TWS355: Mind Don’t If I Do

On April 15, 2016, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS355 logoOn the show this week:

  • Improbable Byproduct
  • Emotional Journey
  • Transferring Science Credits
  • Off This Rock

CQ: When it comes to the days-of-the-week in the future, we will just extend or shorten the list of named days we currently use, or invent entirely new names for them. What new names will we use?

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TWS350: The Crap Up With Which We Put

On March 10, 2016, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS350 logoOn the show this week:

  • Sensical
  • Cycle of Life
  • What the Hack?
  • A Bad Idea At The Time
  • Extras

CQ: Should the half-life of an original movie be about 20 years before a remake is not only accepted but expected? Shorter? Longer? Why?

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TWS349: The Future Is Made Of All Things

On March 3, 2016, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS349 logoOn the show this week:

  • Grown-up Toys
  • Smells Like Success
  • Legend… ERROR

CQ: Which is more likely: we’ll grow more concentrated within cities, using the efficiency of large-scale operations to deal with population growth — or will we spread out and create more smaller communities, filling up the vast uninhabited spaces?

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TWS248: No Place Like Home 2.0

On May 18, 2013, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS248 logoOn the show this week:

  • Front Page
  • An Unnatural Selection
  • Signs of Parallel Universes
  • A Sense of Place
  • Extras

CQ: Has humanity become too risk-averse to properly allow a generation of space explorers?

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TWS189: Of shiny stars and littering thoughts

On August 6, 2011, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

A new episode! Something entirely different, one without a script, but with the universe at large in the sky to inspire me.

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TWS157: Grace Of Love And Machines

On June 11, 2010, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

CQ: How much of a human can we replace and still call ourselves human? What about the brain? Does it remain human right to the last brain cell?

On the show this week:

  • Front Page
  • We Are All Mechanical Animals
  • Celebreaktions
  • Extras

Bumper: Jonathan McNeil of Troll Jammies

Promo: Braindouche!

Promo: Paul E Cooley’s “Closet Treats”

Promo: Just because I couldn’t attend, doesn’t mean that I can’t get something out of Balticon this year! I’ll be listening to The Balticon Podcast

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TWS152: A Penne For My Thoughts

On April 17, 2010, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

A view of the Saint John river obscures me.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?

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TWS127: This Is Your Blank On Life

On May 16, 2009, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

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?
Leave your answer in the comments, send your email to
weirdshow[[at]]gmail.com, leave a comment or record your message via the
MobaTalk client on the right hand side of The WEIRD Show, follow me on Twitter or call in at 1-206-203-2292.

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TWS104: Brain Drain

On October 25, 2008, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

Show Notes for TWS104: Brain Drain

On the show this week:

  • BRAINS!
  • Unexpected Results from Unusual Places
  • Unholy leftovers (EXTRA)

This week’s Challenge Question:
What is the scariest movie, book, short story or music that you’ve ever experienced? Why is it scary?
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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TWS085: Information is just Self-Important Data

On May 17, 2008, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

Show Notes for TWS085: Information is just Self-Important Data

On the show this week:

  • Information Wants To Be Free To Be Forgotten
  • Human Mind FTW!
  • Self-Important Data (EXTRAS)

This week’s Challenge Question:
What childhood dream invention came true — or you think will come true? Or, what dream invention of today’s kids will come true?
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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