Season 4

Episode 48:

“Ernesto Piñata”

board games & music

a further conversation with Jason Schneider

Wednesday, July 24, 2024   #113

Episode 47:

“The creepiest part of Sesame Street.”

clowning around and making games

a conversation with Jason Schneider

Wednesday, July 17, 2024   #112

Episode 46:

“It’s stuck in the mud.” (ENCORE EPISODE)

data centers, big industrial development trends

A conversation with Damien Cassin

Wednesday, July 10, 2024   #repeat

Episode 45:

“The flavor of a typeface”

typography, graphic design

a conversation with Jim Hood

Wednesday, July 3, 2024   #111

Episode 44:

“Why do we have 2 screens?”

film making, leadership, Oppenheimer

a conversation with Andrew Silver

Wednesday, June 26, 2024   #110

Episode 43:

“The mind is a terrible thing.”

Alchemy by Rory Sutherland

a conversation with Ben Soto

Wednesday, June 19, 2024   #109

Episode 42:

“The last invention a human will make”

AI & Education

a conversation with Balazs Szelenyi

Wednesday, June 12, 2024   #108

Episode 41:

“You’re gonna love it here.”

music, forgiveness

a conversation with Peter Mulvey

Wednesday, May 29, 2024   #107

Episode 40:

“Somewhere beyond Antares”

topic: The Monk and The Philosopher

a conversation with Ben Soto

Wednesday, May 22, 2024   #106

Episode 39:

“Go go go go go, the end.”

The Rise & Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland.

a conversation with Jim & Lionel

Wednesday, May 15, 2024   #105

Episode 38:

“Swindon”

a conversation with Jim and Lionel

Wednesday, May 8, 2024   #104

Episode 37:

“The Letraset Revival Society”

Our 100th Episode

a conversation with Julia Tenney

Wednesday, May 1, 2024   #103

Episode 36:

“Start accepting it.”

a conversation with Jim & Lionel

Wednesday, April 24, 2024   #102

Episode 35:

“Words as Worlds”

a conversation with Bing Broderick of justBook-ish

Wednesday, April 17, 2024   #101

Episode 34:

The Three Body Problem

a conversation with Lionel & Jim

Wednesday, April 10, 2024   #100

Episode 33:

ENCORE EPISODE: “Trust begets trust, action inspires action.”

a conversation with Dar Williams

Wednesday, April 3, 2024   #repeat

Episode 32:

“Behind every great fortune there is a crime.”

a conversation with Lionel & Jim

Tuesday, March 26, 2024   #99

Episode 31:

“Wanting to go back and change things”

a conversation with Julia Tenney

Wednesday, March 20, 2024   #98

Episode 30:

“The king of the bad guys”

a conversation with Lionel & Jim

Tuesday, March 12, 2024   #97

Episode 29:

“Erratica”

a conversation with Jim & Lionel

Wednesday, March 6, 2024   #96

Episode 28:

“Homunculi, homunculus”

a discussion of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with Sarah Elkins

Wednesday, February 28, 2024   #95

Episode 27:

“The Mind Bind”

a conversation with Lionel & Jim

Monday, February 19, 2024   #94

Episode 26:

“It’s not a feature, it’s a bug.”

with Jim & Lionel

Tuesday, February 13, 2024   #93

Episode 25:

The Unforgettable Logan Foster

A conversation with author Shawn Peters

Monday, February 5, 2024   #92

Episode 24:

“Detractions and Errata”

with Lionel & Jim

Wednesday, January 31, 2024   #91

Episode 23:

“Roadkill on the road to the future”

with Lionel & Jim

Tuesday, January 23, 2024   #90

Episode 22:

“Barnabas Lives!”

with Lionel & Jim

Wednesday, January 17, 2024   #89

Episode 21:

“Peter Cooper Village is Rivendell”

with Lionel & Jim

Tuesday, January 9, 2024   #88

Episode 20:

“The Modern I Ching Oracle”

a conversation with Catherine Pilfrey

Wednesday, December 20, 2023   #87

Episode 19:

“This is the march of progress.”

a conversation with Lionel & Jim

Wednesday, December 13, 2023   #86

Episode 18:

“I want it to seem mysterious, even to me.”

a conversation with Hewitt Huntwork part 2

Wednesday, December 6, 2023   #85

Episode 17:

“Your Pretty Head”

a conversation with Hewitt Huntwork Part 1

Wednesday, November 29, 2023   #84

Episode 16:

“It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.”

a conversation with Dave Herlihy

Wednesday, November 22, 2023   #83

Episode 15:

“Books, unbanned.”

a conversation with Leigh Hurwitz

Wednesday, November 15, 2023   #82

Episode 14:

“You need empty spaces.”

a conversation with Karaugh Brown

Wednesday, November 8, 2023   #81

Episode 13:

“Now, THAT’s Ambient!”

a conversation with Lionel & Jim

Wednesday, November 1, 2023   #80

Episode 12:

“The one global religion is money.”

a conversation with Lionel and Jim

Wednesday, October 25, 2023   #79

Episode 11:

“What’s a futtock shroud?”

a conversation with Robert Blake Whitehill

Monday, October 16, 2023   #78

Episode 10:

“The fact that I felt uncomfortable made me interested.”

a conversation with James O’Brien

Wednesday, October 11, 2023   #77

Episode 9:

“but, um...”

a conversation with Jim & Lionel

Tuesday, October 3, 2023   #76

Episode 8:

The dreaded Grawlix.

a conversation with Nick Bruel, author and illustrator of the Bad Kitty books.

Friday, September 22, 2023   #75

Episode 7:

“Accessibility benefits everyone.”

a conversation between Lionel & Jim

Monday, September 18, 2023   #74

Episode 6:

“Eff your replicant mindset.”

a conversation between Lionel & Jim

Wednesday, September 13, 2023   #73

Episode 5:

Happy Birthday, Lionel

a conversation with Lionel & Jim

Wednesday, September 6, 2023   #72

Episode 4:

The Parasocial Book Club

a conversation with Ben Burnes and Sarah Elkins

Wednesday, August 30, 2023   #71

Episode 3:

“The empress who should have been, but wasn’t.”

a conversation with Greg Olear

Wednesday, August 23, 2023   #70

Episode 2:

Encore Episode “Hakkar The Soul Flayer”

a conversation with Dr. William Hanage 11.18.22

Wednesday, August 16, 2023   #repeat

Episode 1:

“One door closes and the floodgates open elsewhere.”

a conversation with Ellis Paul

Wednesday, August 9, 2023   #69