A robot exosuit now costs more than most people’s houses, scientists are pitching a telescope built from the solar system itself, and Pokémon Go has somehow ended up feeding the war tech pipeline. This week, Will and Rod bounce between expensive robotics, slow burn space ambition, biosecurity chaos, and a 5,000 year old gut microbe that can still create great beer. We start with a little shoutout. Unitree’s GD01 exosuit, a titanium priced reminder that “the future” is now a product page. It can move on two legs or four, it has onboard AI control, and it looks like it would smash through a wall just to prove it can. At around 650K USD, it is not exactly a casual purchase. Then we zoom out into gravitational lensing and the plan to use the sun as part of a giant telescope to see distant exoplanets in far more detail. The catch is the timeline, because the mission could take around 60 years, which is either inspiring or mildly depressing, depending on your mood. Finally, we hit Australia’s illegal cockroach trade, Pokémon Go scans being repurposed for drone navigation, and Ötzi the Iceman’s preserved gut yeast still being useful for baking and brewing. It’s a jam-packed episode that will leave you gasping at every turn. CHAPTER MARKERS 00:00 Killer Exosuit Reveal 01:00 Meet the Hosts 01:45 Robot Reactions and Jaegers 02:55 Better Future Space Lens 04:24 Solar Telescope Challenge 07:08 Electric Sail Breakthrough 07:58 Seeing Alien Continents 09:13 Illegal Cockroach Bust 13:39 Why People Buy Roaches 15:19 Biosecurity Debate and Cleanup 17:27 Pokemon Go Tangent 18:15 Pokemon Go Scans 19:37 Drones Without GPS 21:25 Niantic Weapons Pipeline 22:50 Scientists Eat Headlines 25:26 Otzi Microbiome Bread 29:19 T Rex Leather Bag 32:48 Wrap Up And Sign Out SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOyUMJWptc https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/05/live-cockroaches-seized-nsw-breeder-australia https://futurism.com/science-energy/scientists-lab-grown-trex-leather https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117726007660?ref=404media.co https://dronexl.co/2026/06/09/pokemon-go-scans-niantic-vantor-military-drone-navigation/?_bhlid=59ba01ca00448ec948f397365da76b6ba3febdae https://bsky.app/profile/paulisci.bsky.social/post/3mnnanoe3d22y?_bhlid=f589393b1087d6a8bc116f8d50ae811790ddc525See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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