Podcasts by Were Drunk and We Know Things
Welcome to “We’re Drunk & We Know Things”, 3-time Podcast Awards winners! Delving into the pop culture archives for a broad range of topics from film to tv, books to video games, and technology old and new. Recorded in bars, with beers.
This podcast ended in March 2022, but we encourage you to listen through the archives, they're really good fun.
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Jaws! (The ultimate episode) from 2022-09-25T12:50:12
Back in March, we sat down to record a bumper bonus episode to celebrate the end of WDAWKT as a regular podcast. After we'd recorded, we went out for a few drinks, a nice meal, and a few more dr...
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy from 2022-03-26T10:00
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an indispensable companion to all those who are keen to make sense of life in an infinitely complex and confusing Universe, for though it cannot hope to ...
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Dick Tracy from 2022-03-12T10:00
Warning: Contains 150% of your daily recommended allowance of Dick jokes.
We're not sure what led us down the rabbit hole that ended at Warren Beatty's 1990 live action interpretation of ...
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WDAWKT Top 10 Christmas Songs! from 2021-12-18T10:00
It's beginning to look a lot like the most wonderful time for dashing through the snow with all I Want for Christmas... we're back with our second festive top ten, this time it's Christmas songs...
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WDAWKT Top 10 Christmas Movies! from 2021-12-11T17:07:02
Happy festive season to one and all. And in the spirit of giving, we're giving you not one but 10 movies wrapped up in this, the first of our Christmas specials. From the warming seasonal classi...
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Auguste Escoffier from 2021-11-28T14:29:35
We figured a change of pace would be welcome this month and so we dive into the modern kitchen with the father of modern cuisine Auguste Escoffier ... not literally, he's been dead for a while. ...
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Blade Runner 2049 from 2021-10-16T08:36
We're going back to the beginning ... almost, as we revisit two of our earliest episodes. The first is a sequel to one of our favourite films, and it kinda holds up. Denis Villeneuve, Roger Deak...
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild from 2021-10-02T09:43:41
Do you ever wonder if we just phone this in? Well sometimes we do - by returning to a topic that's so beloved to us, your nerdy, inebriated hosts, that we can pretty much just show up and smash ...
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John Williams from 2021-08-22T11:41:45
It was only a matter of time before we finally had to spend a whole episode talking about one of the most influential composers in cinema history. John Williams (not a sir) has scored some of ou...
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Hand-held Gaming from 2021-07-24T09:54:28
Did you know there were over 50 hand-held gaming systems out there? It's not just about the gameboy!!! Ok it's mostly about Gameboys, but it's still a finger flying, button clicking, adventure f...
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Lethal Weapon 3 and 4 from 2021-07-10T09:34:02
Picking up where we left off it's time to finish this! This being the Lethal Weapon series in case you weren't sure. And while the first two are dark and moody, the second two are ... also prett...
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Lethal Weapon 1 and 2 from 2021-06-26T09:00
Proving once and for all that we may be too old for this stuff, we're back with a double header, an iconic duo of films starring the iconic duo of Gibson and Glover, its the first part of Lethal...
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Mike Buys Bitcoin from 2021-06-13T11:04:03
Turns out, even after our amazing Live Show where we talked all about BitCoin, Mike has never actually bought any. This ch...
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Jack Reacher from 2021-05-22T09:00
We didn't go looking for trouble, but sometimes, when you're recording a podcast in a small bar, in a sleepy town in the middle of Jersey, trouble finds you.
In this case, trouble w...
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past from 2021-04-24T08:57:26
And now for something completely different. We told you season 3 was gonna mix it up and this is us doing just that. Our first ever episode dedicated entirely to one computer game (just happens ...
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Ghost in the Shell from 2021-04-10T08:56:41
Continuing our two part exploration of classic Anime, this episode is all about Ghost in the Shell. And we mean the 1995 original not the weird, live-action remake, or one of the many spin offs....
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Space Travel from 2020-11-28T10:00
Come fly with us, amongst the stars ... well star ... ok we're going to the moon and that's about it. But we are exploring (see what we did there?) the rocket-powered world of space travel which...
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Time Travel from 2020-09-26T10:06:08
We're going back in time! To a time before time was timed, but do we have enough time to talk about time? The answers to this and absolutely nothing else are to be found in this weird and wonder...
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Back to the Future from 2020-09-12T09:00
"We're were going, we don't need roads!" ... but we do need to spend at least an hour chatting about 80's time travel classic Back to the Future. From concept through to execution we lift the li...
