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Does Adam Savage have advice for managing the aftermath of a bad job that you didn't have influence over?

"I have a perfect work related opportunity, but worry that anxiety could get in the way.

Let's revisit on of Adam's all-time favorite cosplays!

Adam gets up close with a filming miniature from the original Blade Runner--the first spinner you see in the opening of the movie!

Adam continues to be obsessed with not only the crown jewels, but also all the jewelry-cutting techniques he's had to learn to build his replicas.

What's the most acceptable way to share critique? Has Adam Savage ever become aware of a flaw of his due to someone else pointing it out? How do you choose the right time to leave a job?

In this edition of the Tested mailbag, Adam adds two new mini pry bars to his workshop collection, gifted to him by a viewer who claims they're the best of their kind in the world!

Now with two lathes set up in the shop, Adam thinks about how to maximize the utility of each for his machining projects.

How do you avoid being the type of supervisor you hated when you started out? How do you know if you have a toxic work environment (and whether it's your own fault)?

With the newly expanded workshop, Adam reclaims his second Shenwai lathe and sets it up for use with a new custom machine tools cabinet.

While Adam is by no means an expert in electronics, he's done his fair share of wiring up lights and simple circuits to his projects.

Tested viewer Victor sent Adam this interesting hand tool he found while holiday shopping late last year, and Adam attempts to deciper its original purpose.

What does a magic trick have to do with the house implosion in Poltergeist? On which movie did CA glue (aka "superglue") replace five-minute epoxy in modelmaking?

Adam comes into the shop during the weekend for a quick build of custom drawer dividers for his kitchen. As Adam and Mrs.

Does Adam Savage plan to use any of the materials he inherited from ILM's former model shop? What's Adam's end-of-life plan for his collections? How does one know when it's time to cull items?

Tested member Ian Rigby wondered about the process of fitting a spacesuit, including whether astronauts need to maintain a certain weight, and our good friend former astronaut Mike Massimino (who is

Puppeteer Stacey Gordon ("Julia" on Sesame Street) stops by the shop to give Adam Savage a lesson in puppeteering, from eye focus to speaking to walking.

Former astronaut Mike Massimino describes to Adam Savage what it was like for him on his very first spacewalk, including the first thing he did upon exiting the space shuttle and the first thing he

We take a look at and inside the new Framework Laptop 16, the new fully configurable laptop with fully replaceable and upgradable components.

You may be familiar with Adam Savage's scissor-lift toolboxes, but did you know it was a colleague's comment on Adam's first day at ILM that inspired their design?

Time for another virtual hang-out with Adam Savage!

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Adam shares with us his unboxing of Taschen's compendium detailing the making of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining.

What’s the scariest explosion Adam Savage witnessed during filming? Would Adam change how firearms were portrayed if he were filming MythBusters today?

Sean stops by the cave to show Adam a new acquisition: a vintage music player invented and manufactured in Germany in the 1930s called the Tefifon!

SO many questions arose from our recent tour ( youtu.be/j8LqMv416mw) of Adam Savage's transformed workshop, including where everything in the display area WENT.

Tested member Vickie Bligh was curious what it feels like to hit orbit, and former astronaut Mike Massimino was all too happy to answer! Does his response make you want to go to space more? Or less?

Adam presents coda to his list of favorite things from 2023, adding three things he forgot to mention the first time around!

After a long day of filming, sometimes it's hard to keep the details of a social toss in one's head, even when that someone is Adam Savage. Tested Patrons, enjoy!

What's it like for Adam Savage that MythBusters is now part of the cultural lexicon? Did his life change after starting MythBusters?