Conversations about books, music, movies, shows, tech, culture, and more. Jim is a songwriter and leader of the band Jim’s Big Ego. He is also an author of The Wakeful Wanderer’s Guide series. Lionel Cassin is an IT security specialist and a voracious reader of Science Fiction and History. They enjoy lively conversations with each other and interesting guests and are sharing those exchanges with you.
A podcast about technology, music, and speculative fiction.
Hosted by Jim Infantino and Lionel Cassin
a conversation with Jim and Lionel
Season 5, Episode 11: “Unusual in unusual ways”
the movie Vice, The Americans, Slow Horses, Azimov
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
This conversation would qualify for ASMR in terms of the pacing and tone, except that we discuss the movie Vice with Christian Bale. Jim talks about his impressions of it and Lionel talks about a number of books and [...]
a conversation with Julia Tenney & Sarah Elkins
Season 5, Episode 10: “It's all fun and games until Cthulhu shows up.”
A Night In The Lonesome October, Lovecraft, Thanksgiving
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Subject: A Night In The Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny Guests: Julia Tenney, Sarah Elkins This curious summary was generated by AI: The conversation explores various themes including biking adventures, car troubles, and the legacy of Subaru. It transitions [...]
a conversation with Eric Schwartz
Season 5, Episode 9: “Who’s gonna ---- the singer?”
music, comedy, politics, creativity
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
This one has a big, red E on it. Take the kids to the bunker before hitting play. Eric Schwartz is possibly the only artist in the history of the world to get raves from Gloria Steinem and [...]
a conversation with Jim and Lionel
Season 5, Episode 8: “A face for radio.”
Video podcasting, Biking, Life Hacks, movies
Monday, October 14, 2024
Lionel and Jim talk about producing this podcast for video, which you can see in a separate post. The thumbnail did not show up but it's available from youtube - unlisted as of this posting. We also discuss [...]