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 & Lionel
Season 5, Episode 17: “This is just doing biz.”
John Hawkwood, Robert Hughes, Terraforming as fantasy, Siberiad
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Lionel and Jim discuss a myriad of subjects this week with a subtile common thread. We move from Jim's recent experience with jury duty to return to discussing the novel The Devil’s Broker by Frances [...]
A conversation with Lionel & Jim
Season 5, Episode 16: “The Lassiter”
Mercenaries in the Dark Ages, Praugue Diaries, Firefly, Stanislaw Lem
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Lionel and Jim talk about the book "The Devil's Broker" by Frances Stonor Saunders and about mercenaries and what happens when peace breaks out and they don't get paid. We also discuss Laurie Anderson, [...]
A conversation with Catherine Pilfrey, Matthew Bellows, and Jim Rosen.
Season 5, Episode 15: “Meditation is a human thing.” ENCORE EPISODE
Meditation, Buddhism
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Encore episode from January 2023 Jim Rosen, Catherine Pilfrey, Matthew Bellows, and Jim Infantino have been teaching meditation online for almost 3 years as part of a twice weekly session that meets Tuesdays and Thursdays called Mindful Aware. [...]
a conversation with Julia Tenney & Sarah Elkins
Season 5, Episode 14: Outskirters
The Steerswoman series and The City and The City
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
We discuss two novels in this episode, the first, The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein , was suggested to us by Sarah Elkins. The second, The City & The City by China [...]