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Typography from 2020-08-29T09:00
We're breaking it down to the letter, crossing the t's and dotting the i's, writing it up and writing it down ... yeah, it's time to talk Type! This one is longer than normal but then it's not o...
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The Third Man from 2020-08-15T09:12:03
Vienna, 1949. Still ravaged by the ravages of the second World War, the once beautiful city is bruised and battered but still standing, hints of her former glory still present even as the Americ...
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The French Connection from 2020-07-18T10:36:14
"Popeye is here!"
Everyone relax, we're back with the '71 gritty, suspense-filled cop drama The French Connection. We're walking the mean streets of a pretty grim new York city as w...
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Star Trek - Part 3 - The Undiscovered Country, Generations from 2020-06-15T18:03:56
Part 3, The Stumble Home! We did it gang! Half the movies! Listen in as Rob and Mike talk through The Undiscovered Country at great length, then realise they have a whole other film! They're 5 h...
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Star Trek - Part 2 - The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Final Frontier from 2020-06-06T08:00
Ok, so this one is also an hour and a half long. On the plus side, by the time you get to 45 mins in you'll be halfway through our Star Trek Mega Marathon!
In this episode, we talk about ...
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Star Trek - Part 1 - The Motion Picture & Wrath of Khan from 2020-05-30T10:42:27
We've talked about it, threatened it, argued over it and we've finally done it - a Star Trek episode. But rather than picking our favourite (Wrath of Khan obv.) we decided to run a bumper editio...
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly from 2020-04-05T19:25:10
Recording from lockdown! Not even Coronavirus is gonna stop us from bringing you your fortnightly fix of WDAWKT! Of course, we had to record it remotely, but it's all here, a perfect run-through...
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Self Driving Cars from 2020-03-21T17:01:55
As the Beatles famously didn't say, "Baby, mine can drive itself!"
This month we talk about autonomous driving vehicle things! From cars to drones, to combine harvesters in Interstellar w...
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Big Trouble In Little China from 2020-03-08T14:14:06
We considered whether this movie would be too self-indulgent - but what's the point of having a podcast if you can't indulge every so often? We're heading back into the lurid world of John...
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North by Northwest from 2020-02-02T10:00
Suit up and get running! In revenge for Frozen, Mike picked this month's movie and it's a classic! We head North by Northwest, enabled by Hitchcock and Grant and on the way? Well, anything could...
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Disney - The CGI Years from 2020-01-18T08:00
A follow up to our celebrated and Award-Winning episode on cell animation, Rob & Mike explore the CGI years of Disney! From tiny lamps to emotionless, dead-in-the-eye CGI lions, they cover it all! ...
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Father Christmas from 2019-12-24T10:00
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, except Mike & Rob who, wine bottle in hand, come crashing down the chimney and leave sooty footprin...
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The Star Wars Holiday Special from 2019-12-09T21:07:56
Beginning a long career of cashing in on his own franchise, George Lucas alleges he had nothing to do with this 1978, made for TV, musical bonanza. We call BS as this is clearly the work of some...
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The Hateful Eight from 2019-11-03T13:07:36
It finally happened - we did a Tarrantino movie. Specifically, The Hateful Eight from 2015.
Mercifully, MIke manages to avoid going full film nerd and, instead, explores the nuance ...
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The Life of Jim Henson from 2019-10-22T19:49:06
Sorry We're (Drunk) and Late! It'll be worth the wait as this month we delve into the the genius of Jim Henson! Rob takes Mike through the life of the master puppeteer, writer and Director; Mike...
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The Dark Crystal from 2019-10-07T20:07
1982, or a thousand years ago whichever you prefer, Rob has dragged Mike back into one of his childhood favourites in this month's movie segment, as they explore the muppet filled planet of Thra...
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Chaos Theory from 2019-09-23T07:00
Fresh from escaping Jurassic Park, Rob leads Mike into an arguably more dangerous place - the land of chaos! We talk attractors (strange ones), unpredictability, and the amazing fact that the bu...
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Jurassic Park from 2019-09-09T07:00
We're heading back to the DAWN OF TIME in this month's movie episode as we explore the lost world of dinosaurs, DNA and dumb computer security slobs in Jurassic Park.
Ever wondered what i...
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Submarines from 2019-08-18T11:13:38
It's time for truly the deepest of dives as we talk submarines! We talk the history from the first submersible to the latest models, the technology behind them and make an awful lot of goi...
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The Hunt for Red October from 2019-08-05T06:53:24
The year is 1990, the year is meant to be sometime in the 80s... we're not sure of the specifics but it's time for things to hot up during the Cold War as we dive into the depths of John McTiern...
