Direct from the 23rd century, this weekly podcast sees Simon & Dirk discussing new technologies, recent discoveries and everyday life… in the future! New listeners will benefit from reading the Start Here page, but you can also simply dive in and Subscribe.
An experimental podcast from the year 2024, informing those in the distant 23rd century all about food here in the 21st.
International airspace has one particularly unique selling proposition; no taxes! Let's go shopping.
Simon watches and comments upon the European Portal Triathlon that Dirk is participating in, there's even a surprise at the end.
Genetics is one of the youngest - and least interesting - school subjects. Let's discuss!
Everything you ever wanted to know about the thing that knows everything you ever wanted to know.
What could be more fun than a podcast hosted by Dirk and Simon? A podcast hosted by Dirk and two Simons!
What would Solstice be without some good old fashioned 24 hours in an underground bunker?
Besides having a very interesting product to sell, our guest also has a very interesting name.
To celebrate our first year, we share a recording that predates our first official tests.
We did something illegal! We visited an event where you could smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol and eat meat.
The average life expectancy in the 23rd century is 151 years. Find out what we do with all that time!
Teleporters that map on to only one location and are on permanently… Think of all the possibilities!
Humanoids, Xenobots, Animatronics… For those who lost track of all the different robots, this episode is for you!
All clear! Earth rotation is back, and better than ever! We're just eleven and a half hours behind schedule.
"Tell me that the world's been spinning since the beginning, and everything will be alright…" Well, guess what! The world has not been spinning. And everything is not alright.
The invisibility cloak is a neat bit of technology, but we struggle to find a practical use for it.
We actually talk tech for a change and dive deep into the specifications for this awesome device.
An escalator that leads to the edge of the atmosphere? That's totally a thing in the 23rd century.
They're boards. They let you hover. That's about it! We still find plenty to talk about though.
All our energy comes from Mercury nowadays, and in this episode we explain how that's even more insane than it sounds.
Introducing a sport from the 23rd century, filled with action, force fields and good conversations.
Covering the Top-10 tech companies of 2222, starting with a car and shuttle manufacturer, and ending with the (literally) coolest server host on the planet.
Robots are officially sentient and part of our society. We talk robot past, present and future.
Orejones are installed in our skulls and they process everything we hear. Sounds old? Well, it is!
This week we get all distracted by a strike and a listener's email, so we don't actually get to our planned topic.
Telekinesis gives certain people the power to move things with their mind. And Simon can tell us all about it!
Cars are for when you're not in a hurry, when you enjoy a good conversation, or when you like the view from above. Or for when your teleporter credit runs out!
PAs, or Personal Assistants, make our lives a lot easier, but sometimes also a little more complicated.
An episode full of food! We don't actually cook it ourselves though. We have Congos for that!
It worked! We've reached the year 2021. In this first proper episode we speak about one of the most common technologies in the 23rd century; Teleportation.
This is our 29th attempt to reach somebody in the past, all the way from the year 2221. Is anybody listening?
Where are the first 28 episodes of Tests From The Future? Simon and Dirk explain it all!