Topic Lords
Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week.
Episodes
October 6, 2025 • 64 mins
Lords:
* John
* Fif
Topics:
* Accidentally exploring a bunch of related subjects and/or media
* The excellent progression system of Blues' Clues ABCs (1995)
* https://archive.org/details/blues-clues-blues-abc-time-activities-pc-cd-rom
* Salty Licorice is the sixth taste
* https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-sixth-sense-of-taste-salty-licorice/
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice
* The Cubivore...
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September 29, 2025 • 63 mins
Lords
* Alexander
* Kev
Topics:
* "Floaty movement" in games
* The power to give people clutter that they can't throw away
* https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/users/yorkdoom/palweb/week12/palwk12.htm
* https://www.anabuzzalino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/book-of-kells.jpg
* Dunning Kruger got debunked!
* https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/
* With or Without Witnesses, by...
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September 22, 2025 • 72 mins
Lords:
* Megan
* https://www.megancarnesmusic.com/
* Austin
* https://austinmwav.com/
Topics:
* Going for a super long walk is amazing
* "Elevated" horror is a sham
* I was there when Every 5x5 Nonogram section 303 finished
* NPC Dialog Test by Nintendo Europe #NintendoEurope
* https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1863976914349621280
* My breakfast dogma
* Not bringing my shitpost music/mashup ideas to life because I'm afraid ...
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September 15, 2025 • 68 mins
Lords:
* John
* Avery
* Jay
Topics:
* Being known for one thing and trying to do a different thing
* https://jtholen.bandcamp.com/album/new-active-object
* Finding instruments on the street
* Accidentally arguing with sauna guy
Microtopics:
* Many-Time Topic Lord John Mystery.
* Talking the plunge into the Topic Lords discord.
* An unspoken constant presence like Seymour Glass in the Glass Family novels.
* The Once and Future Mus...
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September 15, 2025 • 28 mins
This is the pre-show planning and banter for episode 308, recorded and edited basically by accident?? Enjoy??
Microtopics:
* The old saw that if the teacher is 15 minutes late, you are excused.
* All the hosts forgetting about the podcast so that episode just doesn't get recorded.
* The seam in the fish video.
* Procedurally vs. manually textured terrain.
* How to texture a limestone chunk.
* Whether Donkey Kong Bananza is deli...
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September 8, 2025 • 64 mins
Lords:
* Ben
* Avery
Topics:
* The Mishima Incident, in which one of the most famous authors in Japan created his own private militia of young men, attempted to overthrow the government and, upon failing, committed ritual suicide.
* City-wide game of hide and seek
* How to stick it to bad Bluetooth actors
* The Carrotman's Lament, by E.L. Hubert
* https://x.com/sweetstench/status/1724958011754504568
* Esper says: "Avery’s anecd...
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September 1, 2025 • 66 mins
Lords:
* Xalavier
* https://store.steampowered.com/app/3139570/CoopKaijuHorror_Cooking/
* Cort
Topics:
* What's the coolest instrument to give a child?
* What happened to sound lasers?
* Appearing Canes
* https://www.amazon.com/Healifty-Retractable-Collapsible-Professional-Accessories/dp/B093G7J6JG
* The Story of Mel
* http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html
* https://melsloop.com/docs/the-story-of-mel/pages/mel-k...
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August 25, 2025 • 76 mins
Lords:
* Abby
* https://www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/abby-denton-my-favorite-loser
* Sid
* https://linktr.ee/beamsplashx
Topics:
* Reading about type 1 diabetes
* Saying vegetables instead of cussin'
* https://jp.itch.io/mr-friendly
* Winston punched his tooth out
* If I Ran the Circus (excerpt)
* With the power of portable PS2 emulation, I can find out how many types of games I don't like anymore
Microtopics:
* My Favorit...
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August 18, 2025 • 67 mins
Lords:
* Andrew
* https://highcadence.online
* Brandon
* https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/
Topics:
* My daughter's high school pep band playlist is full of bangers
* https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ
* Why some actors can't carry a b-movie but others can
* What do these white rings on the Microbrute mean?
* https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/1148429071886...
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August 11, 2025 • 66 mins
Lords:
* JP
* https://jplebreton.com/
* Styger
* https://www.sf.gov/readysf
Topics:
* Is "Non-Super" Mario an alternate state of consciousness or identity, or merely an alternate physical state?
* "Hot defensive bee ball" + bees in general
* Solving all 24,976,511 5x5 nonograms
* https://pixelogic.app/every-5x5-nonogram
* Poem Seen in a Motel Fan by Alberto Blanco
* https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/ima...
