What is the meaning of life? Is this all just a simulation? Why can I never find my keys? Join us as we ponder these stimulating subjects and many more from our snake-proof lair in suburban Australia.
0:42 - Covid status update - the South Australian pizza shop fiasco, Vaccines and Global Preparedness 10:52 - The Carrington Event, Solar Flare Apocalypse 19:21 - Mars Colonisation, Sustainability vs Growth, Terraforming (Nuke the Poles!), Waste in Today's Era 43:00 - Population Growth, Elon Musk, Bill Gates' Dust Clouds 1:02:25 - Interstellar & Chistopher Nolan
00:14 - We're back! Melbourne coming out of lockdown, Floating Development, Boyan Slat and the Interceptor 11:40 - The Social Dilemma - Tech Toxicity, Political Polarisation, Social Media's Effect on Mental Health 36:58 - Creative Success, Tool and Danny Carey, The Ego of the Frontman, Progressive Rock 47:58 - Digital Piracy, Streaming Services, The Danger of Subscriptions, Banking Tech, Monopolies 1:00:59 - Lobbying, Sustainability, Trump, Influence
0:16 - Our immediate reaction to the breaking news that Melbourne will enter new lockdown restrictions effective almost immediately 5:55 - World War III, Banana Radiation, Colosseum Ship Battles
00:15 - Melbourne Re-enters Iso, Online Shopping 09:04 - Organisation, Memory, Time Management, Late Nights 17:36 - MDF Toxicity, Potential, Utilising Time, Regret 26:05 - Toxicity in Social Media 38:10 - Isolationist Living - Built Environment and culture
0:15 - I'm Feeling Lucky, Contagion 6:16 - The Doors, Jim Morrison, Music then vs Now, The Doors of Perception 25:50 - Free Solo, Alex Honnold 36:07 - Covid Chit-Chat, Personal Growth 44:24 - Climbing, Dawn Wall, Tommy Caldwell 56:56 - World's Highest Survived Fall, Diet 1:06:38 - Work/Life Balance, Opioids 1:15:28 - CHAZ, Anarchy vs Order, Anger, Social Analysis
00:16 - Sunnies, Eye afflictions, Poor Chinese translation of Star Wars Ep III: Return of the Sith, Prequel memes 09:40 - Exams, Wisdom Teeth, Anesthetists, Fingerprint sensor shenanigans, carry bags fashion 17:33 - Moneyball, Analytics in sports, NBA's Disneyland Bubble, Crowd noise during Covid, sitcom laugh tracks 26:22 - CHAZ, Defunding vs Reforming the police, anarchy 36:09 - Communes, Cults, Actual Nazi's, German guilt over WWII 46:15 - The Butterfly Effect, Time Travel, Paradoxes 53:10 - Guitars, Jimi Hendrix, Covid numbers, Masks 1:04:38 - Getting Taller, Eggs, Controversy
00:14 - Eric Andre, Lion King Remake, CGI Fur, Uncanny Valley, Sonic 11:38 - Space Physics, Centrifugal/Centripical, Halo, Dinosaurs 24:49 - The Great Australian Emu War, Wall-E 33:16 - The Grind, Personal Value, Money 53:39 - Nosedive (Black Mirror), Social Media 1:00:44 - Work/Life Balance, The 1% 1:11:26 - Community in the Built Environment, Property in Japan