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Black Holes from 2019-07-21T13:20:28
In this month's deep dive, we're heading over the event horizon of one of the weirdest celestial phenomena known to humankind, the BlackHole.
From the early theoretical roots to the first...
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Interstellar from 2019-07-06T15:48:55
This month on We're Drunk & We Know Things, we're reaching for the stars as we blast off and float through the epic wonder that is, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. From concept through to ...
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Cel Animation from 2019-06-15T10:53:10
Off the back of our first animated film episode, we're taking the deep dive into the world of cel animation! Mike & Rob roll up their sleeves, grab some cellulose and try not to blow themsel...
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Spirited Away from 2019-06-01T11:40:57
In a first for us, we're covering an animated feature. And no it's not Disney, it's so much better! Mike & Rob enter the world of the spirits and take a bath with a radish in Studio Ghibli's...
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Artificial Intelligence from 2019-05-18T13:43:06
It's finally happened... we're talkin' 'bout SkyNet! Hot on the heels of our T2 extravaganza we've got our first deep dive of the new season and it's time for Mike and Rob to search for some int...
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day from 2019-05-04T15:18:17
We’re back! No more alphabet, no more poll, just an epic movie to launch our second season: Terminator 2: Judgement Day!
Including One star reviews, why James Cameron is ...
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Z is for Zip from 2019-02-22T13:35:05
It's not how big it is ... er yeah. So rounding out the alphabet and we're talking Zip files and other compression algos in this month's rather technical tech segment. Including a brief history, a...
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Z is for Zodiac from 2019-02-22T13:30:05
Late 1960's San Francisco and there's a serial killer on the loose! That's right, we've decided to end on a rather dark note as we slide into the obsession filled, decade spanning epic that is, Dav...
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Y is for social networks of YesterYear from 2019-01-25T16:00:33
Tenuous? Yes but this was easily the best of a bad bunch. And if you have ever wondered what happened to the guy who founded MySpace, wether Bebo is still a thing or why it is that Facebook is just...
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Y is for Young Frankenstein from 2019-01-25T16:00:33
Set & shot in the 70s, looks and sounds like the 30s and reviewed by two guys in the 2010s it's time to finally explore the wacky mind of Mel Brooks and his take on classic horror with Young Franke...
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X is for Bitcoin from 2018-12-21T12:01:05
Tis the season to be jolly. Jolly confused about Crypto Currency that is. In this month's tech segment, recorded live in front of an actual audience at Pizza Projekt in Jersey, Rob attempts to expl...
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X is for Die Hard from 2018-12-21T12:00:05
X stands for anything right? Well in this month's Xmas episode, the WDAWKT team decided to take a look at the perennial classic Die Hard. Recorded live in front of an actual audience at Pizza Proj...
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W is for Who Framed Roger Rabbit from 2018-11-23T16:00:24
Noir meets Looney Tunes in this month's movie of choice with Disney's 1988 classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Mike & Rob review this perfect blend of animation and live action, determine if Jessica R...
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W is for World Wide Web from 2018-11-23T16:00:24
Every wondered where the web came from? Well wonder no more, we tell you in this months WWWDAWKT. Featuring the history of hypertext, some familiar faces and surprisingly little porn it's Dirty...
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V is for VR from 2018-10-26T14:00:33
We’re getting real in this month’s tech segment. Well, virtually real, with a smattering of augmentation and just a touch of mediation. From the beginnings of it all with the Sensorama™ through the...
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V is for V for Vendetta from 2018-10-26T14:00:23
Ooh there's trouble brewing in dystopian, facist London! And there's trouble brewing between Rob & Mike! This month we’re donning our Guy Fawkes masks and remember remembering the joy that is 2005’...
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U is for UI UX from 2018-09-28T14:00:19
So UI is the bit you touch, UX is how it makes you feel... yeah this one gets dirty in a real hurry. We do the usual wander back through the history of human / computer interaction, consider the ...
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U is for the Untouchables from 2018-09-28T14:00:19
"Here's how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! That's the Chicago way." There's a degree of irony in a podcast...
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T is for TCP/IP from 2018-09-02T08:20:55
Kid, have you ever wondered how the internet works? Well it's all down to these things called packets. Follow Rob & Mike on a magical, albeit synful journey through the protocols that make the net ...
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T is for Twister from 2018-09-02T08:20:42
It sucked ... so anyway. this month in WDAWKT we're breezing through another 90's classic. Featuring Bills, Dustys, bits of Dusty, cows, fields, cars and, of course, tornadoes. This month on WDAKT,...