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August 4, 2025 • 82 mins
Lords:
* Kory
* Ryan
Topics:
* Incorrect stuff they teach you in school (blood, bats, soda cans, etc)
* Oops I’ve started over remaking my game again, ECS edition
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8OkkHSQjWg
* https://bevy.org/
* Accidentally finding a cat on vacation
* Being Boring, by Wendy Cope
* https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/18ihpmd/poembeingboringbywendy_cope/
Microtopics:
* Watching an epicurean professiona...
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July 28, 2025 • 56 mins
Lords:
* Wacy
* Chris
Topics:
* Mysterious BART smell between 12th st. Oakland and West Oakland
* Glucose monitor
* Winston has been playing Minecraft. Have you heard about this game? Kids love it I guess.
* The Earth Wants You
* https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/_jj6TAcC.jpg
Microtopics:
* Knowing so many Chrises that you refuse to call yourself Chris.
* Not know...
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July 21, 2025 • 67 mins
Lords:
* Jenni
* Tyriq
Topics:
* Internal Monologue Soundboards
* Ash wants to be the very best, but at what cost? When is competition a bad thing?
* The different ways people play games
* Friendship is a skill
* Water… Earth… Fire… Air… which bending is best bending?
Microtopics:
* Scrubbin' Trouble.
* Figuring out how to do a multiplayer roguelike.
* Power leveling all your skills at once and hoping it's enough.
* Looking at th...
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July 14, 2025 • 63 mins
Lords:
* Jenni
* Robb
Topics:
* The phenomenon where multiple people respond with the same mystifying emoji
* Skin Fort dream and image both provided by WiL: https://stale-meme.itch.io/
* Lately I've engaged in pretend play with my 4 year old nephew by pretending we stole a crate of "Toxic Waste" candy and lying to the cops about it. As actual parents, is this healthy for the child?
* It turns out you don't want to rent a Playsta...
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July 7, 2025 • 83 mins
Lords:
* Mark
* https://wyrmburden.bandcamp.com/album/strange-sorcerous
* Shirley
* https://shop.naturmacht.com/sorcerot-merch/sorceroet-rotten-magick-vinyl-crowdfunding-lim
Topics:
* Music League
* Shaping the Head Like a Japanese Watermelon
* Kugelmugel
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelmugel
* Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley
* https://www.emilyperlkingsley.com/welcome-to-holland
* Using drugs in 2025
* ...
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June 30, 2025 • 60 mins
Lords:
* Erica
* Judy
* https://www.tiktok.com/@diluftmensch
* https://www.tumblr.com/diluftmensch
* https://bsky.app/profile/diluftmensch.bsky.social
Topics:
* The Pantone college experience
* Why is everyone with superpowers a crime fighter or a criminal
* Sell me on metal utensils
* Grand Avenue, by Ron Koertge
* https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2014%252F10%252F19.html
* Abridged version: https:/...
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June 23, 2025 • 80 mins
The video of Charles Martinet puppeteering Mario around the screen:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyezQsI-v-s
Lords:
* John
* Esper
Topics:
* Chess, the Musical: a show that is universally acclaimed but no longer performed because it consistently loses money
* I believe live television to be the most exciting thing humans have invented
* Blaseball had $3 million in VC funding
* Pad, Pad by Stevie Smith
* https://allpoetry.com...
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June 16, 2025 • 64 mins
Lords:
* Andrew
* Andrew
Topics:
* Finally making a 3D game after using only PICO-8 for 10 years
* PICO-8 screen carts
* Picotron Viruses
* Quest by kittenmaster
* https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/Kvg10u32.png
Microtopics:
* Professional software developers trying to figure out a terrible UI.
* The Real Andrew – it says so on my computer screen.
* Make 10 Deluxe...
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June 9, 2025 • 60 mins
Lords:
* Alex
* Shannon
Topics:
* The rapid proliferation of identical mobile games
* https://store.steampowered.com/app/2348100/YEAHYOUWANTTHOSEGAMESRIGHTSOHEREYOUGONOWLETSSEEYOUCLEARTHEM/
* Randomly generated time traveler loadout
* Turning your body into 3D printer filament after you die
* https://www.suspenders.com/products/1-1-2-undergarment-hold-up-reg-suspender-hip-clip-style-patented-no-slip-reg-clips
* Girls Only Want ...
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June 2, 2025 • 69 mins
Lords:
* Kory
* Andy
Topics:
* Whim-based coding
* How do you make and maintain a buddy on the Internet?
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKRFd4J_1w
* That oscilloscope demo
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8CzrPG9S0U&
* Peripheriques Like Halos, by Robert Montgomery
* https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/fmr9gsma.jpg
* https://globalizationofcalifornia.com...
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