00:15 - Petrol, Suade Shoes, Hotels, Cheese 07:00 - Government Spending, Chinese Production, Musk + Rogan, Protests 13:20 - Hygiene, Social Distancing, Needles, Toenails 21:40 - Kids on Sugar, Rugrats Conspiracy, 90's Aussie Kids TV 28:22 - Michael Jordan, Etymology of the '00's', Alcohol + Drug Crisis 41:00 - Limitation breeds excellence, Variations, Dogs, Seasons 55:20 - Poor teachings, Food Pyramid, GMO's, Vertical Farms, Japan's Density 1:04:50 - Routine, Existential Dread
00:32 - Elon Musk on JRE, X Æ A-12, Gene Wilder's House 14:21 - Kony 2012, Solar Freakin' Roadways, Tesla Solar Roofs 28:55 - Coronavirus: The Second Wave, AirBnB 39:46 - The Housing Market, Money & Happiness, Finlandian Education
03:16 - Spreadsheets are fun 8:29 - Dogs in Isolation 16:00 - Midnight Gospel, Firefly, Season 8 of GoT 25:40 - Podcasts in Iso, Devin Townsend, Bucketheads' 300+ albums 34:15 - Creating art, perspective
00:16 - Metatalk, the Chinese language, Great Australian Pods 15:15 - Frontyard fires, dogs, the ship of Theseus, rhetoric 27:36 - Powerpoint presentations, online competition, virtual teams, postage 41:20 - US presidential race, coffee, supplements, summer/winter fashion/productivity 52:45 - Fusion power, Middle Eastern wealth
00:16 - Life with the Quarantine, Communal Living, COVID-19 Discussion 23:35 - Contagion, Putin, Castro's Bizarre Assassination Attempts, Contagion Spoilers 37:35 - Common Misconceptions, Vikings, Top Comedy Movies 45:37 - Borat & Kazakhstan's Reputation, Diffuser Lights, Kmac 56:07 - Memes, More Common Misconceptions, The Moon 1:05:46 - Solar Eclipses, Kangaroos, Cults
00:16 - Quarantine Mode, Stocking Up, CoV-19 Chatter 16:57 - Fish & Chips, Gentrification, Development 28:30 - Cruise Ships, Africa, World's Deadliest Animals 39:14 - Trump, Different Countries' Response, Dumb Travellers 48:05 - CoV at a Tool Gig, Planting the Virus, Economics 58:30 - Kevin Parker, Meta Banter
00:58 - Tool's Live Show, Money (Pink Floyd), Dub Side of the Moon 09:09 - Coronavirus, Toilet Paper Crisis, Citizens arrests 19:57 - Robinhood fail, travel forms, Aussies abroad 28:39 - Spotify, Napster controversy, today's technology 38:27 - Spirited Away (Mild Spoilers), Eric Andre, Sacha Baron Cohen 46:54 - Mycelium Networks, Plant Intelligence, Waste 59:08 - Skiing, Bloomberg, Kevin Rudd 1:10:41 - Norway, Taxation, Space Race 2: Electric Boogaloo, No Space Conspiracy
00:10 - Bingo, Steroids, Christian Bale, Alien (Movie), The SW Prequels 13:41 - Darth Jar Jar, Imposter Syndrome, success, Billie Eyelash 26:49 - Blindness, Perception, Hydron Collider 37:53 - Planet 9, Perseus, The Kuiper Belt 46:16 - Coronavirus' effect on the global economy, Dark Factories, cheese 54:45 - Tool, Tickets to concerts, our technological level, Elon 1:10:03 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Spoilers!), The Manson Family case
02:27 - Existential Dread, Ricky Gervais, Movies, Eating Dogs 12:42 - Lab-Grown Meat, Singularities, Black Holes, Pluto 27:20 - Bloomberg Sponsoring Insta Meme Pages, Joe Rogan's Bernie Endorsement Backlash 41:03 - Coronavirus redux - Trapped on a Cruise Ship 52:02 - Floods in Aus, Tame Impala's New Album, Tropic Thunder 1:08:06 - Best Movie of the Decade, Imitation Game (Spoilers!)
