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Tests From The Future

Simon & Dirk

Comedy

Fiction

Technology

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 205

Direct from the 23rd century, this weekly podcast sees Simon & Dirk discussing new technologies, recent discoveries and everyday life… in the future!

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🇩🇪 Germany - improv
12/10/2025
#70
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11/10/2025
#70
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10/10/2025
#56
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09/10/2025
#38
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17/11/2024
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16/11/2024
#85
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15/11/2024
#77
🇩🇪 Germany - improv
14/11/2024
#62
🇩🇪 Germany - improv
13/11/2024
#48
🇬🇧 Great Britain - improv
07/09/2024
#91

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177: Mystery Disappearance

Episode 177

Sunday, September 1, 2024 • Duration 08:57

Simon didn't show up for today's recording session and Dirk can’t even get into his apartment. So, what do 23rd century people do in such an emergency? They record a podcast episode about it! It's time to sort through the clues and speculate about different scenarios. Did somebody say pirates?

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:26 - Introduction

01:10 - Mystery Disappearance

01:50 - Clues

03:20 - Hypotheses

07:18 - The Truth

08:14 - Outroduction

08:37 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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176: Portal Windows

Episode 176

Sunday, August 25, 2024 • Duration 21:50

Simon has a mystery item on the wall, covered by a cloth. It's a Portal Window! You can map it to any other Portal Window, on Earth or elsewhere. It gives you nice views, nice smells and nice sounds. Or not so nice ones, if you're unlucky. It also opens the 'door' to many creative ideas, such as playing squash with yourself. We talk about some of these ideas, but also don't hesitate to touch upon other exciting topics, such as curtains and insect screens.

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:23 - Introduction

01:50 - Portal Windows

18:29 - Listener Email from Karl

21:09 - Outroduction

21:37 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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167: Boss of the Place

Episode 167

Sunday, June 23, 2024 • Duration 26:58

To become Boss of the Place, you just need to be the person who was somewhere last. This simple application of gamification originally caused many people to explore the world and still does to this day. In this episode we explain the concept in a bit more detail and talk about our own experiences too. We also talk about shoes made out of your own skin! And we finally got to use the word "vermilion" in an episode.

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:24 - Introduction

01:58 - Boss of the Place

25:02 - Listener Email from Janine

26:27 - Outroduction

26:47 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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76: Lost Places

Episode 76

Sunday, September 25, 2022 • Duration 30:13

This time, instead of focusing on what's new, we focus on what's old. We discuss places that used to be at the forefront of innovation, but have long since lost their purpose. Some got repurposed, but some got 'lost'. Among them obvious candidates, like airports or railway tunnels, but also less obvious candidates, like nature reserves. We also discuss places that were destined to get lost, but didn't, and we also reveal what happened to Tower Bridge.

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:25 - Introduction

01:05 - Lost Places

03:28 - Railway Tunnels

05:39 - Airports

08:59 - Harbours

10:46 - Shopping Malls & Office Buildings

11:38 - Walls

14:51 - Bendomats

15:46 - Nature Reserves

17:43 - Supermarkets

18:40 - Famous Buildings

22:21 - Almost Lost Places

22:55 - Travel Agents

24:32 - Book Stores

26:38 - Listener Email

29:22 - Outroduction

29:55 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

75: Scandium

Episode 75

Sunday, September 18, 2022 • Duration 24:31

Scandium, Scandium, wherefore art thou, oh Scandium? An actual rare-earth-element, Scandium turned out to be much less rare in the rest of the galaxy. On top of that, all the scientists in the universe haven't managed to come up with a proper use for it. In this episode, we discuss Scandium mining, Scandium mascots and Scandium paperweights. Coincidentally, we also answer a listener question about mining!

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:25 - Introduction

01:46 - Scandium

19:42 - Listener Email

23:31 - Outroduction

24:12 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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74: Shrinking

Episode 74

Sunday, September 11, 2022 • Duration 36:45

Shrinking, as the saying goes, really puts things in perspective. And nowadays, it's actually pretty straightforward to shrink things! No mucking about with booths and ray guns, oh no. It's all digitalised, and it comes with all kinds of advantages. Simon is an avid shrinker and during the episode, you'll find out why. You'll also learn which of the hosts, that isn't Simon, has mouse syndrome. And what the opposite of shrinking is! Enjoy the episode… with big insects…

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:24 - Introduction

02:32 - Shrinking

09:14 - Shrinkable or Not?

10:16 - When Do We Shrink?

16:53 - Shrink Cities

23:11 - Shrink Zoos

24:23 - Visiting a Holiday Home

28:46 - Listener Email

35:53 - Outroduction

36:28 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Scrape the Sky by Can't Stop Won't Stop

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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73: Just Dirk

Episode 73

Sunday, September 4, 2022 • Duration 09:46

Oh no, Simon is away on a telekinesis boot camp! That means this is just Dirk talking. On the other hand, that means that this episode is only half as long as the others. Dirk basically describes what he sees around him, as he's standing on top of a skyscraper. Now, if that's not creative content, we don't know what is.

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:25 - Introduction

01:30 - Just Dirk

08:35 - Outroduction

09:23 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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72: Under the Weather

Episode 72

Sunday, August 28, 2022 • Duration 22:53

Did you know you can control the weather? Well, if you did, please let us know how. Because today we talk about a period in time where we tried to influence the weather across the globe but failed horribly. Suffering from disagreements, weather extremes (or weather extremities as Dirk calls then) and countries being disconnected from the teleporter network, this was finally categorised under "probably not possible". One good thing came from it though. And we'll mention what that is, alllll the way at the end of the episode.

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:24 - Introduction

01:38 - Weather Control

18:35 - Listener Email

20:05 - Outroduction

22:32 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: No Surprises by Radiohead

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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71: Game Night!

Episode 71

Sunday, August 21, 2022 • Duration 37:39

No matter which time zone you're in - it's Game Night! In this episode we'll play a few games that are quite popular in the 23rd century. Don't try this at home, folks! Which… you know… you can't anyway, because all games require our fancy 23rd century technology. On the agenda tonight are, among other things, a game that involves downloading personal data from a stranger, as well as a game that has us looking for someone drinking from a hose. Also, our last game starts out a little confusing and ends up with us trying to crawl under a closet. Your typical game night!

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:24 - Introduction

03:40 - Game Night

05:58 - PrivTriv

16:20 - Looting

21:21 - Red Dress

27:47 - Congo Shuffle

31:29 - SnatchIt

36:53 - Outroduction

37:27 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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70: Simon Solo

Episode 70

Sunday, August 14, 2022 • Duration 13:28

With Dirk delayed by unforeseen circumstances, Simon flies solo with an exciting pod-related discovery. Answers to listener questions then involve the Bowel Disruptor's much kindlier successor, and many-legged hotels too.

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Chapters

00:00 - Hello

00:27 - Introduction

01:53 - iPod

05:59 - Listener Email #1

09:56 - Listener Email #2

12:32 - Outroduction

13:13 - Goodbye

Credits

Theme Music: Over 100 Jaar by Klein Orkest

Almost Everything Else: Simon & Dirk

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