After Things Podcast

What is “toil” in a work sense, what does toil do to your ability to work, and how do you defeat toil? Bryce made an app and it aims right at the heart of toil! We’re joined with John Teasdale, whose time in big tech can speak to the ills of toil. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Site Reliability Engineering Chapter 5 – Eliminating Toil Picks: Brian: Dragonbox Bryce: Human Resource Machine John: Squid Game

Traffic and weather on the 9’s, did you see the storm watch? Oh, excuse me, the “geomagnetic storm watch?” Scenario: the case of the weird rock. Apex predator biting apex predator. Dee’s Black Mirrors! French astronaut Thomas Pesquet caught a rare phenomenon! Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Justin: Squid Game Brian: The Star Wars films Bryce: LFG Marbles, coming back for season 2 on October 17 and Foundation

Long-time friend of the pod Joe Diamond is in-studio to check out how he’s doing and see if he’s got any questions for Brian and Bryce. How well does Joe’s tactic of approaching other creators seem to work? How did COVID-19 affect his work as a stage performer and what are unique challenges to doing virtual magic shows? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.”

Andrew, Brian, and Bryce are joined with mind reader and long-time friend of the show Joe Diamond. Are we close to living our best lives? This nonagenarian might be! A space-made crater and its man-made trash. Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: The films of 007 Brian: Great Night podcast Bryce: Things app Joe: Mastermind from Andrew Mayne and Yours Cruelly, Elvira from Cassanda Peterson

Finger-pointing and cloaks and daggers around the origin of COVID as new whistle-blower documents show earlier understanding (and possible cover-up) of COVID than we understood. We’re discovering a large variety of conflicts of interest in our pandemic response. Also, over-building has lead to bespoke ghost towns and demolitions around the world. Who’s going on the new Blue Origin manned capsule according to rumor? Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” After Things will return next week! Picks: Andrew: Foundation Justin: Heels Brian: Foundation Bryce: Deathloop

What non-fiction have you been reading? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Andrew: Chaos Monkeys Justin: Anarchy, State, and Utopia Bryce: Freedom from Anxious Thoughts and Feelings

The longest gets longester! Penguins attacked by what? Jupiter caught one to the face and SpaceX did their own space tourism last week! Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: You Only Live Twice and Mustard on YouTube Justin: Heels Bryce: Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time

Fake Wal-Mart and litecoin rumors. Firefly Alpha launches a big, bright explosion machine. What’s in the latest Mars rock samples? Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” After Things is off this week and will be back next week! Picks: Andrew: What If…? Justin: Anarchy, State, and Utopia Brian: Oathbringer Bryce: Red Seas Under Red Skies

Listener Nick has a question: how do you set long-term goals? Breaking down big ideas and concepts into smaller, doable actions. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.”

We’re skeptical of a bandit and the reporting around it. Havana syndrome: if it’s real, what is the danger? Is it a new sonic weapon? Amid the star contract wars, Blue Origin is working on a new, impressive upper stage booster. What would happen if Blue Origin shacked up with another nation–and would that ever happen? Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Congo from Michael Crichton Justin: The White Lotus Brian: Hacks Bryce: Formula 1: Drive to Survive