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
April 29, 2024 • 61 mins
Lords:
* Mark
* Shirley
Topics:
* Egypt sweater!
* https://www.etsy.com/listing/233409089/amazing-1940s-egyptian-fair-isle-jumper
* At the end of this film, are we supposed to want Indy to save Elsa? To go off happily together? (I say no.)
* Kazim is the best character in Last Crusade
* https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IP54S-ZZtyE
* Portrait of my Brother as Indiana Jones
* https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/poetry/portrait-of-my-...
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April 22, 2024 • 63 mins
Lords:
* Jenni
* Xalavier
Topics:
* How do centaur internal organs work
* What is the most unlikely horror franchise to adapt to games?
* Do boomerangs work?
* Serious KAAAND!
* https://www.reddit.com/r/TopicLords/comments/1b3j3nu/serious_kaaand/
* Most game mascots are the sexual avatars of their creators
* The Ted Dabney Experience
Microtopics:
* Rusty Lake.
* An intriguing, terrifying morsel.
* Whether it's okay to lie on this...
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April 15, 2024 • 70 mins
Lords:
* JohnB
* Kevin
* JADES data: https://jades.idies.jhu.edu/public/
Topics:
* Thoughts on approximately 5/12 of Don Quixote
* The Time Life "Mysteries of the Unknown" Series (1987-1991) and its impact on a generation of young nerds
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MysteriesoftheUnknown
* https://www.reddit.com/r/IcebergCharts/comments/r487u4/distantastronomicalobjectsiceberg/
* https://www.slideshare.net/DirkTheDaring11...
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April 8, 2024 • 72 mins
Lords:
* Jonah
* AC
Topics:
* When was the last time you listened to a song backwards?
* Decentralized manufacturing
* Are there other terms like "foodies," to describe those who are super into universal bodily functions?
* The Bathroom Line, by Jesse Thurston
* Playtesting legos
Microtopics:
* Pet Rock Dot Site
* Whether rhythm is a kind of sound.
* A rhythm synthesizer that produces control voltages.
* All the things you could hy...
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April 1, 2024 • 72 mins
Lords:
* Chris
* Dev
* https://devinbusha.artstation.com/
Topics:
* Taking Improv classes has been life changing.
* Practicing 3 keyboard layouts at the same time
* I bought store brand salt. You wouldn't think this would be a big deal but it turns out to be
* I Once Snorted an Eight Ball with Santa, by Richie Zaborowske
* https://www.havehashad.com/hadposts/i-once-snorted-an-eight-ball-with-santa
* Are all creative ideas very ...
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March 25, 2024 • 71 mins
Lords:
* Jeff
* http://dopeassvideogames.com/
* Tyriq
* https://fourbitfriday.itch.io/
Topics:
* The shame of not remembering any good jokes for kids and having to write jokes on the spot for impatient children
* What's your favorite genre to consume that you have no interest in making (or think you'd suck at?)
* High Sidin'
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5INAxH1HD7s
* Poetry
* https://poets.org/poem/poetry
* Every mamma...
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March 18, 2024 • 73 mins
Lords:
* Mike
* Jake
Topics:
* Cameras are peaking -- what's next?
* Is the mysterious disappearing, or just mystery?
* Preschool security practices
* At the Feast in the Great Hall, by Ursula Leguin
* https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/1-EFinaN.png
* It's not boring to talk about dreams
Microtopics:
* The great state of Maine.
* A project you've been working on for a lon...
Mark as Played
March 11, 2024 • 54 mins
Lords:
* Megan
* Lexi
Topics:
* Erik Satie's performance indications
* https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=60&threadid=4497
* Instant food from other cultures (why isn't everyone eating maggi noodles??)
* Seasonal decorations
* Delhi Metro
* https://docs.google.com/document/d/17k75ftxEn2xR-tJkLSV4H8st5BFAxPNxE3BNCXDI6Go/edit
* Becoming Immortal by being predictable
* Living in different climates (e...
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March 4, 2024 • 70 mins
Lords:
* Fif
* Mitch
Topics:
* The Ace Attorney series' English localization's naming conventions
* The kissing mechanic in Bully represents both what is genius and terrible about the game
* Podcast Prep Sheet Trending Guests and Topics
* The Tay Bridge Disaster
* https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/tay-bridge-disaster/
* No but seriously what the hell is up with the user interface in Bully. I assume it's just a Rocksta...
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February 26, 2024 • 73 mins
Lords:
* Erica
* Kory
* https://kbones.itch.io/
Topics:
* Mystery Hunt 2024
* Developing my first video game
* Wearing glasses prevents COVID
* English Ending Song, by Ryoji Yoshitomi
* https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/AxA-XP8E.png
* How to make satisfying non-violent gameplay
* @DJTentMode@mstdn.party
Microtopics:
* Letting go of concepts of yourself that you belie...
