: From Here To Beyond ** CQ: Isn't gravy just really thick soup?
Duration:01:00:54
TWS396: Moving To A New Flat
3/3/2018
This episode is a continuation of articles from episode 395.
Duration:01:00:52
TWS394: Second Pass At First Things
3/2/2018
This episode is a second-half of articles collected in episode 393.
Duration:00:58:33
TWS395: Let’s Get Off This Rock (and Roll)
3/2/2018
On the show this week: To The Moon, Alice ** Post-End of the World ** Disruptive ** CQ: What song would you send to greet our alien cousins? Full list of 19 articles after the jump!
Duration:01:01:35
TWS393: Things In The Way of Food
3/1/2018
On the show this week: Someone Made This Real ** Unusual Science ** Missing Things Found ** Unreal Intelligence ** CQ: When we bring dinosaurs back from extinction, will we use them on the moon, on Mars or on Earth first? Full list of 18 articles after the jump!
Duration:00:57:40
TWS392: There Are Worlds Without Us
11/23/2017
On the show this week: Revisible; Off-planet Casual; By the Numbers; CQ: With the age of the Internet, we can experience things from all over the world in an instant, and integrate them into our personal culture -- but does that mean that the notion of "regional" or "national" culture are doomed to fade?
Duration:01:05:22
TWS391: AI, Eh? Uh-Oh
11/23/2017
On the show this week: Think Different. Pray Same.; Space For Filling; Non-Traditional; CQ: Which industry will be disrupted first: the clothing industry, when robotic tailors can custom-make clothing locally rather than ship them, or the travel industry, when we can VR remote into robotic surrogates?
Duration:01:01:18
TWS390: Hal-Con 2017 Chat
11/21/2017
My friends (Nax, Marie and Pat) join me to chat about what we enjoyed from Hal-Con, what we'd like to see, and what makes a con something we want to attend.