Thys Roes

Journalist · Content Creator · Amsterdam

Thys (Thijs) Roes is a tech-journalist and nerd living in Amsterdam. His interest have ranged from space exploration to drug policy, American history to psychedelic science. He works for a start-up trying to make the grid more flexible through the use of EVs.

He is co-host and co-founder of the podcast Space Cowboys on BNR and host of Controlled Substance and multiple Youtube channels

Thys has lived in the United States — In Corvallis, Oregon, Washington DC, and New York. Also did four cross country road-trips but have yet to visit Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota to have visited all continental states.

This website is a collection of things worth sharing that didn't fit elsewhere.

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Selected Videos

New Amsterdam in Lower Manhattan
What's Left of New Amsterdam

Dutch origins of New York City

Oldest House NYC
The Oldest House of New York City

One of New York's earliest surviving homes

40 Types of Substances
40 Types of Substances at Home

An unusual laboratory of substances

Dutch History
Why Don't Americans Know Their Dutch History?

Dutch influence on early American society

Morocco Hash
Morocco: A Hash Superpower

Hashish production in the Rif mountains

Slab City
Slab City Song

An evergreen from 2008