Blowing Up!

When the Juicero came out, everyone thought it was great (apparently), but a secret hack was published in a video and now the juice is out of the bag!  Join Nathan and Veve as they chat on the phone about this new product!

This is a throwback pseudo-crossover podcast the Blowing Up crew did with Weird Wiki World.  On this episode we dive into the Wookespedia to talk about The Force, midichlorians, lightsabers, and Star Wars more generally.   This episode is brought to you courtesy of Jonathan Baca, formerly of Weird Wiki World.  If you like this, you can check out Jonathan Baca's new podcast for the University of New Mexico (UNM) called Wolf Tracks. We'll be back with a new episode soon!

Do you know two languages? Three languages? How about every language, hotshot?  New translating programs offer the ability to chat across cultures, but at what cost??!!?  199 dollars.

We're back!!  After a long delay Kristen and Nathan have returned to talk about stuff! In this episode we snap on the Snapchat Spectacles in order to see the world through your eyes!  Actually, we do this only in our imagination because we're not fortunate enough to have a pair... 

Amazon is making it easier than ever to buy stuff and have it sent to your house.  We discuss many of their innovations as we discuss the pros and cons to immediate consumerism.  We also complain about reviewers, rave about Evol burritos and Costco, discuss our plans for a Sex and the City radio drama to address all this new technology.  

Sorry for the delay!  With Dunkin' Donuts trying to capture some of the cold brew market, people are left with questions: What is cold brew?  Where did it come from Why is it popular?  Who is it for?  How long do we have to put up with aggressive coffee marketing? Join Kristen, Nathan, and Austin as we talk about cold brew, instant, pour-overs, No Doz etc.

Boo! We put together a mini episode to celebrate halloween and all things creepy.  We take some clips with Austin Provencher, comedian Holly Byrd and writer/podcaster Dia Ascenzi to talk about the banning of the Scary Peeper, ghost stories, and haunted houses.  We also get a visit from the specter of Sigmund Freud!  Special music in this episode by Small Flightless Birds (smallflightlessbirds.bandcamp.com).

It's good to see clowns back in the news, but not like this - NOT LIKE THIS!!  Is it still funny when a clown kills you?  Albuquerque comedian Holly Byrd (Duncing in the Dark) and writer/podcaster Dia Ascenzi (Westerosi Nights) join us as we chat about killer clowns, creepy dolls, and more!   Subscribe to the podcast today on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts (is that real?)  Also Follow us on our new Instagram at blowinguppodcast or on Twitter @blowinguppod.  You can email with ideas for the show at blowinguppodcast@gmail.com!    

On this episode, Veve joins as guest host as we do a blind taste test of different Oreos.  What do they taste like? Do they taste good?  Let's find out!  Flavors include (SPOILERS) Swedish Fish, Pumpkin Spice, Birthday Cake and Hydrox (the original Oreo?).  If you have an idea for a topic email us at blowingupodcast@gmail.com , tweet us @blowinguppod, or just post on our Facebook page!

We talk about the Kapture wristband which records audio in a loop so you can always save what you just heard...or CAN you?  We also talk about wearing a wire, the apple iPhone 7 not having a headphone jack, Pimp My Ride, He-Man, and probably some other stuff I can't think of right now.  Chris from 10 Drink Minimum podcast guests.  You can watch that show over at 10drinkminimum.com on Sundays at 6pm MTN time!

We talk and taste the 90s throwback sodas Surge and Crystal Pepsi.  Also discussed is nostalgia in general, and other 90s things: A Goofy Movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, All That, etc

You've mastered swiped left on Tinder, mastered Ok Cupid, divorced eHarmony, placed dice with Grinderand been excommunicated from Christian Mingle...now what?  Grab your friends and go on an adventure with Tinder Social!  Is it more like speed dating, or a reality show?  Paul Chavez returns to help us get to the "bottom" of Tinder Social.

Nathan and Kristen put down their phones for 5 minutes to talk about the phenomenon that is the latest incarnation of Nintendo's Pokemon, an augmented reality (AR) phone app (unless you have a windows phone, of course) called Pokemon Go!  We discuss the app's popularity, frustrations, and dangers and then take to the streets to interview some real-life 20 year olds about the phenomenon.  We also mention other apps such as Space Team, Slither.io., and Ingress (barely). You "gotta catch" this episode.  See what I did there?

As Richard says: "We're becoming more manly."   This week Blowing Up looks at products unnecessarily marketed toward a single gender.  Can a man draw a bath and keep his masculinity?  We chat with Juan to help determine the answer!

Computers and machines are getting better all the time, but are robots?   Nope.  Not necessarily. We talk about Kickstarter failure called Jerry: A Personal Robot.  We also talk about the short and happy life of Hitchbot Comb-over and an in intriguingly mysterious device called the Gobone (Go bone). 

Would you eat in the nude?  Would you eat it with a dude?  Would you try it in the buff, without clothes covering your stuff? WARNING:  This episode is dirtier and grosser than usual.  More swears too!  You've been warned. 

Burger King becomes Hot Dog King with their new food "innovations."  We boldly explore the BK frontier, journaling our adventures like Lewis and Clark and his other brother Clark.  We try the "classic," the "chili cheese," and the "chicken fries rings" (nice double plural there).  We also have fries, nuggets, and an apple pie.  Listen now, or forever hold your chicken fries.

On this week's episode we review turtlecalls.com, where you can receive a "turtle call."  Make sense?  We also talk about who looks like a turtle, whether modern day humans ever answer their phones, sexism in using "man" as a verb, and I make way too many references to the Ted Cruz sex scandal for some reason... Please make a point to listen to this podcast before your eventual and inevitable death!

On this episode we look at websites, apps, and browser extensions designed to get you to stuff and achieve your goals. Aaron Espinosa joins us to discuss Stickk, pactapp (formerly gympact), and Go &$!*ing Work! Warning: More swearing than usual on this one, especially for the last topic.

The website that dares (*dared?) to combine your favorite unrelated concepts to to make them better (?).  Tinder and AirBnb; Ok Cupid and Couch Surfers; Christian Mingle and Silence of the Lambs. We discuss whether or not concept has any merits and carefully weigh the pros (?) and cons of signing up. Want us to talk about something?  Let us know.  If we do it, we'll thank you on that episode. Twitter: @blowinguppod Email: blowinguppodcast@gmail.com