Episode Archive

264 episodes of Topic Lords since the first episode, which aired on October 28th, 2019.

  • 88. The Horned Lizard's Final Defense

    June 28th, 2021  |  1 hr 12 mins
    ryan, tyriq

    Lords: Tyriq and Ryan. We discuss whether animals know things and how to find out, invisibility's place on the superpower totem pole, fixing concert videos where the audience claps on 1 and 3, Toxic by Britney Spears, and replacing your least favorite mundane tool or technology.

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    87. Fraudl With An Umlaut

    June 21st, 2021  |  52 mins 56 secs
    chrism, sam

    Lords: Sam and Chris. We discuss our inability to think about space-time, non-transitive dice, the court ruling that X-Men aren't human, learning English by talking about diarrhea, and figuring out how to talk to neurotypical people.

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    86. Dad Boy Prime And The Shadow of Grung

    June 14th, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min
    brayton, gary

    Lords: Gary and Brayton. We discuss the Spirit Halloween Youtube channel, drugs we don't want to try, a list of people's favorite mugs, Devo - Theme from Doctor Detroit, undocumented game mechanics, and undead goals.

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    85. Corsets For Snakes

    June 7th, 2021  |  1 hr 9 mins
    alex, shannon

    Lords: Alex and Shannon. We discuss playing escape rooms remotely, the best and worst parts of camping, shutting off the PC speaker as a service, Call Me By Your Name, and whether "The Birds" is the first genre zombie film.

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    84. Whirling Away Into The Unhearable

    May 31st, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins
    erica, micah

    Lords: Erica, Micah. We discuss hidden object games, redesigning the human body, excusing yourself, Beastie Boys - Sabotage, Ryan Reynolds and the Deadpool Cinematic Universe, and watching Shakespeare.

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    83. The Wide World Of Pores

    May 24th, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min
    avery, stevie

    Lords: Stevie and Avery. We discuss fish milk, boats, Angle Grinder Man, the Safety Dance, music generated by food, and the sad Greek tragedy of Ron and Leo Gallagher.

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    82. Breadless French Toast a la Dig Dug

    May 17th, 2021  |  59 mins 29 secs
    cornell, hallie

    Lords: Chris and Hallie. We discuss Sylveon, savory French toast, briefcases, Detective Pikachu, and the ethics of making a robot daughter.

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    81. The Pianist-Oboist War

    May 10th, 2021  |  50 mins 1 sec
    amanda, xander

    Lords: Alexander and Amanda. We discuss sci-fi stories that are just reskins of stuff that already happens, ancient bitcoin, that time Wienerschnitzel actually served schnitzel, first encountering a song through parody, and bad habits that adventure games teach you.

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    80. Xenogears Disc 3 For Smash

    May 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins
    jp, styger

    Lords: Styger and JP. We discuss food as fan fiction, the most unexpected CD to be launched from the face of the Cenobite from Hellraiser 3 that launches CDs out of his face, mandolin slicers, Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr., the oldest food you've eaten, why pigeons love nacho cheese, and a list of every move in every Mario game.

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    79. Loose Meat Krispie Treats

    April 26th, 2021  |  1 hr 16 mins
    diener, john

    Lords: John and Alex. We discuss Blaseball: the Musical, keeping the spirit of invention alive, mixing things into ground turkey, As Slow As Possible, existing outside the school system, and the experience of getting glasses.

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    78. Uvula Hadouken

    April 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins
    april, brendon, laura

    Lords: Laura and Brendon and special guest April. Topics: Home Depot Battle Royale, improving teeth, workshopping a joke about a cat's name, Chickens turn into crocodiles, how to fix queueing in Westworld, and your new pandemic skills.

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    77. A Vocal Quirk Of Your Mind (For Other People)

    April 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 8 mins
    chall, tyriq

    Lords: Tyriq, Chris. We discuss revisiting Game Maker, our anime/JRPG vocal quirks, electric showers, the music video for "Someday" by Weval, and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.

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    76. The Validity Of Converting Songs To Buildings

    April 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 12 mins
    aaron, maxx

    Lords: Maxx and Aaron. We discuss emotionally correct magic logic, our favorite captchas, AI-remastered Rick Astley, Kegel-based video games, and responsible creativity.

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    75. Just Yawn It Out, Brah

    March 29th, 2021  |  1 hr 9 mins
    alicia, ryan

    Lords: Ryan and Alicia. We discuss throw pillows, why yawning is considered a sign of boredom, art packs/music disks, trying to play every CRPG in chronological order, and whether listening to an audio book is "reading."

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    74. The Beef Bar

    March 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins
    avery, stevie

    Lords: Avery and Stevie. We discuss bad public art, the purpose of t-rex arms, Doom 1.0's proto-VR mode, and philosophical questions and concepts you independently discovered as a child regardless of how well-equipped you may or may not have been to explore them in depth.

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    73. 100 Free Pulls For Your Left Kidney

    March 15th, 2021  |  1 hr 11 mins
    max, ryan

    Lords: Max and Ryan. We discuss the fascination with miniature things, things people assume about you, how to fix speed runs, games you love but wish you didn't, motion smoothing, why hippos hate humans, and a restaurant where all the glasses are the same size but if you order a large it gets poured out of a 55 gallon drum and if you order a small it gets filled with an eye dropper.