Sam overviews her recent problem solving endeavours including poop spatulas and pods for your ears. While deliberating on friction in our lives and how to remove it, we mention... The incredible Shōgun (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgu

Oceans

Jan 31st, 2024 45m 51s

Our intrepid explorers consider the world's many overlooked and dissapearing organisms, and how to think about changing environments while making more of what is already around us. Along the way, Sam and Simon mention:The Cape Silverside, or "

Games

Jan 11th, 2024 53m 52s

Games are fun. Work... not so much. Sam and Simon reconnect after many aeons spent not speaking on the internet to talk about games, and why they're fun and important in a way that work isn't and is. Along with other stuff. Things mentioned in

Jan 19th, 2023 57m 10s

Sam and Simon are together in a room, for a change, and discuss the impact of artificial intelligence, existential crises, and a range of other topics. Along the way they mention:The Cope Zine (https://simon.co.za/COPE.pdf) (instructions on ho

Uncanny

Dec 7th, 2022 58m 51s

From trippy breath work to commanding a robot army, Sam and Simon are getting ready for a super weird future with its various perils. While discussing their battle strategy they mention: The Wim Hof breathing method (https://www.wimhofmethod.c

Loop

Nov 23rd, 2022 54m 3s

Simon reads Sam a poem and our intrepid duo considers the best ways in which to treat our future selves, the tensions that keep life balanced, pros and cons of social media, and myriad other thingies. Along the way they mention: Swan by Mary O

Rewilding

Oct 28th, 2022 53m 47s

Sam and Simon explore identity, how we change ourselves for each other, and what it means to push for making things better while appreciating the way things are. It's complicated. Along the way they mention:Adventure Time! (https://en.wikipedi

Endure

Oct 12th, 2022 50m 55s

Sam's robotic brain and Simon's tin heart contemplate practices such as writing, running, meditating - or antyhing else that curiously calls you to do it for its own sake - and what these commitments mean and ask from us as they curiously make

Garbage

Jul 29th, 2021 46m 13s

What gives things value, and how much should we be worried about that? Sam and Simon discover that everything is rubbish, and along the way mention:Veblen goods (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good)A lot of garbage things that don't des

Together

May 13th, 2021 42m 23s

Prolific heat-thieves Sam and Simon talk about keeping shit together on this sixtieth episode of Take Back the Day. Things mentioned in this episode:Radiolab's Kleptotherms podcast. (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/klept

Cycles

Mar 5th, 2021 38m 8s

When do we self-sabotage? How do we break out of cycles? Can we form new habits? Why did Sam choose to move to a frigid, muddy island off the coast of Europe? We ponder all these questions and more in this episode of Take Back the Day, and alon

Money

Nov 5th, 2020 43m 29s

Yo yo yo. It's another episode of Sam and Simon Speak on the Internet™, bitches! In this episode they touch on:The stupid US elections.Simon's stupid book (https://www.amazon.com/Math-We-Trust-Bitcoin-Cryptocurrency-ebook/dp/B07C7TPXMD). Sam

Make

Oct 5th, 2020 36m 38s

Sam and Simon are making new things, and talking about it on the internet. Some of the things they mention along the way:* Notion (https://www.notion.so/) * Super (https://super.so/) * Product Hunt (https://www.producthunt.com/)* Our frien

Normal

May 20th, 2020 32m 47s

Sam and Simon discuss the contents of their bug (or go) bags and what's needed to survive the apocolypse. They also discuss our incredible ability to make things normal, and how careful we have to be about what we allow to become regular things

Shitshow

Apr 24th, 2020 26m 29s

Sam and Simon are extremely locked-down, and explore what this is teaching them. Some of the things mentioned in this episode:The Sims (https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims) (yes, yes, we know)Devs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devs_(miniseries

Catalyst

Apr 10th, 2020 32m 45s

Sam and Simon had a conversation on the internet after a very long time of not doing so. They examine the reality of this crazy alternate timeline the world has slipped into where sentient cheetohs seemingly run the galaxy and staying at home t

Tiny

Oct 9th, 2017 40m 21s

Sam and Simon have started a business! With EACH OTHER! It's made them contemplate the joys of tiny ambitions, tiny spaces, and caring about tiny problems.Also howzit, American friends. Y'all okay over there? Things seem pretty bleak. We're sen

Cabin

Jan 7th, 2017 32m 46s

Sam and Simon kick off the year from a wuthering height (Cape Town summer is hella windy, yo) to discuss their intentions for 2017, and their best discoveries from 2016. Simon also tells us why he's planning to build himself a remote cabin in t

Busyness

Nov 28th, 2016 31m 41s

We think 2016 could've tried harder. Disheartened as we are, this episode looks at the up and downiness of a strange few months, and whether the world is really getting stupider. We also manage to talk about some productivity stuff. Charlie Bro

Allergens

Jul 19th, 2016 36m 5s

Simon and Sam talk about all the things Pokemon Go can teach us about life, why you should beware of weird unlabelled food products, and the virtues of deliberately exposing yourself to things that are bad for you.Plus! Hear our friend Jono Ha

Helicopters

Jul 11th, 2016 30m 59s

Predicting the future is a chump's game. Going back into history and seeing what they thought the future (i.e. now) would look like, is the best reminder that we have no idea about anything. Join Sam and Simon as they discuss the joys of being

Distraction

Jun 10th, 2016 29m 55s

Important news: come write short stories with us over at Drippy Fun Times on Medium. We want your stories!In a conversation that sounds like it's fuelled by caffeine and PCP, Sam and Simon talk about why they're so distracted all the time. They

Real

May 31st, 2016 26m 56s

OMG GUYS LET'S WRITE SOME STORIESSimon and Sam challenge you all to a short story writing competition! All you need to do is write your story on Medium and post a link to it in the comments. We're going to make a collection on Medium. If we lov

Generations

Feb 22nd, 2016 31m 46s

Simon's back in London-town again where he's avoiding Sam's hugs, so we spoke on the internet about the weird way we classify humans into generations, and what makes this generation's work prospects different. Or maybe exactly the same.The defi

Whatever

Nov 16th, 2015 26m 42s

The only thing we can be sure of is that we don't know anything. So, isn't it weird that everyone pretends to be so sure of what they're doing with their life when you meet them at a braai? This leads Sam and Simon down a conversation rabbit ho