Tests From The Future

Why would us 23rd century folk build cities in the sky, you may ask? Well, many good reasons, but we don't really cover those. Instead we explain why the shade below these cities is not always bad, which floating city has water slides and why one city is actually called Fartburg. We also discuss the shortest email ever, and most importantly, Simon reminds Dirk that today is a very special day!

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:24 - Introduction

00:35 - Happy Bird Day

04:51 - Floating Cities

21:55 - Listener Email

22:35 - Outroduction

23:02 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Today we speak about doors. In-depth. In great detail. And after those two minutes, we start to question why we actually have doors… Luckily, before we start to wonder if doors even exist in the first place, we move on to more exciting topics, such as what we did during the week and which words Dirk uses the most, according to Mr. Dobalina.

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:25 - Doors

05:52 - Listener Email

09:30 - Simon's Wings

12:29 - Dirk's Avatar

13:13 - Mr. Dobalina

17:49 - Outroduction

17:59 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

We visited a Bacchanal. For research! Bacchanals are illegal events, organised by robots, where humans can smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol and eat meat. They're really hard to get into and really hard to get to too. When we got handed two tickets, we immediately decided to go and to tell our listeners all about it. Find out what we tried and what we didn't try. And what we even remember! As a bonus, our listeners explain how 21st century people organise their food. Spoiler: it's a whole lot of work!

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:24 - Introduction

01:19 - Bacchanals

22:25 - Listener Email

28:33 - Outroduction

28:57 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Okay, it's not forever, but us 23rd century folk do live pretty long! With average life expectancy up to 151 years, and life's essentials pretty much taken care off, we sure have a lot of time on our hands. In this episode we explain what effect this long lifespan has on families, work, relationships and studying. Oh, and we also answer the ultimate question; "Why on earth do we live in Frankfurt?"

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:24 - Introduction

00:50 - Jupiter Contest

03:11 - Dirk's Entry

04:01 - Simon's Entry

05:18 - Lifespan

08:48 - What's Changed?

09:15 - Families

14:52 - Work & Retirement

19:29 - Relationships

24:03 - Bucket Lists

27:55 - Listener Email

31:29 - Outroduction

32:03 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

The applications are really endless! Portals are essentially Teleporters that map on to one location only. Because they are on all the time, they let everything through; the view, the wind, the smell, the mosquitos, the trains. They're great for parties in multiple locations, or to have a window with a different view. They're not so great when the weather in the other side is bad. We also discuss the megalomaniacal plans for the Yangtze river, but we start out with some crazy news about meat farms.

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:26 - The News

04:34 - Portals

30:14 - Wormholes

33:07 - Outroduction

33:49 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

In this episode we try to group all the different robots in a few arbitrary categories. Because that's what you do when things get complicated! You'll learn what's the difference between Androids and Humanoids, which robots are popular in Shrink Cities and why you better keep clear of Doberbots. Also, a listener has a great idea about a new energy source for robots!

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:25 - The Smell of Sulphur

06:23 - Introduction

07:58 - All Kinds of Robots

09:10 - Animatronics

12:09 - Doberbots

14:34 - Humanoids

18:54 - Androids

21:05 - Disploids

24:18 - Xenobots

26:15 - Shrink Cities

26:44 - Nanobots

28:01 - Robot Animals

31:48 - Contact Us

32:09 - Listener Email

34:50 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Time flies when you're in the 23rd century! Our last Solstice celebration seems only six months ago… oh, wait, that's because it was! This time, we went to see a preview of the eagerly awaited next entry in the Yoda vs. Agent Smith movie series. If you haven't seen any of the previous movies - and chances are that you haven't - a lot of the stuff in this episode probably doesn't make much sense. Don't worry, we'll make total sense again in the next episode!

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:24 - Happy BBQ Solstice

04:04 - Plastic Bag Man #27

06:57 - A Bridge to a Preview

07:43 - Podcasting About Podcasting

09:16 - Story Summary

09:58 - Spoiler Warning

10:32 - Spoiler Horn

10:38 - Yoda vs. Agent Smith 4

24:55 - Outroduction

25:28 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: I'm the One Who Wants to Be with You by Field Music

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

"You're never coming back from that Sol vacation." At least, that's what Sol's marketing department wants you to think when you book your Jupiter holiday. In the second part of this two-part-episode you'll learn even more slogans, find out why Disney has the right to name new planets, and learn why we're considering downgrading Neptune to a dwarf planet. As a bonus we describe what the apartment buildings that we live in look like. Spoiler: one has monkey bars!

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:24 - Introduction

01:54 - Recap

02:28 - Mars (Part 2)

04:23 - Jupiter

09:45 - Clarabelle

12:40 - Saturn

14:27 - Uranus

15:13 - Neptune

16:34 - Dwarf Planets

17:20 - Terraforming

18:35 - Listener Email

23:17 - Outroduction

23:56 - Goodbye

Credits

Slogans inspired by old songs such as: Life on Mars by David Bowie, Master of the Trumpet by The Blue Betty's, Drops of Jupiter by Train

Opening Theme: Life on Mars by Seu Jorge

Closing Theme: Drops of Jupiter by Train

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Sol is short for the Sol Federation, the institution that governs our solar system. We briefly introduce them, but then go on a big planetal association spree. Do you know what Venus' slogan is? Or which planet has the best ice cream? Well, you will after listening to this episode. What you won't know though, is what the nations on Mars are named after, because we spontaneously decide to split the episode into two parts, right there!

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:31 - Introduction

01:52 - The Sol Federation

02:34 - UFOPOO

03:40 - Bases & Colonies & Nations

06:22 - Solar System

07:28 - Mercury

09:03 - Venus

12:13 - Earth

13:42 - The Moon

17:41 - Mars (Part 1)

20:15 - Outroduction

21:37 - Goodbye

Credits

Slogans inspired by old songs such as: Rainbow Connection by The Muppets, Venus by Shocking Blue, To the Moon and Back by Savage Garden

Opening Theme: Rainbow Connection by The Muppets

Closing Theme: Venus by Shocking Blue

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Hours after last week's recording, Earth resumed its course, and Earth's population breathed a sigh of relief. Since then we've been struggling with a global jetlag and other after effects. We're almost half a day behind now, for example, and we're not sure if we should call it evening or morning. We speak about the theories as to what might have caused this, and discuss possible ways to line up the clocks again.

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:25 - Introduction

00:52 - Back on Track

23:58 - Outroduction

25:02 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk