An unusual episode, to be sure.. Recorded entirely with my Zoom H2, and without any sort of research. Kinda like flying by the seat of my pants, except that instead of pants I’ve got a large inflatable balloon, and instead of flying I’m hurtling to the ground at obscene speeds..
The title is even more meaningless than normal, but it sounded right and punny enough.. I suppose I could explain it by showing how my thoughts are rather long but hollow in the middle, and have points at both ends..
… but that would be silly!
- BUMPER: The unstoppable New York Times bestselling horror author and podcast enthusiast, Scott Sigler
- Not home (I blame Sherwin Sleeves)
- PROMO: Digital Magic, the sequel to Chasing The Bard by kiwi princess Pip Ballantine
- PROMO: Braindouche!, a podcast about.. well, that’s hard to explain, but it amuses me greatly, keeps me off balance
- PROMO: The Great Debate, a podcast in which fictional characters debate RPG situations, yet it is entirely real..
- What is the value of a lie? The scientific method and humility; testing stories; “there are no bad ideas, only those which are inadequate or inappropriate for a given context”; is this becoming Wandering Out Loud?
- PROMO: TekDiff, a multi-character comedy podcast interspersed with a magical realism serial audio drama — all performed by one amazing dude!
- PROMO: Sea of Stars, a fan production in the universe of Star Blazers (in which I humbly play the narrator)
- PROMO: Technorama, in which two geeks talk about geeking out about geeky things.
- a memory lost negates its own existence; the inheritance of non-physical complex traits; evolution vs consciousness
CQ: Would immortality be boring?
Proper show notes to follow (generated via my excellent new buddy, the OMEGA support system for TWS!).
TWS132: To Boldly Return To Where I’ve Never Gone Before
CQ: If you were to convert your brain, your programming, into a digital form, then run that instance of you on a computer, would it be murder to turn it off? Or suicide? What if you terminated your physical self — would you still be alive, in the machine? Tell me your posthuman digital thoughts.
On the show this week:
- Animals and Other forms of life
- Inventioneering
- Outrageous behaviour
Promos:
- The House of Grey – A podiobook whose every episode leaves you with new revelations, new questions and more.
- The TWS Contest! – Tell somebody about the show, then tell Nimlas about it, and get entered into a contest for original art! Spread the word!
- Technorama! – Chuck and Kreg have returned to their weekly format of geekery, makery, computery goodness. Hoorah!
Full list of 70 articles after the jump!
Show Notes for TWS127: This Is Your Blank On Life
On the show this week:
- This Is Your Brain On Life
- This Is Your Life On Life
- This Is Your Life After Life (EXTRAS)
This week’s Challenge Question:
What’s the one event anywhere in the world, at any time, that you’d like to attend — or should exist when it doesn’t?
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Show Notes for TWS126: I Brained That You Incorrectly Mind
On the show this week:
- You Might Think That
- And You Might Be Wrong
- Broken Record are Music
- Broken Notes are Recorded (EXTRAS)
This week’s Challenge Question:
Are countries forever to be necessary? For a while, it was “think globally, act locally” — is it now “think locally, act globally”?
Leave your answer in the comments, send your email to
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Show Notes for TWS115: Life Will Be What We Make It
On the show this week:
- DOOM is MOOD reversed
- Self-Deterministic Meat Machines
- _____ To A Different Tune
- Extra Appendages (EXTRA)
This week’s Challenge Question:
What is your swan song, memorial, legacy, remembrance?
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