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 Lionel & Jim
Season 5, Episode 2: “Bang on, killer virus!”
TikTok Algorithm, The Printing Press, and Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Thursday, September 5, 2024
This week Lionel and Jim talk about the TikTok algorithm, Roy Casagranda, AB testing at PayPal in the 2000s, Survey Groups and Polling, The Bonfire of The Vanities ny Tom Wolfe, the real date of the Fall of the [...]
a conversation with Jim & Lionel
Season 4, Episode 52: “It’s more fascinating to say ‘riveting.’”
Ennio Morricone, AI, & political assassination attempts
Friday, August 30, 2024
In our final episode of a very long Season 4, Jim and Lionel talk about soundtracks, synthesizers, the limits of AI growth, political assassinations, and communication skills. From Ennio Morricone to Vangelis, from the Yamaha CS-80 to the Oberheim [...]
a conversation with Jim and Lionel
Season 5, Episode 1: “There was a flag on the field”
Science Fiction, vs. Fantasy, and Vanishing Point Perspective Drawing
Friday, August 30, 2024
We start our fifth season by considering a change of genre for our podcast, either to sports or economics, but ultimately settling on not giving a crap. We move on to considering the difference and origins of both Science [...]
A conversation with Jim and Lionel
Season 4, Episode 51: “We Yuck Your Yum”
The Watchmen, The Empire Bike Trail, Gattaca
Friday, August 23, 2024
IMPORTANT: This was recorded July 17th, 2024. We have an enormous backlog of shows right at the time when everything is changing rapidly. So Kamala was not the candidate at the time of this recording. [...]