Super-Awesome Juice
| Super-Awesome Juice | |
| Number | 10 |
| Broadcast Date | May 17, 2010 |
| Episode Length | 1:11:49 |
| Hosts | Andrew Mayne, Brian Brushwood, Justin Robert Young |
Super-Awesome Juice is the tenth episode of the Weird Things Podcast. The hosts invent a new form of inter-species prejudice, declares their willingness to do stupid things in the name of science and then goes metaphysical.
Contents
After nearly a 2 month break, the trio is finally back.
Human DNA Controversy
Andrew starts out by explaining how two different races are more similar to one another, than two random individuals are. After a while of getting uncomfortably close to full-blown racism, he finally gets to his point. A few weeks earlier, some scientists found that there is Neanderthal DNA throughout every human's DNA, meaning that Neanderthals got it on with humans at one point. It took some goading by Justin and Brian, but Andrew came out and said that "whiteys" have the most Neanderthal in them. This lead to a long discussion about this discovery and how it effects racism, since it says that all white people are technically "half-breeds".
Super Awesome Juice
Andrew begins the scenario by asking Brian if he had ever done LSD. Brian's "official" answer is "No", which he claims to be "true". They began to tell stories that they have heard about people on LSD, including a guy who's dog was walking on the roof. This gives Andrew a great idea for a new magic DVD called "Dog/Roof". Brian and Justin have big ideas for the cover of the DVD, but the boss man Andrew gets angry at the two of them for making design decisions without his own input. Once they remember that they are doing a very serious, scientific podcast, they get back to the topic at hand. Andrew asks if they would ever take part in a legal LSD experiment. Brian and Justin seem pretty open to it, but they would rather experiment with a new drug they made up called "Super Awesome". However Andrew is totally against taking part in such and experiment. Even if all of his magician friends were doing it, and the ghost of Richard Feynman told him to do it, he would turn it down. He explains that all of these types of drugs have negative long term effects and he would rather avoid that. This leads Brian and Justin to call him a sissy.
Secret Frequencies
Andrew talks about the strange phenomenon where on certain radio frequencies, you hear a voice speaking some type of code of unknown origin. The prevailing theory has always been that the code was for relaying information to foreign spies, but Andrew offers up another theory. Perhaps this is code for drug cartels about different drug drops. The three discuss the fact that drug cartels are a billion dollar business despite being illegal nearly everywhere. Andrew even points out that there are stories of congressmen being directly employed by drug cartels, to insure that the cartels are not shut down.
However, after reading a certain Weird Things article Andrew thinks that maybe the code is of a different origin. No, not terrorists or comic book fans. Perhaps it is inter-dimensional beings trying to contact their fellow travelers. Totally ignoring if this is the source of the radio transmissions, they go into a long discussion about alternate dimensions and universes. They come to the sad conclusion that maybe humans are not advanced enough to be able to understand all of the intricacies of the universe. Andrew comes up with the smart idea of creating an intellectually superior species of man, that could help us under stand the universe. Then finally Andrew brought up the singularity. Brian says that he thinks that the genius, [Andrew Mayne] and respected author and scientist, Ray Kurzweil are IDIOTS for thinking that the singularity will come in the next 100 years.
Recommendations
Brian: "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene
Justin: "Terminator 2"
Andrew: "The Color of Magic"
Great Quotes
- "Is the dog on the floor, or on the roof? DOG/ROOF." -Justin
Fin Facts
- First announcement of the Weird Things TV youtube series
- First mention of Weird Things Live investigations
Links
| Preceded by: "Genocidal omnivores" |
Super-Awesome Juice |
Followed by: "Destroyer of Worlds" |