Getting Started

What? 100-something episodes?! If you're feeling a little overwhelmed by all the audio content, you've come to the right place. Because this page is created just for you - to give you a headstart in the 23rd century.

Below you'll first find a list of essential and kind of essential episodes. These episodes ended up covering most of the 23rd century basics, and the concepts explained in those episodes regularly return in later episodes. After listening to these, you're good to jump in anywhere. No need to listen to every single episode per se - we understand that 21st century people are very busy!

These essential episodes are followed by a few episodes that are totally not essential, but give a good impression of what the show is about. They include a live episode, an episode with a guest and a few of our personal favourites.

Then, at the bottom, you'll find the 23rd century lexicon. In a simple alphabetical list, the most important terms of the show are explained. It's not Alipedia, but it'll do.

If, after going through all of this, you still feel a little confused when listening to our episodes… don't worry! That's normal. Sometimes we lose track ourselves! At (in) our age, it's widely accepted to suddenly forget what a car, phone, book or website is for example. Yup!

Have fun!

Essential episodes

• 29: The 'first' episode, also covering lenses

• 31: The 'second' episode, also covering Teleportation

Kind of essential episodes

• 32: Food Conglomerators

• 33: Personal Assistants

• 36: Telekinesis

• 38: Alien Technology

• 39: Cyborg Chips

• 43: Robots

• 54: Hoverboards

• 61: Sol, part 1

• 62: Sol, part 2

Non-essential episodes, but still fun

• 37: Solstice

• 42: Down To Earth Camps

• 47: Box of Old Tech

• 49: Crispy Creatures

• 55: Intergalactic Escalator

• 56: Interview With An Alien

• 59: The Earth Stopped

• 75: Scandium

• 88: Pirates

• 89: Bunker Solstice

• 109: Mr. Dobalina

• 110: Escape From World Messel

• 117: The Year 4132

23rd century lexicon

• Alipedia - A digital resource about everything ever. More in episode: 112.

• Bacchanals - Illegal parties with alcohol, tobacco and meat. More in episode: 67.

• Cams - The camera network covering all of the globe, recording everything. More in episode: 45.

• C-Beam Paths - The intergalactic highways that allow fast space travel. More in episodes: 125 and 133.

• Chorus-Verse - A crossover between a virtual world and a social network. More in episode: 83.

• Clones - Humans that are an exact physical, but not mental, copy of their parent. Not to be confused with doppelgängers or replicants.

• Congos - Household devices that can produce any food product. More in episode: 32.

• Crispy Creatures - Sentient animals. More in episode: 49.

• Cyborg Chips - Implanted chips that make sure humans never get ill, and allow them to control and change their appearance. More in episode: 39.

• Down To Earth Camps - Permanent or temporary retreats from modern life. More in episode: 42.

• Doppelgängers - Humans that are an exact physical and mental copy of their parent. They officially don't exist. Not to be confused with clones or replicants. More in episode: 90.

• Holodays - A holiday that takes place in a large indoor hall within a projected environment. More in episode: 121.

• Hovering - The technology that lies at the base of every mode of transport: boards, bikes, cars, skates, scooters. More in episode: 54.

• Hubs - Central gathering places for organisations and companies. More in episode: 78.

• Identity Trade - The practice of adopting a completely new identity. More in episode: 79.

• Lenses - An overlay on people's eyes, which allows them to see additional information. More in episode: 29.

• Low Fidelity Wave Burner - Some random device, which can apparently be used to send audio files back in time.

• Meteor Showers - Events that celebrate passing meteors. More in episode: 106.

• Orejones - A device, which is embedded in the skull and allows humans to understand every language, among other things. More in episode: 41.

• PA - Short for Personal Assistant. Every human has a virtual assistant, which is intelligent, but not sentient. More in episode: 33.

• People - Overarching term for all sentient beings, whose existence is traced back to Earth. Includes humans, robots, sentient animals and inhabitants of the Moon and Mars, for example, but not aliens.

• Pods - Small ergonomic cabins meant for relaxation. More in episode: 34.

• Portals - Teleporters that are mapped to one specific location. They essentially are gates that open up to a location that's physically elsewhere. More in episode: 65.

• Replicants - Humans that are an exact mental, but not physical, copy of their parent. Not to be confused with clones or doppelgängers.

• Sol - The organisation that unites all inhabitants living in our solar system. More in episodes: 61 and 62.

• Solstice - The celebration that happens twice a year, on the longest and shortest days. More in episodes: 37 and 89.

• Telekinesis - The ability to physically move things with your mind. More in episodes: 36 and 98.

• Teleportation - The technology that allows everybody to transfer to a distant location in an instant, using teleporters. More in episode: 31.

• UFOPOO - The organisation that aims to unite all alien species. More in episode: 114.

• Unos - The most important international currency in the 23rd century.

• Walls - The evolved version of shopping malls, where it's less about shopping and more about entertainment.