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 further conversation with Jason Schneider
Season 4, Episode 48: “Ernesto Piñata”
board games & music
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Jason comes back to talk more about his life in games. During his time at Gamewright and now at Happy Camper, Jason has explored the world of perfect logic games, cooperative games, games of chance, but always board or [...]
a conversation with Jason Schneider
Season 4, Episode 47: “The creepiest part of Sesame Street.”
clowning around and making games
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
The multifaceted Jason Schneider joins us to talk about his life in fun and games. Jason has started his own game company after working for decades at someone else's. Jason started studying philosophy, then went to clown college. [...]
A conversation with Damien Cassin
Season 4, Episode 46: “It’s stuck in the mud.” (ENCORE EPISODE)
data centers, big industrial development trends
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
I chose this episode to encore because the amount of data centers in use for AI has recently been in the news. Damien was talking about this a year and a half ahead of time. - Jim Brothers [...]
a conversation with Jim Hood
Season 4, Episode 45: “The flavor of a typeface”
typography, graphic design
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Jim Hood, a graphic designer experienced in naming and brand development, typography, communication, and environmental graphics joins the podcast to talk about typography. One important thing we learned is that it was his class in the 90s that developed [...]