Double Density

Double Density

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Double Density episodes

  • Episode 104: UFOs and Power Plants

    This week, Brian and Angelo discuss how Amazon is having people listen to your conversations, Capcom is getting into the classic console game, and some tech products just never made as big a splash as was intended. Then, after the break, the duo discusses what could be the most complelling evidence of a UFO ever... or a street light.

    Links:

    • Is Anyone Listening to You on Alexa? A Global Team Reviews Audio - Bloomberg
  • Capcom Home Arcade is a pricey plug-and-play arcade stick with 16 games - Polygon
  • Capacitance Electronic Disc - Wikipedia
  • Osborne effect - Wikipedia
  • EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Veteran Witnesses ‘Massive’ UFO over Lake Michigan in ‘Manitowoc Incident’ Short Film - NewsInsideOut
  • DOWNGRADED: ‘Manitowoc Incident’ Update Reveals UFO Footage Showed Ground Lights, 8-bit Audio Analysis Saving Grace in Story that Couldn’t Tell Up from Down - NewsInsideOut
  • UFO News - MUFON
  • 41 min
  • Episode 103: Premonitions and Dreams

    Brian starts off the episode with questions about Angelo's ethical choices before moving on to unions in video game studios, why the internet may not be forever, and how YouTube has changed for users and creators. You may have seen it coming in a dream, as the duo tackles premonitions and dreams.

    Links:

    • Opinion | Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job - The New York Times
  • Nintendo Chief Takes 50% Pay Cut After 3DS Markdown | WIRED
  • BBC - Future - Why there’s so little left of the early internet
  • The golden age of YouTube is over - The Verge
  • 12 podcasts to listen to this week
  • ET Embassy Day – E.T. Embassy
  • Something big is coming : Paranormal
  • 43 min
  • Episode 102: UFOs Over Michigan

    Brian and Angelo say goodbye to AirPower, advise folks to not drink and shop, continue to realize Facebook is being shady, and discover Amazon is involved in some political intrigue. Then, they take a close look at the March 1994 Michigan UFO flap where lots of people called into 911, and a National Weather Service radar operator has a shocking revelation. Come for the 911 calls, stay for the discussion on a case that has not been discussed enough.

    Links:

    • Wii Vitality Sensor | Nintendo | FANDOM powered by Wikia
  • Drunk shopping is a $45B industry. Here's what people are buying.
  • Mark Zuckerberg actually calls for regulation of content, elections, privacy | TechCrunch
  • Facebook: Old posts by Mark Zuckerberg have disappeared - Business Insider
  • Bezos’ Investigator Gavin de Becker Finds the Saudis Obtained the Amazon Chief’s Private Data
  • This Amazon Mothership is Terrifying as Hell, Even If It's Completely Fake
  • The 1994 Lake Michigan UFO Sightings | Michigan's Otherside
  • The Famous 1966 Michigan UFO Swamp Gas Case | Michigan's Otherside
  • Lake Michigan UFO sightings: After 25 years, mystery remains
  • Case 62470 - Holland, Michigan, Flap of 1994 - YouTube
  • The Big Study: Holland MI Radar-Visual UFO Case, March 8, 1994, part one:
  • The Big Study: Holland, MI Radar-Visual UFO Case, part two.
  • The Big Study: The Holland Michigan Radar-Visual UFO Case, part three and final.
  • 41 min
  • Episode 101: Disappearing Object Phenomenon

    Brian steps out of a deus ex machina portal to rejoin Angelo in another thrilling installment of Double Density. In tech, was an Apple event with a focus on services and celebrities, and Brian is disturbed that the RCMP is spying on him. Then, the discussion shifts to strange disapearences and a discussion about disappearing object phenomenon and Missing 411.

    Links:

    • Formula 1: Drive to Survive - Wikipedia
  • ‘Project Wide Awake’: How the RCMP Watches You on Social Media | The Tyee
  • Disappearing Object Phenomenon
  • The Weird World of Vanishing and Teleporting Objects | Mysterious Universe
  • No Longer a Skeptic: Disappearing Object Phenomenon : Glitch_in_the_Matrix
  • Missing411
  • 48 min
  • Episode 99: RAM Finds a Way

    This week, Brian welcomes Angelo back from his beach vacation. The duo have a discussion about browser habits, wish a happy birthday to the World Wide Web, have a look at a long lost NES game, and they have thoughts on the upcoming Apple event. In the paranormal segement, Brian brings up To The Stars' new TV series on the History Channel, and then Angelo talks about the interesting thing he saw in the night sky while on vacation, before the duo experience a shocking event that forces them to end the episode early.

    Special Guest: Lollypop.

    Sponsored By:

    • Report Your Sighting

    Links:

    • Browser Tabs Are Ruining Your Brain – OneZero
  • Unknown NES Game Found After 30 Years
  • Apple confirms March 25th event, expected to announce new TV service - The Verge
  • To the Stars
  • Waves in Airglow
  • BBC - Earth - Ten strange lights that appear in the sky
  • Report Your Sighting – Sharing UFO Data For All
  • 37 min
  • Episode 98: The Gobbledy Gooker Lives! w/Bruno D.

