Tests From The Future

Why do scientists make unicorns? Because they can! Why do we talk about that in our podcast? Same reason! In this episode we don't just talk about our present-day unicorns, but we also touch upon the more controversial part of this whole bringing-back-unicorns business; the question of whether or not they ever existed in the first place. Oh, and we talk about darts.

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:12 - Hello

00:35 - Introduction

03:27 - Unicorns

15:39 - Listener Email from Aliya

20:14 - Outroduction

20:42 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Unicorn Drawing from Pixabay

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Imagine there was a technology that let you control plant-based material. Imagine you could make furniture that walked or scarves that wrapped themselves around your neck. Imagine you wanted to plant a flag on a planet without a proper atmosphere. Now imagine you could make a podcast episode about all of that! Wouldn't that be nice…

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:09 - Hello

00:33 - Introduction

02:33 - Vascular Technology

27:51 - Outroduction

28:44 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Chair Couch Furniture by Pexels

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Not many roads remain in the future, but of those that do we've a tale to tell; about why they're still here when the rest are long dusted, and what creatures claimed them and prospered so well.

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:25 - Hello

00:49 - Introduction

02:10 - Old Roads

15:15 - Listener Email from RaniaRania

16:20 - Outroduction

16:44 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Architecture Buildings Cars by Pexels

Opening Theme: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Closing Theme: A.M. 180 by Grandaddy

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Most robots live forever and, in a few rare cases, some humans do too. What does that mean for your daily life? What do you mean when you say "See you later"? Do you still get a pension? And what's on your bucket list? In this episode we'll clarify all of that and more.

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:15 - Hello

00:39 - Introduction

03:05 - Live Forever

25:05 - Listener Email from Amalia

28:07 - Outroduction

28:32 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Cake Birthday by Leslie Eckert

Opening Theme: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Closing Theme: Forever Young by Alphaville

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Now that humanity is venturing out into the galaxy a bit more, it may be a good time to rework Earth's Unique Selling Points a little bit. What's so special about our own little home planet? For that purpose the UFOPOO held a survey among a group of aliens and in this episode we discuss the results. Compared to the rest of the universe, how does Earth stand out? Is it our shape? Is it that we're rotating around a star? Or is it that we have bunnies?

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:12 - Hello

00:44 - Introduction

02:40 - 10 Weird Earth Things

05:48 - #1 - Massive Moon

06:59 - #2 - Oceans

08:28 - #3 - Seasons

10:36 - #4 - Snow

12:52 - #5 - Animals

16:04 - #6 - Food in Funny Shapes

17:25 - #7 - Ice Skating

19:24 - #8 - Treadmills

20:38 - #9 - Singing

22:26 - #10 - Scandium

23:18 - #11 - Pineapple on Pizza

24:31 - Outroduction

25:04 - Listener Email from Mika

25:37 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Globe Astronomy Atmosphere by Piro

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Bit by bit the LMAO is revealing the program of the Space Tour and one of the stops will be the rather unique Radio Star. Besides the fact that you can listen to it from Earth, it has quite a few other peculiar features. On top of that, it's Solstice today and we got each other presents!

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:24 - Hello

01:01 - Introduction

03:53 - A Net of Laser Beams

05:49 - Radio Star

17:50 - Listener Email?

18:09 - Outroduction

18:29 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Video Killed the Radio Star by Russell Mulcahy

Opening Theme: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Closing Theme: Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

What happens to the main course when the appetiser and desert are much bigger than expected? It gets moved to next week! Today we don't actually talk about the thing that we wanted to talk about, but instead get carried away by the new Space Tour trailer. And then there's a poll! And then there's a long listener email!

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:12 - Hello

00:35 - Introduction

12:16 - Next Time

13:16 - Listener Email from LongLeon

18:01 - Outroduction

18:29 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Carnival Lights Holiday Party by Victoria

Opening Theme: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Closing Theme: Time Warp by Richard O'Brien

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

We've received quite a few emails about this topic over the last four years and after more than 200 episodes maybe it is indeed time for us to talk about dating in the 23rd century. Besides our usual chit-chat about using teleporters to fetch that forgotten bouquet of flowers while pretending to go to the bathroom, we also dive a little deeper into why people date and what types of relationship exist in the future. We even reveal a tiny bit more about our personal lives!

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:13 - Hello

00:37 - Introduction

03:21 - Dating in the Future

03:35 - Long Lives

05:33 - Why People Date

06:46 - How Dating Works

09:09 - What Technology's Involved

09:30 - Teleportation

16:03 - Cams

17:54 - Semi-Dates

19:08 - Long Distance Relationships

19:29 - Space Travel

20:58 - Food Conglomerators

24:15 - Dating Robots

27:07 - Our Dating Experiences

28:51 - Bird Dating

30:34 - Zero Gravity Dating

31:13 - The Popularity of Dating

32:40 - Friendship

33:35 - Outroduction

34:09 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Flamingo Multicoloured by Alexa

Theme Music: Starcrossed Losers by The Fratellis

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

Oxygen Absorbers were one of the more interesting items on the Space Tour packing list, and we took today's visit to Bad City as an opportunity to go shopping for them already. We ended up buying several different batches at a good price and in today's episode we'll tell you what they are, how you use them, and why a planet made of velcro would be particularly exciting in this context.

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:12 - Hello

00:37 - Introduction

01:26 - Oxygen Absorbers

12:50 - Bad City

16:32 - Half Price Oyxgen

18:19 - Outroduction

19:20 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Oxygen Absorber by Simon

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

We don't know where it came from, but suddenly everybody needs to have a Televator! So we borrowed one from Simon's new neighbour, and familiarise you (and ourselves) with the device during today's episode. We also have some slight followup to last week's episode at the start and more information about sentient birds at the end. So there's really something for everybody this time!

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Chapters

00:00 - Preview

00:21 - Hello

00:46 - Introduction

02:09 - Televator?

02:33 - New Neighbour

05:07 - Televator!

17:19 - Listener Email from Maya B.

23:32 - Outroduction

23:56 - Goodbye

Credits

Episode Art: Translucent Purple Device by Simon

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk