• 248: Old Roads
    Jan 11 2026

    Not many roads remain in the future, but of those that do we've a tale to tell; about why they're still here when the rest are long dusted, and what creatures claimed them and prospered so well.

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    Chapters

    00:00 - Preview

    00:25 - Hello

    00:49 - Introduction

    02:10 - Old Roads

    15:15 - Listener Email from RaniaRania

    16:20 - Outroduction

    16:44 - Goodbye

    Credits

    Episode Art: Architecture Buildings Cars by Pexels

    Opening Theme: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

    Closing Theme: A.M. 180 by Grandaddy

    Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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    17 Min.
  • 247: Live Forever
    Jan 4 2026

    Most robots live forever and, in a few rare cases, some humans do too. What does that mean for your daily life? What do you mean when you say "See you later"? Do you still get a pension? And what's on your bucket list? In this episode we'll clarify all of that and more.

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    Chapters

    00:00 - Preview

    00:15 - Hello

    00:39 - Introduction

    03:05 - Live Forever

    25:05 - Listener Email from Amalia

    28:07 - Outroduction

    28:32 - Goodbye

    Credits

    Episode Art: Cake Birthday by Leslie Eckert

    Opening Theme: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

    Closing Theme: Forever Young by Alphaville

    Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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    29 Min.
  • 246: 10 Weird Earth Things
    Dec 28 2025

    Now that humanity is venturing out into the galaxy a bit more, it may be a good time to rework Earth's Unique Selling Points a little bit. What's so special about our own little home planet? For that purpose the UFOPOO held a survey among a group of aliens and in this episode we discuss the results. Compared to the rest of the universe, how does Earth stand out? Is it our shape? Is it that we're rotating around a star? Or is it that we have bunnies?

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    Chapters

    00:00 - Preview

    00:12 - Hello

    00:44 - Introduction

    02:40 - 10 Weird Earth Things

    05:48 - #1 - Massive Moon

    06:59 - #2 - Oceans

    08:28 - #3 - Seasons

    10:36 - #4 - Snow

    12:52 - #5 - Animals

    16:04 - #6 - Food in Funny Shapes

    17:25 - #7 - Ice Skating

    19:24 - #8 - Treadmills

    20:38 - #9 - Singing

    22:26 - #10 - Scandium

    23:18 - #11 - Pineapple on Pizza

    24:31 - Outroduction

    25:04 - Listener Email from Mika

    25:37 - Goodbye

    Credits

    Episode Art: Comet Asteroid Nature by Manfred Loell

    Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

    Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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    26 Min.
  • 245: Radio Star
    Dec 21 2025

    Bit by bit the LMAO is revealing the program of the Space Tour and one of the stops will be the rather unique Radio Star. Besides the fact that you can listen to it from Earth, it has quite a few other peculiar features. On top of that, it's Solstice today and we got each other presents!

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    Chapters

    00:00 - Preview

    00:24 - Hello

    01:01 - Introduction

    03:53 - A Net of Laser Beams

    05:49 - Radio Star

    17:50 - Listener Email?

    18:09 - Outroduction

    18:29 - Goodbye

    Credits

    Episode Art: Video Killed the Radio Star by Russell Mulcahy

    Opening Theme: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

    Closing Theme: Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles

    Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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    19 Min.
  • 244: Doing the Time Warp
    Dec 14 2025

    What happens to the main course when the appetiser and desert are much bigger than expected? It gets moved to next week! Today we don't actually talk about the thing that we wanted to talk about, but instead get carried away by the new Space Tour trailer. And then there's a poll! And then there's a long listener email!

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    Chapters

    00:00 - Preview

    00:12 - Hello

    00:35 - Introduction

    12:16 - Next Time

    13:16 - Listener Email from LongLeon

    18:01 - Outroduction

    18:29 - Goodbye

    Credits

    Episode Art: Carnival Lights Holiday Party by Victoria

    Opening Theme: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

    Closing Theme: Time Warp by Richard O'Brien

    Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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    19 Min.
  • 243: Dating in the Future
    Dec 7 2025

    We've received quite a few emails about this topic over the last four years and after more than 200 episodes maybe it is indeed time for us to talk about dating in the 23rd century. Besides our usual chit-chat about using teleporters to fetch that forgotten bouquet of flowers while pretending to go to the bathroom, we also dive a little deeper into why people date and what types of relationship exist in the future. We even reveal a tiny bit more about our personal lives!

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    Chapters

    00:00 - Preview

    00:13 - Hello

    00:37 - Introduction

    03:21 - Dating in the Future

    03:35 - Long Lives

    05:33 - Why People Date

    06:46 - How Dating Works

    09:09 - What Technology's Involved

    09:30 - Teleportation

    16:03 - Cams

    17:54 - Semi-Dates

    19:08 - Long Distance Relationships

    19:29 - Space Travel

    20:58 - Food Conglomerators

    24:15 - Dating Robots

    27:07 - Our Dating Experiences

    28:51 - Bird Dating

    30:34 - Zero Gravity Dating

    31:13 - The Popularity of Dating

    32:40 - Friendship

    33:35 - Outroduction

    34:09 - Goodbye

    Credits

    Episode Art: Flamingo Multicoloured by Alexa

    Theme Music: Starcrossed Losers by The Fratellis

    Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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    34 Min.
  • 242: Oxygen Absorbers
    Nov 30 2025

    Oxygen Absorbers were one of the more interesting items on the Space Tour packing list, and we took today's visit to Bad City as an opportunity to go shopping for them already. We ended up buying several different batches at a good price and in today's episode we'll tell you what they are, how you use them, and why a planet made of velcro would be particularly exciting in this context.

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    Chapters

    00:00 - Preview

    00:12 - Hello

    00:37 - Introduction

    01:26 - Oxygen Absorbers

    12:50 - Bad City

    16:32 - Half Price Oyxgen

    18:19 - Outroduction

    19:20 - Goodbye

    Credits

    Episode Art: Oxygen Absorber by Simon

    Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

    Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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    20 Min.
  • 241: Televator
    Nov 23 2025

    We don't know where it came from, but suddenly everybody needs to have a Televator! So we borrowed one from Simon's new neighbour, and familiarise you (and ourselves) with the device during today's episode. We also have some slight followup to last week's episode at the start and more information about sentient birds at the end. So there's really something for everybody this time!

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    Chapters

    00:00 - Preview

    00:21 - Hello

    00:46 - Introduction

    02:09 - Televator?

    02:33 - New Neighbour

    05:07 - Televator!

    17:19 - Listener Email from Maya B.

    23:32 - Outroduction

    23:56 - Goodbye

    Credits

    Episode Art: Translucent Purple Device by Simon

    Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

    Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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    24 Min.