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 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 [...]
a conversation with Montgomery Delaney
Season 5, Episode 13: “We all come from different realities”
songwriting, the political divide, disagreeing
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Monty joins the pod and we talk about his experience playing music, going to folk conventions, his “no-case” showcase at NERFA, playing, and Monty’s songs. Montgomery Delaney is an unusual performer in the folk world. Later in the [...]
A conversation with David Partikian about the maritime life
Season 5, Episode 12: “Every second drill is a laundry room fire.”
Encore episode from season one
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
David decided after graduating NYU in the late 80's that he did not want a traditional desk job. He joined the Seafarers International Union as an unlicensed deckhand. Eventually he joined the Sailors' Union of the Pacific and [...]
a conversation with Jim and Lionel
Season 5, Episode 11: “Unusual in unusual ways”
the movie Vice, The Americans, Slow Horses, Azimov
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
This conversation would qualify for ASMR in terms of the pacing and tone, except that we discuss the movie Vice with Christian Bale. Jim talks about his impressions of it and Lionel talks about a number of books and [...]