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 wth Lionel & Jim
Season 5, Episode 36: “Wheels Up In 5!”
Lights On by Annika Harris, Revisionist History & The Nazi Olympics
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Jim touts the fun of assembling furniture from Ikea. His coat stand was BONDSKÄRET and the lamp was VIDJA. Lionel scores a victory in pinpointing the very first Ikea store in the USA from memory. Jim talks [...]
an interview with Scott Hall
Season 5, Episode 35: Lonesome Brothers
the band, the songbook, the history, the songs, & Drunk Stuntmen
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Scott Hall paid us a visit to talk about the Northampton, MA band Lonesome Brothers (no the! ) He has been working on a songbook based on his own charts, created for the purposes of standing in with them. [...]
a conversation with David Partikian
Season 5, Episode 34: “Bartleby, the Sailor”
Melville, Coetzee, Camus, Stuyvesant High
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
David Partikian rejoins the pod to talk about his new Substack under the moniker "Bartleby The Sailor. " We start with a bit of Melville, and then discuss his essays in more detail before musing on life growing up in [...]
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, [...]