Topic Lords

Topics don't stand a chance!

About the show

Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week.

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Episodes

  • 248. The Ephemeral Nature Of Digital Fish Food

    July 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins
    elena, nathalie

    Lords: Elena and Nathalie. We discuss fish-based screensavers, fire safety, the Aquarium and the Glass Harmonica, I Am Running Into A New Year by Lucille Clifton, and going to Japan.

  • 247. Fish That Scrutinize; Fish That Rubberneck

    July 15th, 2024  |  1 hr 15 mins
    alex, shannon

    Lords: Alex and Shannon. We discuss spending less on food and it tasting better, the jizz of a bird, the Cosmic Call, Line Fishing by Daniel Kahaulelio, how to order coffee in Malaysia, and physically rolling dice.

  • 246. Send An Envelope Of Guacamole For Analysis

    July 8th, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins

    Lords: Jay and Alex. We discuss Mexican food outside of San Diego, releasing your first commercial video game, the being an uncle of camping, Skyscrapers by Matt Haig, and attempting to preserve 40 years' worth of personal data.

  • 245. It Was You, Old Man Molyneux!

    July 1st, 2024  |  1 hr 13 mins
    ben, nicholas

    Lords: Ben and Nicholas. We discuss sending treats from Australia to Canada, the terrible UX of live sports, Games Buddha Would Not Play, I Continue to Dream by Langston Hughes, and being overly patriotic and repping the national identity but only when around foreigners

  • 244. Get Gimbal Locked, Dean!

    June 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 8 mins
    daniel, dicey

    Lords: Daniel and Andrew. We discuss hyperthymesia, Animal Well, "Twinbeard" is the name of the Helldivers 2 community manager, spam about house flipping, and whether game developers should "soak themselves" in games.

  • 243. Welcome To The Elder Zone

    June 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins
    andrew, tyriq

    Lords: Andrew and Tyriq. We discuss the Church of the SubGenius, making FreeCell vs. playing FreeCell, how do we get to a place where our primary tool for productivity is not also our primary avenue of distraction? and "<3 Team Schiff", by Team Schiff

  • 242. Malware For Labyrinths

    June 10th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins
    jp, maxx

    Lords: Maxx and JP. We discuss different kinds of "changing your mind" in creative work, what texture clouds are, Infinity Island, Sleep by Jorge Luis Borges, and Chippendale Mupps and the slowest nerves.

  • 241. Brad Garrett Must Eat!

    June 3rd, 2024  |  59 mins 11 secs
    abby, pat

    Lords: Abby and Pat. We discuss the pear scene, capsule machines vs. claw games, designing UIs for TV, and This be the Verse, by Philip Larkin.

  • 240. Who Was Emily Dickinson Owning?

    May 27th, 2024  |  1 hr 50 secs
    jp, shepard

    Lords: JP and Shepard. We discuss Microsoft adding a good feature to Office, favorite DOS game soundtracks, the Balatro Discourse, and Faith is a Fine Invention by Emily Dickinson

  • 239. Public Universal Snoopy

    May 20th, 2024  |  50 mins 13 secs
    abi, eva

    Lords: Abi and Eva. We discuss the year of Snoopy girls, whether living fossils are better than the rest of us, Helious, Certain Women, emulators on iOS, and Public Universal Friend.

  • 238. Talk To Me Like A Doctor Who Gives A Shit

    May 13th, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins
    chkf, jenni

    Lords: CisHetKayfaber and Jenni. We discuss weird game foley, finding out about pop culture when it shows up in ASMR videos, seeing the eclipse, He peels off my clothes like a starving man would peel an orange, by Sharon Cherski, and generational punctuation differences.

  • 237. Through The Pooping Glass

    May 6th, 2024  |  1 hr 13 mins
    avery, chall

    Lords: Avery and Chris. We discuss cross-country skiing, putting art where advertising usually goes, running Pico-8 on a Raspberry Pi, The Day I Fell Down the Toilet, and snow being a million different things.

  • 236. Your Child Is About The Size Of A Game Boy Advance

    April 29th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    mark, shirley

    Lords: Mark and Shirley. We discuss Egypt sweater, whether we want Indy to save Elsa, Kazim, Portrait of my Brother as Indiana Jones, the hardest brownface to swallow, whether pits of snakes are good circus attractions, and closing yourself in a giant box on a motorcycle.

  • 235. Ennui Golf

    April 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins
    jenni, nelson

    Lords: Jenni and Xalavier. We discuss centaur internal organs, adapting unlikely horror franchises, whether boomerangs work, Serious KAAAND, game mascots as sexual avatars of their creators, and The Ted Dabney Experience.

  • 234. Plunge Correctly For High Score

    April 15th, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins
    johnb, kevin

    Lords: JohnB and Kevin. We discuss Don Quixote, the Time Life Mysteries of the Unknown series, whether phones need to ring, Desiderata by Max Ehrmann, and whether pinball is supposed to be fun.

  • 233. A Huge Pile Of Gold You Just Use To Shoot Porn On

    April 8th, 2024  |  1 hr 12 mins
    aaron, jonah

    Lords: Jonah and AC. We discuss listening to music backwards, decentralized manufacturing, other terms like "foodies" to describe those who are super into universal bodily functions, The Bathroom Line, by Jesse Thurston and playtesting Legos.