Episode Archive

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

  • 160. Dracula Never Brushes His Teeth

    November 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins
    elena, shannon

    Lords: Elena and Shannon. We discuss going to Burning Man and not biting your nails, pros and cons of vampirism, twins conjoined at the brain, and "Gray cube, rectangular light," by Clarissa Darling's computer.

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    159. It's Beautiful That We Once Existed

    November 7th, 2022  |  1 hr 6 mins
    cort, kev

    Lords: Kev and Cort. We discuss losing all your memories around age 4, extreme "kids in trench coat" trope scenarios, Krista and Tatiana Hogan, "Autopsy" by Ross Sutherland, Neighbors overplaying the same playlist, and technology making creative expression easier.

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    158. Bark Mitzvah: Where Your Good Boy Becomes A Mensch

    October 31st, 2022  |  1 hr 9 mins
    erica, johnb

    Lords: Erica and John. We discuss the Nancy Drew point and click adventures, garbage food technology, the grunting American Airlines voice, The Cow by Oliver Herford, indie games of the late 90s and early 2000s, and the Some Potatoes Diet.

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    157. The Boy Who Cried ARG

    October 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins
    chall, tyriq

    Lords: Tyriq and Chris. We discuss Jim's Mario videos, enjoying worldbuilding but not storytelling, Bigger Luke, the Green Street Mortuary Marching Band, and phantom kangaroos.

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    156. Society Is Moving In A Direction

    October 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins
    alexicographic, jp

    Lords: Alex and JP. We discuss your gravestone audio clip, counting the beats in eenie-meenie, SoundCcan and the SoundScan Era, the scorched-earth strategy for Lowest Positive Unique Integer, and "leaving beautiful ruins" in a video game.

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    155. Do AI Researchers Know About Having Kids?

    October 10th, 2022  |  58 mins 20 secs
    jude, shepard

    Lords: Jude and Shepard. We discuss the attention schema model of consciousness, studying a children's picture book in academia because it was successfully banned out of existence, your favorite floor cocktail, Ode to Waluigi, whether generations used to be a thing, and remembering what the mnemonic is but not what it is supposed to remind you.

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    154. QWERTY In The Streets, Colemak In The Sheets

    October 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 17 mins
    stevie, tyriq

    Lords: Tyriq and Stevie. We discuss striped humans, teaching yourself to type in new horrible ways, where did I get these floppy disk poems, and how to give a tech talk.

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    153. I Can't Wait For My Cockroach Lipids

    September 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins
    avery, james

    Lords: James and Avery. We discuss stone paper, The Flashing Blade, The Number Ones, King of the River, and cockroach milk.

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    152. National Butterscotch Pudding Day's Eve

    September 19th, 2022  |  1 hr 24 secs
    alex, shannon

    Lords: Alex and Shannon. Topics: Rebranding a Country, The single-celled dog, Joe Hart still hasn't cleared out the vampire dens, i hate it when i cant even write a poem about something because its too obvious, and National Butterscotch Pudding Day.

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    151. A Fantastic Way To Escape From Your Loved Ones

    September 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins
    adam, mike

    Lords: Mike and Adam. We discuss cooking, profound kid questions, Mr. Jaws, Distant Regard by Tony Hoagland, and having very tight standards that you hold in one part of your creative life that you totally ignore in other parts.

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    150. Your Honking Monotoe

    September 5th, 2022  |  1 hr 1 min
    jenni, tyriq

    Lords: Jenni and Tyriq. We discuss Hot Topic, toe picks, Topical medication, why they call it a Topic bar, Test of Proficiency in Korean, and Topic Records.

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    149. Croc Nutz

    August 29th, 2022  |  1 hr 6 mins
    david, erica

    Lords: Erica and David. We discuss a partnership between you and a tool, Schmalhausen and Vernadsky, whether a wedge is a machine and what to do about it, "The Poetry Teacher" by Mary Oliver, and drinking vinegar.

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    148. Dual-Wielding Ingresses

    August 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 8 mins
    cishetkayfaber, phone

    Lords: CisHetKayFaber and Phone. We discuss Japanese adult video titles, 3DS Street Pass, service at Lou's Cafe, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, and people that do things.

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    147. Part-Time Cryptids

    August 15th, 2022  |  1 hr 4 secs
    laura, nick4

    Lords: Laura and Nick. We discuss how to fix pooping, The Hobbit: Dopemoker Edition, Gato Gonzales and the Guts Pose, "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop, Twitter's UI changing Top Three and Top Five into Top Four, and how to cope with growing a millimeter taller every week.

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    146. If You Can't Pay The Time, Don't Do The Feet Liking

    August 8th, 2022  |  48 mins 35 secs
    maxx, nelson

    Lords: Maxx and Nelson. We discuss how many how many random numbers you can dial before you contact someone who is expecting you, pocket versions of your art, the Dave Matthews Band Chicago River Incident, and So You Want to be a Writer, by Charles Bukowski.

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    145. A Visceral Tobacco Consumption Experience

    August 1st, 2022  |  1 hr 54 secs
    hallie, john

    Lords: Hallie and John. We discuss finding value in shared imagined spaces and worlds outside of religious contexts, final Fantasy Challenge: Zero Story; and other vaporware games & mods of which no record exists on the internet, streaming movies on Youtube, and Canterbury Tales General Prologue, by Geoffrey Chaucer.