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
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...
Mark as Played
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...
Mark as Played
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
* ...
Mark as Played
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...
Mark as Played
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...
Mark as Played
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 ...
Mark as Played
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...
Mark as Played
May 26, 2025 • 64 mins
Lords:
* Alexander
* https://youtube.com/@L4MPLIGHT
* Chall
Topics:
* Having an address after not having an address
* Slopsquatting
* Book curses
* This boke ys myne, Eleanor Worcester
* https://15thcfeminist.substack.com/p/the-preservation-of-womens-words
* The David Lynch random number generator
* Esper says: My personal favorite use of numbers stations is the brief “station ID” type messages on Secret Agent Radio, a radio ...
Mark as Played
May 19, 2025 • 68 mins
Lords:
* Alexei
* Evan
Topics:
* Silt clouds & underwater visibility as a game mechanic
* The bass pro shop pyramid and the utility calculations of weird buildings
* What happens when your Firefox root certificate expires?
* The Ailing Mirror-Smith
* https://medium.com/@EvanBalster/the-ailing-mirror-smith-9c4b5a76cd#9520
Microtopics:
* Roguelike Celebration.
* Virtual conferences.
* How to be in a conversation with one person i...
Mark as Played
May 12, 2025 • 62 mins
Lords:
* Lena
* Droqen
Topics:
* Kill gameplay
* https://droqen.itch.io/the-end-of-gameplay
* The thrill of firefighting on live service games, and how to stop
* It was D and K who showed me the way
* https://newforum.droqen.com/index.php?topic=705
Microtopics:
* Great content.
* Multiplayer games that are focused on human connection.
* Farmers' markets.
* Kinopio. (The mind-mapping software.)
* Just barfing stuff onto the p...
Mark as Played
May 5, 2025 • 66 mins
Lords:
* CisHetKayFaber
* https://www.patreon.com/CisHetKayFaber
* Andrew
* https://luxurybunkers.bandcamp.com/album/killer-karen
Topics:
* People say the craziest stuff in front of janitors.
* Revisiting development of a creative work after 20 years
* Naming conventions in the demo scene vs. the ZZT scene
* How to Be Perfect, by Ron Padgett
* https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57243/how-to-be-perfect
* Floops, a 3D carto...
Mark as Played
April 28, 2025 • 74 mins
Lords:
* Jenni
* Rebecca
* https://toots.ravenoak.dev/@rebecca
* Weft Magazine: https://www.weftmagazine.com/
Topics:
* Getting emotionally ambushed by a children's toy piano
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g8fzwmnw8M
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvhdHkugIPE
* All the non-art things you have to do to get external validation about your art
* Explaining where owls come from
* The Witches are Coming (excerpt) by Lindy ...
Mark as Played
April 21, 2025 • 63 mins
Lords:
* Ben
* Andrew
Topics:
* Super Nintendo World's theming is on point
* The ABC of Style - A Guide to Plain English (book)
* Can you still rent game consoles?
* Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku
* https://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm
* https://itch.io/jam/variety-megajam-2022/topic/2514101/2nd-poem-
* Pixel art impressionism
* https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1801616946837823790
Microtopics:
* The g...
Mark as Played
April 14, 2025 • 62 mins
Lords:
* John
* Tyriq
* https://oddobject.zone/
Topics:
* "Is it harder with twins than with one?" "I wouldn't know."
* Would it be neat or terrible to live on a supercontinent
* That X-Files episode when Scully scanned an alien artifact in a grocery store's bar code reader
* When I Am Among The Trees by Mary Oliver
* https://cih.ucsd.edu/sites/cih.ucsd.edu/files/cfm/When%20I%20am%20among%20the%20Trees%20by%20Mary%20Oliver.pdf
...
Mark as Played
April 7, 2025 • 67 mins
Lords:
* Erica
* Jenni
Topics:
* The chaos you missed
* Having a baby is like being assigned a set of hobbies you don't necessarily care about but are expected to engage in full-time
* Do people actually live longer in Greece and Japan or do they just have more pension fraud?
* Too Many Women Become Desperate, by Infinite Sexy Marriage
* https://bsky.app/profile/infinitesexy.bsky.social/post/3lcxskqdmoc26
* Is it possible to neve...
Mark as Played
March 31, 2025 • 77 mins
Lords:
* Mitch
* https://www.youtube.com/@HBMmaster
* Nathan
* https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976260/ChainStaff/
Topics:
* I wish someone told me all classic Star Trek was based on writer Ursula LeGuin
* Ryu Numbers and Tom Scott Numbers
* https://www.tumblr.com/tomscottnumber
* How to get out of a chair
* Have you seen the new show? by Orcboxer
* https://www.tumblr.com/orcboxer/745859389762764801/poob-has-it-for-you
*...
Mark as Played
March 24, 2025 • 64 mins
Lords:
* Dan
* https://orionblasters.com/
* https://mollyjames.bandcamp.com/album/loved-by-life
* Daniel
Topics:
* Could Dracula escape Groundhog Day?
* How to know you’re in a golden era
* Indiana Jones is supposed to look good??
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1019&v=f1fWB5HP7s8
* Where the Heart Is by F.S. Yousaf
* https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/pMNU...
Mark as Played
March 17, 2025 • 71 mins
Lords:
* Jeff
* https://dopeassvideogames.com/
* Danny
* https://www.youtube.com/@NoclipDocs
Topics:
* What's happening on Bluesky.
* Using Google Earth and YouTube to rid myself of Nostalgia of Places I've lived
* Dad talk: what do we do about porn?
Microtopics:
* The Good Morning America series finale.
* Covering video games online.
* Getting married and feeling safe from people who run dating sites.
* Nintendo Disasters.
* R...
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