02:50 - Coronavirus, Alcatraz, Pathogens, What is 'Natural' 12:10 - Modern Media, Facemasks, Sanitiser, Wuhan, Elon's Batteries 28:50 - Kobe's death, Helicopters, Burj Khalifa 41:33 - Question Master, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Eric Andre 50:15 - Tokyo Olympics; Sex in the Athlete's Villiage, Virtual Arenas 1:05:30 - Bread, Olives, Ratings, Uber, Taxi Rant
01:26 - U.S. Democratic Nominees, Yang's Basic Income, Automation, Harvard's Bias 32:40 - Justin Slams Simulation Theory 41:58 - Alex Honnold, Risk, Our Luxurious Times 53:30 - GPS-based Speeding Tickets, Corporate Power, Paintings, Egyptians 1:10:50 - Ancient Civilisation Conspiracy, Heroes + Villians in Pop Culture, Attack of the Clones plot hole
Space talk, news reactions and dumb hypotheticals. What more are you looking for? No, seriously, tell us - we're running out of content over here 00:40 - The Fermi Paradox, The Great Filter, Telescopes, Flat Earthers 13:10 - Living on Mars, Space Tourism, Gravity, Martians 26:22 - YouTube, Attention Spans, Nestle, Desalination 36:01 - Apocalypse Strats, Petrol Prices, Strength in numbers 47:00 - Trump's Tweets, War opinions, Bushfires 57:24 - Finding Aliens, Dyson Spheres, Flying Fish, Dolphins 1:10:25 - Ubers' Failed Self-Driving Car test, Planes, Meaning in work
Another mic upgrade for maximum ear porn. If you like the sound of our voices as much as we do, that is. 0:10 - Billionaires, Happiness, Population 19:45 - Urban Development, Cycling, Corey Worthington 31:55 - WW3, Asteroids, New Space Race 53:20 - Egyptian Gods, Domestication, The Witcher 1:03:30 - Augmented Reality, D.J. Khaled shenanigans 1:12:10 - Red Rooster Conspiracy, Game of Thrones (Spoilers), Taco Bell
Joined this week by our good friend and resident philosopher, Bronno Walker of games company The Regicide Collective and podcast Philosophy Cafe 01:59 - The Silk Road fiasco, Elon making his patents free 16:30 - The nature of consciousness, being present, spreading the love (or not?) 27:23 - Solipsism (are you the only conscious entity?), memes, Christopher Lee tales 45:00 - The nature of the universe 1:05:55 - The ship of Theseus paradox 1:16:01 - Dunbar's Number, priests 1:27:04 - Morality, Universal good
Your weekly dose of barely researched yet hotly debated ideas fresh from our makeshift studio/laundry; 01:14 - Boris' Brexit, Hair loss, Sneaky subscriptions 12:40 - Consciousness in a new body, Virtual Reality 16:30 - Video games, Microtransactions, Pokies, New Xbox 27:32 - Matt's Fun Facts, Hyperinflation, Bitcoin, Currency exchange 38:13 - Frozen conspiracy 45:57 - Leaves, Internet filter bubbles 54:25 - Cats' (the movie) most scathing reviews, The Room 1:04:59 - Kanye, The Kardashians 1:17:28 - Boyan Slat, Words, Cleaning up the plastic in the ocean
Hmm. Upgrades. Justin and Matt return with microphones that are far superior. Let your ears bask in their glory. 01:02 - The mindset of Hitler 06:54 - Cryogenic labs being shut-down 11:23 - Teleportation + The Prestige (SPOILERS!) 15:00 - New Game of Thrones series teased 24:42 - Social media wars, different words for cool 28:55 - Question Master 37:47 - Russian doping scandal + bans from competition 44:04 - Super-athletes 52:44 - Spotify 56:03 - Music rn 1:02:42 - Aussie bushfires 1:05:44 - War Dogs (Spoilers) 1:11:00 - Toughen up your babies
The boys are back with fresh takes on stale content, no politics this time I swear 00:16 - Christmas shopping, Christmas songs rant, yachts, rich people logistics 10:23 - Tesla's new Cybertruck, Elon's creations 23:15 - The cage, Literal trash talk 32:00 - Solar flare apocalypse, streaming platforms are the new cable 46:45 - Meme culture, air travel 59:52 - the imperfect calendar, SpaceX, Elon's holes, Hitlers' birthday 1:09:27 - Toilet break intermission 1:11:10 - Drone delivery interception, LotR, Tolkien's mind 1:21:19 - Phone evolution follow insta @spacecadetspod
Get your amateur hour right here. Coupla the boys chatting shit about; 2:30 - Trump, Brexit, The Great Hack, the wall 22:26 - Hong Kong protesters now wielding bows, rebellions, Spain, patriotism 40:37 - Man jailed for sex with a pile of leaves 45:30 - The state of the film industry today 55:01 - Fucken birds