Mark as Played
February 19, 2024 • 68 mins
Lords:
* Ryan
* Alexander
Topics:
* Getting so agitated that you cook dinner
* What's an acquired taste that's worth acquiring? What's one that's not worth the effort? What's the point of even "acquiring" a taste for anything when there are probably infinite options you don't have to teach yourself to enjoy?
* Texturally enhanced alternative beverage
* Bagme Bloma
* https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Bagme_Bloma
Microtopics:
* How t...
Mark as Played
February 12, 2024 • 79 mins
Lords:
* CisHetKayfaber
* BaseCase
Topics:
* Raising third cultural kids as a second cultural individual
* Figuring out how to do creative projects that take longer than a weekend when you aren't getting paid for them.
* Someone sent me money on Venmo and now I need to sign up for Venmo if I want to have the money
* Farmyard Song
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmyard_Song
* https://www.elyrics.net/read/a/aaron-copland-lyrics...
Mark as Played
February 5, 2024 • 70 mins
Lords:
* Jason
* https://jmac.org/
* https://masto.nyc/@jmac
* Nathan
* Mommy's Best Games Everywhere
Topics:
* When I paint my nails I don't paint my thumbnails. This is because I see my thumbnails all day long but I don't see my other fingernails nearly as often, and so every time I do I'm like "Whoa!!!!"
* Jukebox griefing
* Nintendo farmed out the development of Donkey Kong to an outside dev team, because they didn't have...
Mark as Played
January 29, 2024 • 72 mins
Lords:
* Andrew
* https://kittenm4ster.neocities.org/
* Aubrianne
Topics:
* Knitting patterns are open source clothing
* This one weird trick will make your videogame feel original
* Esper says: "JRPGs are just menu games. Everything that's happening is an option in a menu doing some math, there's almost never timing involved. Why do they have to be 'battles?' I've always wanted to make a JRPG set in 1990 where instead of getti...
Mark as Played
January 22, 2024 • 73 mins
Lords:
* Chris
* Esper
Topics:
* Geocaching
* The Miyoo Mini and other handheld emulation consoles
* I still think I could've made it as a highly paid Super Mario Bros. 35 coach. I should've gone for it.
* There's Not a Person Alive by David Donihue
* https://medium.com/@daviddonihue/theres-not-a-person-alive-poem-by-david-n-donihue-a1fcd714cc99
* The strange semiparasocial relationship between a podcast editor and the people on ...
Mark as Played
January 15, 2024 • 72 mins
Lords:
* Chris
* Alex
Topics:
* Living without software updates
* I like Cyberpunk 2077
* I had a friend who would argue with the people collecting signatures in support of a proposed law. Not about the proposal itself, but the methodology behind it.
* PIECE A SHIT, possibly by Sam Pink
* https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/Kl_AeoXl.jpg
Microtopics:
* Lords of Topics.
* As...
Mark as Played
January 8, 2024 • 68 mins
Lords:
* Abby
* https://abbydenton.podbean.com/
* Michael
* https://www.tinybarbarian.com/
* https://dawnoftimecomics.com/
Topics:
* That moment when the podcast ads don't play
* Lobsang Rampa
* I had a dream where I needed to recolor my teeth. Why don't video game character creators support this?
* "I've Been Writing You A Poem," by Abby Denton
* Cats you can ride, pre-He Man
Microtopics:
* Cyber Cafe.
* Tiny Barbarian DX.
*...
Mark as Played
January 1, 2024 • 75 mins
Lords:
* Jay
* Jenni
* https://youtube.com/@kiwami-japan?si=z03WRlRnur883JkN
Topics:
* The dying art of learning a skill on a message board, such as pixel art or having long hair
* The Baldur's Gate 3 butthole chart
* https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/16dlml1/beholdthechartevermade/
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhcSupkNs8
* Is giving people ideas helpful?
* https://itch.io/jam/picostevemo
* James asks "Wh...
Mark as Played
December 25, 2023 • 63 mins
Lords:
* Stevie
* Avery
Topics:
* A tour of silly medieval musical instruments
* The House of David, the baseball cult who all looked like oldtimey barbers.
* Arguing with Winston about how needing to pee works
* Avery's Non Mammalian Milk Corner
* Ode on the Mammoth Cheese Weighing over 7,000 Pounds
* https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/ode-mammoth-cheese-weighing-over-7000-pounds
Microtopics:
* Why the show works like that....
Mark as Played
December 18, 2023 • 67 mins
Lords:
* Maxx
* Nick
Topics:
* Puzzmo
* I'm worried about my tableware rotation strategy
* Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennigaldi-Nanna's_museum
* It Was A Coffin That Sang, by Olena Davis
* https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/xBLG36yN.png
Microtopics:
* Instead of giving someone a business card, stamping your information on them so they have ...
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