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S is for Search Engines from 2018-07-27T14:33:24
Engines that Search. We cover the early days of directories, the emergent search engine market and the rise of the mighty Google before donning our tin foil hats and diving headfirst into a world o...
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S is for Super Mario Brothers from 2018-07-27T14:33:04
Proof positive that the democratic process should NOT be applied to pod-casts, we find ourselves digging around in the bargain bin of the last remaining physical media store in the country to locat...
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R is for Radio from 2018-06-29T14:16:18
Don't know your WiFi from your WiMax? Bluetooth leave you feeling disconnected? It's ok, cos this month Rob tries very hard to explain modern data radio to Mike, and very nearly succeeds! From Mar...
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R is for Robocop from 2018-06-29T14:16:02
The year is 2043, Detroit is a sh*t hole (nothing changes) and MCP are looking for "volunteers" for their new cyborg program, code name RoboCop! It's a classic, it's Verhoeven, it's violent, grim ...
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Q is for Quantum Computing from 2018-05-28T15:10:59
So it turns out that Quantum Physics is a pretty damn complex & confusing topic. Which may explain why, in this month's tech episode, we spend a lot of time talking about anything but the given top...
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Q is for the Quest from 2018-05-28T15:10:48
We never learn. With 2 perfectly decent films on the ballot and one "no hoper" we should have realised that you would pick the Quest, a 90's Van Damme action & thrill filled slop bucket of nonsense...
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P is for Piracy from 2018-04-28T08:40:33
You wouldn't steal a podcast? Well know because we give it away for free but there's plenty of nefarious types out there who dedicate their lives to cracking and pirating software. In this month'...
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P is for the Princess Bride from 2018-04-28T08:31:50
We found it inconceivable that Mike hadn't ever seen this film so took the convenient opportunity to rectify that glaring omission. This episode has it all, Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Rev...
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O is for Oceans Eleven from 2018-03-30T09:53:29
"The 14000 block of Las Vegas Boulevard. Otherwise known as the Bellagio, the Mirage, the M.G.M. Grand. Together, they're the three most profitable casinos in Las Vegas... And we're going to rob it...
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O is for Onion Routing from 2018-03-30T09:52:13
It's official, Mike & Rob really know their onions! Or they should after this month's tech segment which is all about Onion Routing (aka TOR) and the dark web. Containing considerably less parano...
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N is for Nintendo from 2018-02-25T12:38:04
In this month's tech segment we have it all: Monkey’s, Mushrooms, Motor racing, russian mathematicians and prostitution. It’s an epic odyssey across, land, sea & even into outer space. And, since ...
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N is for Naked Gun from 2018-02-25T12:35:19
It's a classic comedy but is there more to 1988's Naked Gun than just puns and slapstick? Mike & Rob hit the mean streets in search of some answers and along the way find some one star reviews par ...
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M is for Magnetic Storage Media from 2018-01-26T17:10:17
Let's get it out of the way, there are a lot of "floppy" jokes in this episode. But then there's also a lot of stuff on just how computers store data, from the drum to the modern drive. Mike gets ...
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M is for the Matrix from 2018-01-26T17:07:13
Red Pill anyone? In the first episode of 2018 Mike & Rob take a drunken stumble down the rabbit hole and explore the dark, dystopian alternate reality that is the Matrix. With a whole new "thing" ...
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L is for Linux from 2017-12-23T20:32:47
Containing exactly no Star Wars spoilers, this month Mike gets to grips with the world of open source and learns all about Linux! From the origins of Unix, through to the modern distro and with a s...
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L is for Last Jedi from 2017-12-23T20:31:50
Warning - this podcast contains major spoilers! We've covered classics old & new but this month is the first time we've talked about a movie that's still in the cinema. Mike & Rob become one with ...
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K is for Keyboards from 2017-11-25T08:37:44
In another classic case of "it's more interesting than it sounds ... honest" Mike and Rob crack their knuckles and hunt peck their way through a surprisingly detailed look at the world of keyboard...
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K is for Karate Kid from 2017-11-25T08:36:14
Wax on, wax off! After a shocker of a poll, Mike & Rob suit up and head to the dojo (pub) to discuss the seminal, martial arts coming of age movie Karate Kid. With the usual plot dissection, some s...
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J is for James Bond - Part 2 from 2017-10-27T15:23:04
We couldn't not do James Bond when we got to J but perhaps we could have not done it in a cocktail bar. A double feature this month as Mike and Rob don black tie, shake up a martini and stare down...
