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The Speculators

8 Episodes

37 minutes | Oct 25, 2018
8: Pre-shipping dreams
This week we talk about Facebook's creepy new pre-shipping feature, a possible solve for climate change and a way to check if YOU ARE DREAMING RIGHT NOW BRO!
42 minutes | Sep 22, 2018
7: Which one are you?
Ex-spec the unex-speculated with Episode 7 of the Speculators! This week, we speculate on the dangers of facial recognition, the excitement of high-powered laser scarecrows, and the implications of one internet user’s take on the nuclear apocalypse. Quickies With Jack: Wanksy uses dick’n’balls graffiti to improve local infrastructure: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11570595/Meet-the-man-using-penises-to-fill-potholes.html Sphincter architecture: https://inhabitat.com/in-vitro-habitat-a-house-made-of-meat/ Donald Trump sliding into your DM’s: http://time.com/5397524/fema-emergency-system-trump-text/
37 minutes | Jul 13, 2018
6: Robot News Medley
Another big week of Speculating. This week we talk about our star signs, poetic justice for perverts and a whole slew of robot news. Quickies with Jack: Cal: Xenomprph Wasp https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news100882.html Jack: A new role for Jim Carrey https://www.google.com.au/search?q=jim+carey+as+dr+robotnic&oq=jim+carey+as+dr+robotnic&aqs=chrome..69i57.9735j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Alex: Koko the Gorilla https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/06/21/koko-sign-language-fluent-gorilla-dies-46/720788002/
45 minutes | Jun 30, 2018
5: Fast Food Futures
Stop, speculate and listen - it's episode 5 of The Speculators! Join us a we speculate about nostalgia for things we never really liked in the first place, Flippy getting his job back and Domino's pizza going from potheads to potholes. Quickies with Jack: Graduation Silicon Valley-style: https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/8ntsxq/graduation_silicon_valley_style/ Respectful memes: https://twitter.com/respectfulmemes?lang=en Uber Elevate: https://www.uber.com/info/elevate/
50 minutes | May 19, 2018
4: Computer Generated Influencers
Hidey Ho Specularinos, welcome to episode 4 of The Speculators! Join us this week as we speculate about the Indian hoaxers harnessing the power of thunder to magnetise rice, Hasbro trademarking the scent of Play-doh to squash the entrepreneurial spirit of homemade candle makers, and the twisted tale of two computer-generated Instagram influencers. Quickies with Jack: Fluffy Boi runs for office: https://boingboing.net/2018/04/26/a-squirrel-named-furry-boi-win.html Australian Research and Space Exploration or (A.R.S.E): https://spaceaustralia.com.au/ The Melbourne Tupperware Completion Exchange: https://www.facebook.com/groups/844953125688354/about/
56 minutes | Apr 28, 2018
3: Shadow Boyfriend
What’s up Speculators, it’s episode 3! This week, join us as we speculate about: Did Jack survive his autonomous bus ride? Should you throw the baby monitor out with the bathwater? Would you listen to Smash Mouth as you smash stuff in a “Break Room”? Would you hire someone to ghostwrite your Tinder profile, and then ghost-have the relationship for you? Is a shadow boyfriend an effective intruder deterrent? Stop Looking In My Windows: Japanese scientists build a legit Transformer - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-26/japanese-scientists-invent-real-life-transformer-robot/9701190 Zuckerberg’s Bad Lip Reading is worth 6 minutes of your life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCDvOsdL9Q Have you got the balls for a penile transplant? - https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/26/17286728/penis-scrotum-transplant-surgery-us-veteran-johns-hopkins-testicles-ethics
43 minutes | Apr 17, 2018
2: Cesswall
Hey Speculators, it’s Episode 2 of The Speculators! This week, we Speculate about: Is God watching over us in 4K with his drone? Do OBoards and OKicks belong in a river with OBikes? What are the logistics of launching bull semen into space? Just how ubiquitous is poop in our everyday lives? Stop Looking in my Windows: Literally Terminators - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/05/killer-robots-south-korea-university-boycott-artifical-intelligence-hanwha?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Tom Hardy is A.I. Capone - https://twitter.com/CallanRowe/status/985996271814041600 Post It Notes Extreme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ED9L7dRdCU Follow us on Twitter @The_Speculators
37 minutes | Apr 4, 2018
1: Flippy Got Fired
This week we talk about Nectome uploading your brain to the internet, Trump's Space Force/ Space wrestling federation, 90% off Amazon ghost writers and we try and find a new job for Flippy the burger flipping robot. Stop looking in my windows: Robot fails Australian Biohacker Who Implanted Transit Pass in His Hand Was Convicted for Not Using Valid Ticket Tweet us stories or questions @The_Speculators
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