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, films, music, history, and fiction.
Hosted by Jim Infantino and Lionel Cassin
Jim & Lionel
Season 6, Episode 35: Zardoz, Logan’s Run, THX 1138, Silent Running
four 1970s science fiction films
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
This week we take some time off world politics and highfalutin ideas and hunker down with 50 year old science fiction. We start with Zardoz, a film we were both repulsed by and highly entertained by. We bring up parallels [...]
with Lionel & Jim
Season 6, Episode 34: “Crimea River”
Technofeudalism, Economic Theory, Ukraine Victories, Data Cost
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
AI Summary: In this episode, Jim and Lionel explore a wide range of topics from the nature of digital information and its physical costs, to the complexities of scientific understanding and the influence of storytelling in culture and economics. They [...]
with Lionel & Jim
Season 6, Episode 33: “Holding off the Red Army with golf carts”
Adam Neely, Yuval Harari, Ed Zitron, Ukraine, AI personhood
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
In this episode, Jim and Lionel delve into the complexities of AI, geopolitics, and the future of technology, exploring how power, cooperation, and innovation shape our world. We touch on land drones in the [...]
with Lionel and Jim
Season 6, Episode 32: Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and AI Music
Symphony Four, Rite of Spring, Petrouska, Suno and Udio
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Today we talk about the world of classical music, the creative process of composers like Stravinsky, and the impact of AI on music creation and authenticity. We dig into Stravinsky's use of folk themes in classical music, the orchestration and [...]