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
Sarah Elkins and Julia Tenney
Season 5, Episode 33: “The Hugos”
Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Stars Wars Hotel, Flow, 2025 Nominees
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
This week we talk about the Hugo Awards with Sarah Elkins, who is a judge, and Julia Tenney, who is a reader and viewer of Science Fiction. We talk about Jim's new sport coat, nominees for best novel, novella, [...]
a conversation with Jennifer Kimball
Season 5, Episode 32: ENCORE EP: “Not for Toddlers”
music, horticulture, art, maine
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Jennifer Kimball , songwriter, performer, singer, horticulturalist and landscape designer joins the pod. One upon a time, she was in a legendary band called The Story with Jonatha Brooke and now she lives on [...]
Jim & Lionel
Season 5, Episode 31: “I’ve learned to live with a lot of things.”
Darkman, Dark City, D&D, Star Trek, Information Security
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
There are some politics in this episode, but we manage to get that under control. Jim starts by comparing Severance to the Labyrinth of Greek mythology. Lionel tells Jim about the Darkman comics. The Dungeons [...]
Severance Theory with Julia Tenney
Season 5, Episode 30: “The Utica Train Station”
Severance, Signal, Stargate, GenX memes
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
We start by talking about Ketamine, Signal, and the protest in Somerville over the seizing of the Tufts student: Rumeysa Ozturk. At the time of this recording, it had just happened. Lionel breaks political talk silence by relating [...]