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 Abby Altman
Season 5, Episode 24: ENCORE EPISODE: “I have a Passim tattoo.”
Folk Music, World Music, Music Club
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Abby Altman, Club Manager of Passim joins us to talk about her experience guiding the iconic music club, located in the heart of Harvard Square Cambridge, MA through its many programs. We discuss the mission and history of [...]
Jim & Lionel
Season 5, Episode 23: “I feel old and foolish now”
Hundreds of Beavers, A Complete Unknown, Putin’s People, Jesse Welles
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
We begin by talking about Hundreds of Beavers and move into Jim’s experience with the Raw Diet and Johnny Gottado. From there we talk about food delivery and inactivity. We talk about A Complete Unknown [...]
a conversation with Don White
Season 5, Episode 22: “I almost stayed in that world”
comedy, music, & songwriting
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
The amazing, wonderful, comedian, storyteller, songwriter, performer, author, and great friend to have, Don White joined us this week to talk all about his process, his art, and his life as a student of the craft. We begin talking [...]
a conversation with Matthew Roazen pt 2
Season 5, Episode 21: “He got his start wiping windows.”
Yeltsin, Oligarchs, Clinton, IMF, Corruption
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
In this episode, our guest Matthew Roazen returns to talk to us about his time in Russia, and gives us a lesson in what was happening in Russia during the 1990s and early 2000s. Matthew explains the rise of [...]