Episode Archive
274 episodes of Topic Lords since the first episode, which aired on October 28th, 2019.
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114. Memento Maury Povich
December 27th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
elena, maxx
Lords: Maxx and Elena. We discuss Celeste and conflict with oneself vs. acceptance of oneself, the Museum of Jurassic Technology and when it's okay to lie to your audience, human jaw shrinkage, Feeding the Worms, and Linguistics of Swearing and Taboo.
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113. Only You In Particular Can Prevent Forest Fires
December 20th, 2021 | 1 hr 7 mins
april, danny
Lords: April and Danny. We discuss favorite desserts when it's hot out, the horror of almost being older than Princess Diana, Abraham Lincolnland, "I Would Like To Describe" by Zbigniew Herbert, Irish surnames as American girl names, words you misunderstood as a child, and Jordan Mechner calling E.Y. Harburg on the phone.
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112. Getting A Lot Of Vengabus Vibes From This
December 13th, 2021 | 52 mins 17 secs
johnb, jp
Lords this week: JP and John B. We discuss seeing Akira and believing that that's what all anime is like, doppelganger/parodies who exist in the same world as their progenitors, the Tonkachi Editor, and There was an Old Man of St. Bees, by W.S. Gilbert.
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111. Put It In A Vice And Squish It
December 6th, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins
abby, erica
Lords: Erica and Abby. We discuss scale modeling hacks, why nobody should live here, anal sampling mechanism, The Emperor of Ice Cream, and Andrei Tarkovsky: game designer.
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110. There Will Be A Last Tweet
November 29th, 2021 | 58 mins 43 secs
james, tyriq
Lords: James and Tyriq. We discuss nostalgia and how to avoid it, nonogram puzzles, everyone cool leaving the internet, The Village of Reason, and journaling on your phone.
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109. Ultra Rare Cheeto Shaped Like Batman Crying
November 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 8 mins
avery, stevie
Lords: Stevie and Avery. We discuss collectible Cheetos on Ebay, Japanese websites stuck in the 90s, Medieval European and ancient Egyptian philosophy, denatured alcohol, and the unusual puzzles of Star Tropics.
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108. Sitting And Being Angry At Your Phone
November 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 21 mins
mark, shirley
Lords: Mark and Shirley. We discuss neuroscience, fertility tracking, when it turns out that a character in a movie is movie-star hot because it's a plot point, Immortal - Call of the Wintermoon, and Tiktok food trends that are more about elaborate assembly than flavors.
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107. 27 Kilobytes Of Pure Magic
November 8th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
jenni, ryan
Lords: Ryan and Jenni. We discuss video games providing an illusion of competency and how jarring it is when they don't, carcinization, manualism, and playing "AR games" with your own imagination.
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106. Hearses For Snakes
November 1st, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
alex, shannon
Lords: Alex and Shannon. We discuss corn mazes vs. hedge mazes, projectable Halloween decoration animations, Dave Mustaine's chair sleeping incident, Rob Zombie - Dragula, and interactive Halloween costumes.
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105. Ficus On A Leash
October 25th, 2021 | 1 hr 9 mins
chall, tyriq
Lords: Tyriq and Chris. We discuss how cars age vs. how people age, learning the wrong lessons from chilldren's media, BOFH: Servers Under Siege, Korn - Freak on a Leash, whether dreams are boring, and how running is just like walking but faster.
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104. Truck Nut, Singular
October 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
elena, nova
Lords: Elena and Nova. We discuss being a professional matchmaker, The Mother Of All Demos, the wine-dark sea, Starlight Brigade, and challenges in scaling community organizing.
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103. The 303 Beethoven Used
October 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 13 mins
avery, jay
Lords this week: Avery and Jay. We discuss Kowloon Walled City, internet communities gaining a reputation and then changing over time as members mature, the moral cost of the 303 Devilfish clone, KLF's Justified and Ancient, and Cyber Nexus internet cafe in Lakeland Florida and late 1990s internet cafes in general.
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102. I Wouldn't Touch That With A 3.048 Meter Pole
October 4th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
nathan, tyriq
Lords this week: Nathan and Tyriq. We discuss the length of poles with which to not touch things, how bands make money, why the Doom plasma rifle is like that, Yeasayer's Ambling Alp, and why the Metaverse looks so bland.
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101. Flatty The Flat Globe
September 27th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
greg, nick
Lords: Nick and Greg. We discuss anthropomorphized inanimate objects, Quaker names, why car doors get shitty shut, Go West - Call Me, what's on the grill if you're "grillin up some 'good boys,'" and overly complicated navel-gazing plots in video games.
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100. Cold Brew Ham
September 20th, 2021 | 59 mins 23 secs
chris, jenni
Lords: Jenni and Chris. We discuss Lord Chumley, edgelord teens, Lordosis behavior, Lordi - The Riff, Lord Dunsany the metalhead rewilding his estate, and Time Lords.
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99. I Want You To Never Show Me This
September 13th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
mitch, xander
Lords: Mitch and Xander. We discuss what qualifies as a Mario game, spectrum of porcupine tunings by eigenmonzos, the Letter C, finding the light switch in this bed and breakfast, the bizarre CD-ROM game Monty Python made in the 90s, and how Tumblr is almost good.