Episode Archive

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

  • 188. An Extremely Gendered Sniper Rifle

    May 29th, 2023  |  57 mins 47 secs
    erica, maxx

    Lords: Maxx and Erica. We discuss zines and jam games, birding in the pandemic, itinerant filmmakers, and "Meditation on Capitalism."

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    187. The Second-Best Whale Playground In Emeryville

    May 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 8 mins
    cort, stephan

    Lords: Cort and Stephan. We discuss asymmetrical USB-C cables, playground improvement over the last decade, bedtime guitar, Where the Wild Things Are, classic game hardware as a kind of virtual console, and constructing a computing environment as a nested series of cages for a child to escape

  • 186. ADHD Shame Graveyard Of Browser Tabs

    May 15th, 2023  |  59 mins 54 secs
    benwilson, tim

    Lords: Tim and Ben. We discuss Thursday Night, finding your favorite music, never shipping a game and just playtesting forever, Fine Feather, having lots of browser tabs open, and secrets in Super Mario World

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    185. 2000-Year-Old Head, Again??

    May 8th, 2023  |  1 hr 33 secs
    dannyb, kim

    Lords: Danny and Kim. We discuss Animorphs, Danny's tech support needs, Youtube channels that summarize movies like Cliff's Notes, CatGPT, M3gan/technology horror movies, and not getting points in Super Mario World

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    184. Times New Orange

    May 1st, 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins
    alexicographic, andrew

    Lords: Alexicographic and Andrew. We discuss what 3 foods are pairwise good but bad all together, talking loudly during movie trailers as an act of anticapitalist subversion, the truth about Moon Mode, The Orange by Wendy Cope, learning Italian from a cartoon dog, being able to identify McElroy fans by how they complement my woodworking, and List of Video Games Considered Artistic

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    183. The Radioactive Scone Problem

    April 24th, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min
    john, quil

    Lords: John and Quil. We discuss playing a Zelda game before it's spoiled on the internet, RCA's implementation of color TV, the guy next to Jim on BART, 1961 by Robert Lowell, and every civilization independently inventing dumplings.

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    182. Baby Baby Mario

    April 17th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins
    chris, jenni

    Lords: Jenni and Chris. We discuss sleepovers and latchkey kids, the movie adaptation of Jurassic Park 2, the VR episode of Nowhere Man, the space battle over Nuremberg in 1561, &c.

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    181. My Own Personal Kennedy Assassination

    April 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins
    avery, tyriq

    Lords: Avery and Tyriq. We discuss Adam the Giant, Heathcliff, novelty metal covers about Truly Scrumptious / Doll on a Music Box, and The Phone Call by James Tate.

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    180. We Are All Stardust Poop

    April 3rd, 2023  |  1 hr 1 sec
    adam, ichiro

    Lords: Ichiro and Adam. We discuss leaning to animate by watching cartoons, Totally Human Rapper, Frog Fractions banned from AGDQ, "Frog Fractions" by Totally Human Rapper, and Tiny Mass Games small games cycle.

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    179. Get Bad

    March 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins
    alex, shannon

    Lords: Alex and Shannon. We discuss reading music badly, guessing the animal from bad old-timey description, how to pronounce "MacPaint," a poem in the options of a Tumblr poll, and airport teleportation.

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    178. The Lathe Of Kojima

    March 20th, 2023  |  1 hr 6 mins
    cishetkayfaber, phone

    Lords: CisHetKayfaber and Phone. We discuss calculus ruining incremental games, small form factor PCs, HDR, Ode to Ice Cream by Vada Sultenfuss, and Metal Gear Solid 2: the most important game of 2023.

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    177. An Episode Your Landlord Should Not Listen To

    March 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins
    alicia, ryan

    Lords: Alicia and Ryan. We discuss: Seattle's reaction to snow vs the Bay Area's reaction to rain, would you rather fart bones once a month or have Goldeneye "big head mode" on in real life for a year, Moral philosophy lessons from the California DMV, Nancy, and common everyday items that make you mentally "time travel."

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    176. A Diglett Slightly Tan

    March 6th, 2023  |  54 mins 28 secs
    hallie, johnb

    Lords: Hallie and John B. We discuss tabletop RPGs as educational platform, Flicky-likes, Etch A Sketch Animator 2000, My Brother's Head Should Be Replaced by Jack Prelutsky, and Buff Diglett.

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    175. This Movie Has Marky Mark In It

    February 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 14 mins
    erica, jesse

    Lords: Erica and Jesse. We discuss the Spanish word that can't be spelled, Disco Elysium, Clue ||: Murder in Disguise, All of the Words on a Bottle of Rolling Rock Beer in a Different Order, this year's beast of a Mystery Hunt, and shareable alarms.

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    174. Occam's Raccoon

    February 20th, 2023  |  1 hr 5 mins
    chall, xander

    Lords: Chris and Alexander. We discuss words with similar sounds and meanings but no etymological relation, virtual marble runs with guns, the broom method of dealing with a hydrogen leak, a poem by Dr. Seuss, the Loveland Frog, and ghosts are real: what are the economic consequences?

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    173. How Much Anxiety Does Your Car Have?

    February 13th, 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins
    maxx, tyriq

    Lords: Maxx and Tyriq. We discuss Nancy and having a continuous tone for a hundred years, recommendations, adding trinkets to other people's time capsules, and A Psalm for the Wild-Built.