Hat Of Many Things
A podcast with random discussion topics drawn from a hat. Hosted by Tom & Mike.
Episodes
Tom & Mike discuss their lives in lockdown, some big life changes and plans for Season 2. Make sure to get involved by voting on our next topic or by suggesting your own.
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TOPICS
- [0:00] Intro
- [4:53] Dog Diversion
- [7:33] New Ho...
Lisa replaces Mike and joins Wade & Tom to discuss all things dinosaurs! From dino DNA to the most atrocious dinosaurs in pop-culture…
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TOPICS
- [00:00] Intro
- [1:41] Definitions
- [8:05] Iguana-wrong
- [9:55] Mary Annin...
Kenny joins Mike & Tom to discuss the Three Kingdoms period in China.
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TOPICS
- [00:00] Intro
- [02:55] Dynasty Warriors
- [06:18] Fact Versus Fiction
- [09:13] Chinese Politics pre-Three Kingdoms
- [34:18] Lu ...
Part 2 of 2: Tom and Mike are joined by Rob (from Unparliamentary Language) and Texas Dave to discuss all things sport. Will they convince Tom to like or even try sports?
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TOPICS
- Intro [0:00]
- Balls with Rackets [0:26]
- Kick Punchin...
Part 1 of 2: Tom and Mike are joined by Rob (from Unparliamentary Language) and Texas Dave to discuss all things sport. Will they convince Tom to like or even try sports?
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LINKS
- YouTube: As Long As We Beat the English
- YouTube: Fans celebrate E...
With Mike away Tom is joined by Wade (of Mish Mash Mayhem) to discuss flying! Wade talks about his times stuck in helicopters and they both offer some tips for flying as well as the funniest airline safety videos.
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LINKS
- Oxford Dictionaries: Flying
- Wikipedia: Turboprop
- YouTube: BA Flight Safety Video
- YouTube: Virgin Atlantic Flight Saf...
Tom and Mike are joined by Tom Harrison of Shuffle Quest fame to discuss RPG Streams and Shows. Followed by a Q&A about GM-ing a different RPG system every week and other tidbits about Shuffle Quest.
SPOILERS for Shuffle Quest from 1:24:30-1:32:31.
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LINKS
- Tom Harrison: @TomHarrison19
- Shuffle Quest: @ShuffleQuest
- Oglaf: Trapmaster ...
Tom and Mike are joined by Jason Carl and Juhana Pettersson from White Wolf to discuss what makes a good Player Character in RPGs as well as news of the upcoming V5 (Vampire 5th Edition) release.
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LINKS
- Jason Carl: https://twitter.com/vampiresnvino
- Juhana Pettersson: http://www.juhanapettersson.com/
- YouTube: Travis Willingham: Lessons in being ...
Tom and Mike discuss all things musicals: what is a musical? what is the history of the musical? Which ones have made the most money? How many got a Tony, Tony, Toonyyyyy!?
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Links
Portrayal of East Asians in American Film and Theatre
Tom and Mike are joined by Leah and Oli to discuss Transhumanism: what is it? what will replace us? should we be worried?
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LINKS
Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age by Bill McKibben
Foreign Policy: Transhumanism
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
CGP Grey: Fable of the Dragon Tyrant
Tom and Mike are joined by Wade & Asday to discuss Speedrunning video games.
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Links
Pokémon World Record Progression
Watch for Rolling Rocks Half-a-press (Mario 64 TAS)
Tom and Mike are joined by Jack & Buddy to discuss Kingdom Death Monster, the ridiculously large, boutique board game.
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Links
Attribution
Recording engineer: Crai...
Tom and Mike are joined by Satyros Brucato to discuss Roleplaying games (Part 2 of 2). We discuss Gaming Communities, Kickstarter, Intellectual Property and Mature Settings.
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Links
Tom and Mike are joined by Satyros Brucato to discuss Roleplaying games (Part 1 of 2). Satyros Brucato is one of the authors of Mage the Ascension and has written RPGs for over 20 years.
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Links
Tom and Mike are joined by Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain to discuss Esports and League of Legends.
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Links
Dejarik (Star Wars Chess)
Esports beats sports viewers myth
National Student Roleplaying and Wargaming Championships
Attribution
Tom and Mike are joined by Rob to discuss Brexit. What is it? What's happening? Who are we? Who are they? Does anybody know what we're doing??
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Links
Always a Problem Waiting in the Wings (The economy in the 70's)
Mike and Tom discuss all things Christmas! A slightly delayed special.
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Links
I Won't Be Home for Christmas by Blink 182
Killing Myself for Christmas by Sick Puppies
What's This? covered by Fallout Boy
A Christmas to Remember by Liam's Dad
Christmas Gets Worse Every Year by The Other Guys
Artificial Tannenbaum, finest German engineering
Yule Logs (n...
Tom and Mike discuss music.
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Links
5 Rock Stars Who Are Secretly Musical Geniuses (i.e. that Bill and Ted solo was Nuno Bettencourt)
That Time Final Fantasy Ditched Nintendo For Sony (Mike was right)
Tom and Mike list their Top 5 movies.
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Links
The Longest Day Cast (Not Sean Connery's first film but early on in his career)
5 Reasons Die Hard Is The Best Christmas Movie Ever Made
Movie Lists
[Spoilers fo...
Tom and Mike discuss Game of Thrones Season 7.
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Links
The Neil deGrasse Tyson video is missing. Enjoy Faster then the Speed of Light by Raven instead.
Ed Sheeran on Game of Thrones.
The known world - a GoT map.
"...and increase the plot of this movie."
Alan Taylor explains the timeline in 'Beyond the Wall'
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