    While Angelo is prancing out and about in another part of the world, Brian is joined by long-time friend Bruno D. for a talk about tech history, speedrunning, videogame memories and a discussion about the problematic nature of aging tech. One word: COBOL.

    The duo then discuss their own personal histories vis-a-vis professional wrestling and explore weird wrestling lore!

    Special Guest: Bruno D..

    Sponsored By:

    • Report Your Sighting

    Links:

    • How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016
  • America’s Cities Are Running on Software From the ’80s
  • The Ghost Of Macho Man Randy Savage Is Allegedly Haunting A Florida Wrestling Promotion
  • WWE Superstar Ghost Stories
  • 1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 97: Carp/Guardian: The Greatest Canadian UFO Hoax Ever

    Brian gets a new nickname, 1970s pirate TV tapes, foldable phones are coming, and Apple has a possible event on the horizon. All that is followed by an extensive look at the Carp/Guardian UFO case - one that many claim to be the greatest hoax in Canadian UFOlogy. Join us as we dive in deep.

    Sponsored By:

    • Report Your Sighting

    Links:

    • The illegal TV network in northern Ontario that tried to go legit | CBC Archives
  • Nike says it’s ‘actively working’ to fix its broken Adapt BB smart sneakers - The Verge
  • Some iOS Apps Sending an Alarming Amount of Data to Facebook and Most Users Are Unaware - MacRumors
  • Energizer’s brick of a smartphone uses “world’s most powerful” phone battery | Ars Technica
  • The Guardian UFO Footage is Considered to be a Hoax - Paranormal Zone X
  • The Carp-Guardian Case - The Most Controversial UFO Case in Canadian History
  • UFO - West Carlton, Ontario, August 18, 1991 - YouTube
  • Bob Oechsler: Exclusive Q&A with JP Robinson | JP Robinson | Author of Unexplained Mysteries
  • Carp UFO - Extraterrestrial Life & The UFO Phenomenon - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
  • 1 hr 15 min
  • Episode 96: Consequence-Free Podcasting w/TJ Counihan

    This week, we sit down with special guest TJ Counihan for a roundtable discussion about a number of things. Brian decides to mix it up a little, including a slightly different (and weird, according to Angelo) intro and a randomizing of technology and paranormal topics. From the Samasung event, to Chuck E. Cheese pizza conspiracies, to TJ's recording setup, and then talking about a race of all-powerful cat people, this is an episode you don't want to miss.

    Special Guest: TJ Counihan.

    Links:

    • What's Going on With This YouTube Chuck E. Cheese Conspiracy Theory?
  • YouTube to blame for rise in flat Earth believers, says study - CNET
  • Why Conspiracy Videos Go Viral on YouTube - The Atlantic
  • Lyran Feline Race - Lion People - Everything You Wanted to Know 2017 - YouTube
  • QUESTION EVERYTHING?: Alien Cat-People are Among Us
  • The Lyra Constellation and Human Origins
  • No, 'Oumuamua is not an alien spaceship. It might be even weirder. | SYFY WIRE
  • 1 hr
  • Episode 95: Vortexland, USA

    Do you miss buying CDs, renting movies, and not having so much to choose from? Well, Brian and Angelo do, and they talk about the rituals they miss that technological advances have made irrelevant. Then, Brian recruits his wonderful fiancée Steph to talk about the things she misses that we don't have anymore, with a focus on renting movies. Finally, it's a virtual roadtrip to Sedona to find out how all those vortexes affect humans and what it all means. Plus: Aliens! Rods! Spirits!

    Special Guest: Steph W..

    Links:

    • Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary - YouTube
  • What Is A Vortex in Sedona | Visit Sedona
  • Origin Theories About Vortexes in Sedona, Arizona
  • Harmonic Convergence - Wikipedia
  • UFO VORTEX & GHOST TOURS
  • Night Vision UFO Tour - Sedona UFO & Vortex Tours, Sedona Traveller Reviews - TripAdvisor
  • Sedona's Vortexes (Locations, History, and Science) | Sedona Verde Valley
  • Joint Recon Study Group: Science of Sedona: Electrical engineer explores magnetic energy ‘vortexes’
  • THE SEDONA EFFECT: - Home
  • The Sedona Effect: Correlations between Geomagnetic Anomalies, EEG Brainwaves & Schumann Resonance | Miller | Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research
  • The Sedona Vortex - Real or Imagined?
  • Fundraiser by Double Density : Send Double Density to Sedona
  • 1 hr 7 min

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Greetings cyberspace. Tune in every Wednesday as Angelo and Brian discuss tech news and issues, as well as the fads and trends of yesteryear. Stick around as they also delve into the strange world of…