Weird Things Podcast
Justin Robert Young, Andrew Mayne, and Brian Brushwood host the Weird Things podcast. The podcast is mostly free form discussion of the latest weird news stories. Common topics are aliens, time-travel, superpowers, cannibalism, and futuristic technology.
Format
Before the show, Andrew prepares a list of news stories or listener-created scenarios for Brian and Justin to ponder. These stories range from major advances in science to a zombie apocalypse. Often, this involves the three of them having assigned roles and humorously acting out the scenario as Andrew slowly reveals more and more information about the usually horrific scenario.
In most episodes there are 3-4 topics followed by the hosts recommending books, TV shows, movies etc. for the listening audience.
Sponsors
Staring with their 19th episode, they began accepting listener advertisements for their show. There are three ad reads per show where, for the low price of $30, Justin will say anything that the listener wants, in any voice they want.
If you would like to sponsor an episode visit WeirdThings.com/Sponsor, there you can also buy a sponsored post that will go up on the Weird Things website.
Recurring Quotes
After doing so many episodes, the guys are bound to repeat themselves. Here are some minor things that have appeared in multiple episodes (some are stranger than others).
- James Cameron says that putting humans in space is very important, while Carl Sagan argued that putting robots in space will get you much more scientific data for the same price.
- "I'm so 3008, you're so 2000 and late" (Reference to a Black Eyed Peas song) from The Kraken Awakes! and Nazi Petting Zoo.
- "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not go down without a fight!"