Where to start: a guide to the Space Welders archive
The full run is back online: ninety-one episodes of technology, programming, gaming and science, recorded between 2015 and 2017. That's a wall of audio. Here's how to climb it.
Start at the beginning
If you like origin stories, just press play on Episode 1, "Hello World" and go in order. The chemistry between Mike and Steve is there from minute one, and you get the news cycle of 2015 unfolding in real time, which is its own kind of time capsule.
If you want the guests
Some of the best episodes bring a third voice into the studio:
- Episode 3, "Comes with Cogs" — with Leon Bambrick (secretgeek), on Star Trek, the "Google Tax", and autonomous cars.
- Episode 10 — with Dale Rankine of Future Now Ventures, on startups and the IoT scene.
If you're here for a theme
- Space: try "Australian Astronauts" and "Get your ass to Mars" — the episodes where the show fully embraces its name.
- Security & privacy: "Impractical Attack Vector" kicks off with the Cloudflare leak and SHA-1 falling.
- The classics of the era: anything covering Oculus, E3, or the great "teaching kids to code" debate that ran across several episodes.
If you just want the vibe
Pick a title that makes you laugh and trust it. "You have to commit to a Chupa-Chup." "I don't read anything that doesn't have spank in the title." "Cucumbers with anxiety." The show never took itself too seriously, and the episode names are a reliable mood ring.
Search it
Every episode now has show notes and a transcript, so the episodes page is fully searchable. Type a topic, a year, or a guest and follow the thread.
Welcome aboard. Strap in.
