On the show this week:
- Front Page
- All Space
- No Mind
- Extras
CQ: Has crowdfunding reached a plateau, or is it just getting started?
Promo: CAFFEEN! — I’ve done this music show for years now, but in the last few years it has become a story-telling odyssey through post-rock, soundtrack, minimalist, ambient and awesome wordless music.
Promo: Nutty Bites — My good friend Nutty celebrates what’s awesome, and gets geeks to debate over geeky things. Give it a listen!
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Mixed Messages
- Has Been Life, Will Be Living
- Extras
CQ: If you could design for yourself, with reason, a 30-day challenge to do, whether it be learn a new skill, practice something, or do something otherwise new, what would it be? And what’s stopping you from doing it?
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TWS151: Wise Men Say What Fools Know
Bumper: JR Murdock, author of V and A Shipping
Promo: All Games Considered
Promo: Tuning In To Scifi
CQ: These days, we seem to be fascinated, as a society, in the convergence and ubiquity of technology. We want all of our devices to work with each other, and all of our devices and things to be connected to each other. Is this just a fad, or do you think that, in 100 years, the idea of having separated items that aren’t integrated with the rest of your digital live will be unusual?
On the show this week:
- Front Page
- April Fools May March
- Illectronics and Madgets
- You Thought You Did, But You Didn’t
- Extras
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Show Notes for TWS130: Go In to Go Out
On the show this week:
- Life-Sized
- Staycation, Playcation, Graycation
- Forgotten Luggage (EXTRA)
This week’s Challenge Question:
It’s easy to be cynical and snarky; what one thing do you do or reflect on to avoid the snark?
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MobaTalk client on the right hand side of The WEIRD Show, follow me on Twitter or call in at 1-206-203-2292.
Win some original artwork for subscribing or getting others to subscribe! My good friend Nuchtchas is running a little contest: if you started listening to TWS recently, or you turned someone else to listening to TWS, Tweet @nuchtchas or send her an email. Go to nimlas.org/blog and click on “Contest” for more details.
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Show Notes for TWS086: little things
This week, all the little things seem to be on the collective news mind.
On the show this week:
- Small things of importance
- Importance of small things
- Important things that only look small (EXTRA)
This week’s Challenge Question:
What’s the societal “things” humanity no longer needs and should get rid of? What’s our vestigial societal norm?
Leave your answer in the comments, send your email to weirdshow[[at]]gmail.com, record your message via the MobaTalk client on the right hand side of Encaffeinated!, leave an answer on Facebook or call in at 206-203-2292.
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Show Notes for TWS072: The Past Future is NOW!
On the show this week:
- SCIFI IS NOW!
- Life will leave us behind, if we don’t do it first.
- Dumbness
- The Indeterminate Past (EXTRAS)
This week’s Challenge Question:
What is a current technology or way of doing things that we should we should revert to an older way of doing things?
Leave your answer in the comments, send your email to weirdshow[[at]]gmail.com, record your message via the MobaTalk client on the right hand side of Encaffeinated!, leave an answer on Facebook or call in at 206-203-2292.
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Show Notes for TWS071: Missing My Old Blue Genes
On the show this week:
- A few animals I might miss when they go away
- Lost and Found
- Impending Doom
- DN Eh?
- Found Stuff That’s Lost Again
This week’s Challenge Question:
If you were to use genetic engineering to create one thing, one change, what would it be?
Leave your answer in the comments, send your email to weirdshow[[at]]gmail.com, record your message via the MobaTalk client on the right hand side of Encaffeinated!, leave an answer on Facebook or call in at 206-203-2292.
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