Category Archives: Episodes

Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: Standing roughly 33 feet tall and weighing 6 tons, this Optimus Prime replica located at Beijing, China’s Olympic Park may but look a bit funky, but in an epic robot battle I’d … Continue reading →

Broadcast live every Friday evening at 6pm PST / 9pm EST on the TWiT Network! This week, special guest Brian Dunaway and Tom discuss: All sorts of stuff! (Links and notes coming soon) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] … Continue reading →

Broadcast live every Friday evening at 6pm PST / 9pm EST on the TWiT Network! This week, Scott and Tom discuss: Blizzard’s Real ID poop-storm, AMC’s new Walking Dead series, Scottish bunker for sale, Thermodynamics, realistic handsome guy masks, 8-bit … Continue reading →

Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: It’s the 30th anniversary of one of my favorite movies of all time, Airplane! To celebrate, watch the classic clip above. When we were kids, my brother and I memorized the dialogue … Continue reading →

Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: Chinese entrepreneurs are renting random white guys to pretend to be visiting businessmen, and to lend an aura of general Being Connected to the West to business meetings, conferences and receptions. And, … Continue reading →

Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: The vuvuzela is like a straightened trumpet and is played by blowing a raspberry into the mouthpiece. The player’s lips open and close about 235 times a second, sending puffs of air … Continue reading →

Broadcast live every Friday evening at 6pm PST / 9pm EST on the TWiT Network! This week, Scott and Tom discuss: Ten movies to see on independence day, besides independence day. Futurama in Lego form, Ebert eating a little crow, … Continue reading →

Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: Why do colors change as it gets darker? Why do we associate dark blues with pitch black night? For the answer, let’s look at the Purkinje Color Effect. And, we get a … Continue reading →

Broadcast live every Friday evening at 6pm PST / 9pm EST on the TWiT Network! Joined this week by friend and fellow podcast, Patrick! This week, Scott and Tom discuss: Trek mashups, Dr. Who scams, the Mario Marathon, Tom’s onLive … Continue reading →

Join Tom and Scott as they discuss this: So, it is widely believed that the recent ascendancy of “so” began in Silicon Valley. The journalist Michael Lewis picked it up when researching his 1999 book The New New Thing: “When … Continue reading →