Feature Creep: Built-in Microwave; The Podcast
With a loose focus on design, and a heavy dose of absurdity, we discuss a variety of topics that we hope you will find relevant to your own life. Or, at least you might find them entertaining. Please enjoy.1
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With your consent, of course. ↩︎
Podcast: Thursday, May 28, 2020
Short, TRISH
Ned and Meg talk about the Translational Research Institute for Space Health! The first week of June we will participate in a series of webinars on behavioral health and performance in space! Wash your hands! Wear a mask!
Podcast: Monday, May 25, 2020
Quarantine Show And Tell With Wind
Ned and Meg visit with their friend Wind (aka Ria) over the internet while we all isolate, alone, together. We discuss how high fences make good and possibly dead neighbors. We ponder rock sizes. We get a very special virtual tour of Wind’s childhood bedroom. Enjoy! Wash your hands!
Podcast: Thursday, May 21, 2020
Short, Design Rant
Ned and Meg do a snack-sized Thursday podcast about Applied Arts and Design. It’s a rant really, and who doesn’t love those, especially right now. Enjoy. Wash your hands!
Podcast: Monday, May 18, 2020
Words with Random, The Long One
Ned and Meg are back with more random word games, and this episode is twice as long, and 17 times as funny! Ned made a list of 96 words (overachiever) and used them as prompts for Meg to expound on. This episode has already led to several spinoff projects and spawned a new species of absurdism. Enjoy! Wash your hands!
Podcast: Thursday, May 14, 2020
Short, Words with Random, the Short One
Ned and Me are spilling over onto Thursdays because Monday just can’t contain us. We submit for your approval our 30 minute word association game! Thanks for indulging us, and wash your hands!
Podcast: Monday, May 11, 2020
How to Do a Thing, Maybe
Ned and Meg talk about their book, which you might have a chance to see soon thanks to Chris! We also chat about project stuff, explosions, growing stuff, space radiation, DIY haircuts, and where Meg's tooth is headed.
Podcast: Thursday, May 7, 2020
Short, Meaningful Play
Ned spends a few minutes talking about the idea of meaningful play in the context of video game design.
Podcast: Monday, May 4, 2020
Untitled 2
Ned and Meg meander around in quarantine and complain about some stuff. We discuss self-hosting podcasts, TP weirdness, forced heroism, cats and dogs and art, owning music, and go wash your hands!
Podcast: Monday, Apr 27, 2020
Strange Intervals of Time
Meg and Ned discuss the unusual ways in which we mark the passage of time, as well as the intervals that result. We've been thinking on this one for a long time and the Weird Now seemed like a good time to talk about it. Join us on a temporal trip without leaving your house! Go wash your hands!
Podcast: Monday, Apr 20, 2020
Death's Door and Other Idioms
In this episode, Ned and Meg discuss fun idioms and violent verses in the English Language (plus one in French)!