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J is for James Bond - Part 1 from 2017-10-27T15:21:44
We couldn't not do James Bond when we got to J but perhaps we could have not done it in a cocktail bar. A double feature this month as Mike and Rob don black tie, shake up a martini and stare down...
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I is for Indiana Jones from 2017-09-23T14:16
I was always going to be an Indy movie. Trouble is, all three* are so good we simply couldn't choose between them! So we didn't and instead introduce a near feature length, extended episode in whic...
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I is for Internet of Things from 2017-09-23T14:15:53
"On the Internet of Things, no one knows you're a fridge!" - Unknown Continuing our mission to complete the WDAWKT tech buzzword bingo card, this month Rob leads Mike down the sensor laden path in...
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H is for Hacking from 2017-08-25T14:18:28
Firstly, this is a long episode - sorry about that but we couldn't possibly fit the entire topic of Hacking in to anything under an hour. Join Mike & Rob as they explore the murky underworld o...
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H is for Hackers from 2017-08-25T14:16:46
As requested by our producer, we couldn't not cover Hackers when we got to the H episodes. Beloved by many (including all of the WDAWKT team) this piece of pure 90's nonsense proves itself...
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G is for Ghostbusters from 2017-08-01T09:24:37
"We ain't afraid of no ghosts!" A movie that requires no introduction and didn't really need a podcast, this month, Mike and Rob try to avoid things that go bump in the night and take a tour round...
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G is for GPS from 2017-08-01T09:20:12
Geo all the things! It's about time the tech segment escaped our humble atmosphere and made it to outerspace. And with that in mind join us for an orbital tour of all things geo. GPS, Geo Caching,...
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F is for the Future (According to Rob) from 2017-06-28T21:08:12
Ok so we may have been a little ambitious here. Attempts to explain the future (all of it) after a few beers resulted in ... something. Starting with the Industrial Revolution, Rob takes Mike on a...
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F is for Face Off from 2017-06-28T21:06:04
It’s a modern day classic, John Woo, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta, some other people. 20 years old and it’s barely aged (a lot like Cage tbh). Mike takes great delight in dissecting this particular...
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E is for Emoji from 2017-06-08T15:13:34
Just what is the plural of Emoji … Emojis, Emojie? Who knows, and who cares. In this months tech segment, Rob tells Mike way more about Emoji than anyone would care to admit to knowing. Pictograms...
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E is for Escape From New York from 2017-06-08T15:13:07
“Call me Sssnake” Kurt Russell? Check! John Carpenter? Check! Amazing synth soundtrack? Check check! In this month’s movie episode, Mike and Rob discuss Carpenter’s cult classic. The ultimate anti...
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D is for Databases from 2017-06-08T15:12:48
ALL YOUR DATABASE ARE BELONG TO US! Join Mike & Rob as they skip lightly through the depths of the database. From early efforts through to hipster NoSQL via some crazy stats, very poor maths skills...
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D is for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb from 2017-06-08T15:11:52
Welcome to another month’s beer fuelled movie madness. This time Mike & Rob are discussing the various merits of Kubrik’s 1964 black satire Dr. Strangelove. Recorded al fresco at the Cock & Bottle...
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C is for Cookies, Caches and other Crap tech support tell you to Clear from 2017-06-08T15:10:51
So it turns out BrewDog’s Punk IPA is not a session ale … this may explain why this month’s tech segment in which Mike & Rob explore the complex mysterious world of Cookies and Caches turns into a ...
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C is for Casablanca from 2017-06-08T15:09:05
Welcome back! Spring has finally sprung here in Jersey and so we invite you to join us, Rob & Mike, on our first (dry) alfresco recording of the movie segment of We’re Drunk & We Know Things! This...
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B is for Bots from 2017-06-08T15:07:55
In this month’s tech segment we’re talking ’bout ‘bots! Specifically, tweet bots, chat bots and the occasional dalliance into the darker side of bottage. AI, the singularity and job security are al...
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B is for Blade Runner from 2017-06-08T15:06:57
This month, we’re talking about a film beloved by both Mike & Rob – Blade Runner. Recorded in a tiny corridor of a pub, we get deep into the underlying meanings of the movie, discuss the risks of p...
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A is for Asymmetric Encryption from 2017-06-08T15:02:04
In this first episode (part 2), Mike and Rob takes a wander through the complex world of public private key encryption. Recorded in front of an inebriated, public house audience at two of Jersey’s...
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A is for Alien from 2017-01-13T17:00
In this first episode (part one), Mike and Rob deconstruct Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci fi classic Alien. Recorded in front of an inebriated, public house audience at two of Jersey’s finest watering ho...
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