The Black Badger Discussing Material Magic In Watchmaking
About this episode
Everyone's favorite Canadian joins The Real Time Show. Gothenberg-based materials expert James Thompson, otherwise known as the Black Badger, takes some time out of his day finishing Arcanaut Fordite dials to talk to Rob (while slowly bleeding out due to a disc sander disaster).
Listen to what might be his final interview ever...
Time stamps:
1:43 The Badger Den
4:32 I'm James, nice to meet you
11:27 A materials orphanage
14:56 "You can't fake time"
24:12 The New York response to Arcanaut
30:18 Rob's initial reaction to Arcanaut
33:20 Who the heck manufactured this case
40:30 The birth of the Arcanaut ARC-II Fordite
47:35 A vision of the future
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Thanks to @skillymusic for the theme tune.
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