Episode Archive
235 episodes of Topic Lords since the first episode, which aired on October 28th, 2019.
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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.
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98. That's Content, Baby!
September 6th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
christine, hallie
Lords: Hallie and Christine. We discuss where you lost your glasses, nighttime as the time of abstract possibility and imagination, this huge tub of homemade toum, Turn Down For What, and modern TV re-discovering the episodic format.
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97. A Clearly Marked Hellhole
August 30th, 2021 | 58 mins 12 secs
jon, tina
Lords: Tina and Slothy. We discuss what indie devs think AAA is like, my cousin the astronaut, finding an ad for a medicare scam in my drafts folder, the Knuckle Mnemonic, Ted Lasso, and my post-burnout solo European vacation with a guy who had illicit keys to Notre Dame.
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96. Get Down With Some Bugs
August 23rd, 2021 | 51 mins 50 secs
kev, quil
Lords: Kev and Quil. We discuss ephemeral digital music, guesting on a podcast you listen to, a Bug Mars update, Dancing in the Street, and introducing video games to an adult who has never heard of video games.
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95. The Florida Of Canada
August 16th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
erica, maxx
Lords: Maxx and Erica. We discuss things chewed as a youth, begging Jim to use a sharp knife, explaining Canadian floating feet, being convinced by spoilers that you'd like the work, the tallest people we've met, and Egg the Arts Show.
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94. We're All Pet Shop Boys Now
August 9th, 2021 | 54 mins 3 secs
james, tyriq
Lords: James and Tyriq. We discuss the ravens of Golden Gate Park, destroying the moon, the Novation Circuit, and Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing.
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93. A Medical Advice Podcast
August 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
april, mara
Lords: Mara and April. We discuss Frog and Toad core, what we would do with a bonus room in your house, saving a cat before realizing you saved the cat, pleasing the interstellar community of sapient intelligences, how to teach children to hate ads without hating all knowledge, Murder She Wrote, and asafoetida powder.
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92. Tomb Of The Spider-Men
July 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 sec
abby, johnb
Lords this week: Abby and John B. We discuss the 1998 Tips & Tricks Magazine Video Game Codebook, Grease 2 and the 60s Superman musical, Tower of Druaga, and Cibo Matto - Sugar Water.