Life with a Twist of Lemon

Life with a Twist of Lemon

A Podcast about technology, finance, life, craftsmanship, theology, and a little bit of everything else with a twist of Stan Lemon. We’ve moved what we’d normally talk about on the phone, here for your listening enjoyment.

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May 7, 2026
Episode 193 starts with Stan's sunburned Nashville track-meet weekend, the Iliad on the bleachers, Manhattan loyalties, saved wine, and the joy of craftsmanship. The conversation moves through Chicago red sauce, Shindig pizza, Oberon, Buc-ee's, Portillo's, In-N-Out disappointment, and closes with Ot...
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Episode 192 opens with Chrome-only podcasting, Monarch cleanup, Claude browser control, Gemini, Firefox, Wikipedia, and the creeping realization that AI has changed what counts as a normal lookup. From there the show moves through smart home scenes, Waymo trust, Jon's stalled AI resolution, Guardian...
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Episode 191 opens with Stan's cycling mileage, helmet-expiration worries, and a bib-shopping rabbit trail before a wine check-in covering Firstleaf, Wall Street Journal Wine, and Gemini refusing to help an underage assistant chill a bottle. The middle of the show turns into baseball nostalgia with C...
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Stan and Jon open on First Contact Day and the Artemis mission, covering Jim Lovell, Columbia-era nerves, and the thrill of being back around the moon. From there they detour through a Ferrari dealership full of Koenigseggs, Paganis, Ford GTs, and one beloved Plymouth Prowler before closing on Unrea...
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April 2, 2026
Stan and Jon open with Stan's poetry group working through Dante's Inferno — competing translations, bilingual editions, and the discovery that Jon owns a copy. They announce Othello as their Q2 Shakespeare pick before spiraling into shared reading funks covering C.S. Lewis, Brandon Sanderson's divi...
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Stan and Jon open with office lunch-break anxiety, a spring bike ride through Indianapolis, and Stan's experiment in sleeping without his watch. The bulk of the episode turns into a full 90s nostalgia spiral sparked by Goo Goo Dolls reels, covering Will Smith, Hilary Duff, Spice World, Chicago Bulls...
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Stan and Jon open with the emotionally devastating new Disney Cruise Line Oscars ad and swap stories from their own sailings, including Stan's Alaska cruise where the Northern Lights kept the decks packed all night. The middle of the show turns on a viral LinkedIn post about Stan coding with Claude ...
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Stan and Jon open with Big Ten basketball fallout, a cultural geography debate over where Southern Illinois begins, and a quick wine check-in. The middle section turns into an Apple hardware week rundown covering the iPhone 17E, Studio Display updates, MacBook Neo, and whether Siri and HomePod can r...
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Stan and Jon open with sourdough process notes, premium butter rabbit holes, and a wine recap built around NPR's Rick Steves tasting event and the idea of conviviality. The middle segment turns into a detailed review of 1Password's 33% pricing change, including what still works, what feels like weak...
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A spontaneous Sunday recording turns into a practical AI check-in as Stan and Jon move from pizza dough and app refactoring pain points to prompt design, resume workflows, and contextual assistants. They run a live Lego recommendation test, then compare where AI shopping and ad systems still break d...
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Stan and Jon kick off with a spirited food argument over what counts as a true Philly and whether pizza dough should include sugar, then follow the conversation into a Chicago weekend recap. Stan shares highlights from Rosatis, the Drake Hotel, and a seven-course Michelin dinner at Boka with detaile...
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Stan returns from a weather-disrupted Disney Treasure sailing and shares what surprised him most about the Triton class design, from crowd flow and deck access to the Cove Cafe tradeoffs. He and Jon dig into Coco and Enchante, compare wine and champagne tastings, and swap stories about Disney's serv...
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Stan and Jon open with snow, Chianti, and a looming Disney Treasure cruise, then map out an Eastern Caribbean itinerary with St. Thomas, Tortola, and Castaway Cay. They debate Enchante versus Palo reservations, swap cruise food pro tips, and chase the perfect sweet treat. A Mack McAnally concert and...
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Stan and Jon compare winter routines and reading stacks—from Julius Caesar, Father Brown, and Dante to Narnia and Hunger Games—then trade AI workflows, including using ChatGPT to interview you question by question. They discuss Claude's Co-Work, Apple and Gemini, and the promise of ChatGPT Health be...
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Stan and Jon reflect on Jon's California trip for his dad's retirement, unpacking a LinkedIn post about vocation, work, and why "follow your passion" can be misleading. They detour into prompt injection risks for LLMs and web-reading assistants before diving into Disneyland stories: photos vs being ...
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Stan and Jon compare Apple Fitness ring goals, debate competitiveness, and trade thoughts on AI coding tools as Stan switches from Claude to Codex for iOS side projects. They share updates on personal sites, WordPress hosting, and a TestFlight invite for Stan's wine tasting app. A Pittsburgh trip hi...
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January 1, 2026
Stan and Jon ring in 2026 with Disneyland plans, a ChatGPT-guided roasted chicken, and a philosophical detour into why chocolate truffles share a name with mushroom truffle oil. Stan questions the value of LinkedIn Premium and broader social media algorithms (Instagram gets rare praise) while poking...
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Dear Listener, It's day twenty-two of the Wall Street Journal Wine Advent Calendar, and Stan and Jon are tasting a French Pinot Noir called Le Champs d'Etoilesse (the field of stars). The wine delivers a pale ruby color with high tannins, funky Pinot character, and notes of blackberry, cherry, and b...
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Dear Listener, It's day sixteen of the Wall Street Journal Wine Advent Calendar, and tonight Stan and Jon are sipping an Argentine Malbec called Bracero from the San Juan region. The wine opens with earthy notes (Stan says grass, Jon disagrees), develops into blackberry and chocolate mid-palate, and...
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Dear Listener, It's day seven of the Wall Street Journal Wine Advent Calendar, and tonight Stan and Jon are sipping a French Cabernet Sauvignon called Bella Roche while discussing everything from wine legs to label scanning mishaps in Stan's wine tasting app. Pro tip: apparently you should decant th...
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