Episode Archive

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

  • 144. Vultures Who Know The Difference (Between Sugar And Aspartame)

    July 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 12 mins
    jesse, johnb

    Lords: JohnB and Jesse. We discuss Wario 64, bringing back Dogme 95, Seeking Mr. Eaten's Name again, This is Just to Say, by William Carlos Williams, outdoor pop machines, and Godzilla.

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    143. Your Face Is Looking A Little Impact Resistant

    July 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 4 mins
    chall, jenni

    Lords: Chall and Jenni. We discuss frogs that leap without knowing how to land, the charachorder, speedrun health hazards, Bananas Bananas by Greg, the Chicago Bean, and walkin'-around videogames.

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    142. Threatjazz

    July 11th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins
    ben, tyriq

    Lords: Ben and Tyriq. We discuss what occupations are closest to adventuring, getting a tattoo as motivation to be healthier, playing instruments with your hands vs. with your mouth, The Mushroom Hunters, putting butter in food, and the sad nonexistence of Violence/Threat Jazz.

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    141. Toast In Its Original Format

    July 4th, 2022  |  1 hr 6 mins
    avery, jesse

    Lords: Avery and Jesse. We discuss Laserdisc, tracing the lineage of racehorses on Wikipedia, bread too wide to fit in toasters, "In my Dream, I am a Man," and variants of bowling, now mostly lost to history, which are like glimpses into possible worlds metaphysically close to our own.

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    140. The Most Edible Petrochemical

    June 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins
    johnb, kevin

    Lords: Kevin and John. We discuss reading the other headlines on newspapers in films that flash on screen solely for the headline, the Game Boy Camera, best Halloween candy: candy corn or pumpkin-shaped candy corn?, "Icarus" by Edward Field, and Douglas Hofstadter.

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    139. She Died As A Space Racist

    June 20th, 2022  |  58 mins 36 secs
    devonin, shepard

    Lords: Dan and Shepard. We discuss playing narrative games exactly once, when life is like an adventure game, Sleng Teng Riddim, Tyger! Tyger!, going to college on the internet, beating your dad at scrabble finally, and traffic jams.

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    138. From Infracheddar To Ultrableu

    June 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 44 secs
    elena, xander

    Lords: Elena and Alexander. We discuss hosting a party vs. going to the party, the Pearl Jam Liner Notes method of writing first drafts, Lagrange Point Lasagna, Ode on the Longitude, the theory of spontaneous generation, Sunday Roasts, and diagnosing Jim's tongue.

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    137. Burying The Machete (So Nobody Can Open The Coconuts)

    June 6th, 2022  |  1 hr 16 mins
    april, john

    Lords: John and April. We discuss playing GTA V in lieu of hiking in California, embroidery, jokes that 3-year-olds tell, Moondrop's Tale, Survivor, and why Twitter keeps recommending Russell Crowe.

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    136. Thanks For Inventing Dengue Fever, Mark Rosewater

    May 30th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins
    erica, jenni

    Lords: Erica and Jenni. We discuss the Talenti Cup System, decentralizing social media, what 3-year-olds know about peeing in the woods, Mark Rosewater-designed devil fruits, and decarbonizing the language.

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    135. I've Been A Bad, Bad French

    May 23rd, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins
    fred, nate

    Lords: Nate and Fred. We discuss rice cookers playing music, competition in a utopia, Hot Ice, Cool Sounds, Goblin Time, whether the D&D-themed Nerds marketing campaign is good for D&D, and convincing the four horsemen to hire you as fifth horseman.

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    134. A Bad Case Of Footmouse

    May 16th, 2022  |  1 hr 55 secs
    maxx, michael

    Lords: Maxx and Michael. We discuss World's Greatest Author Chuck Tingle, ways of making moving easier, melatonin parenting decisions, and fjf.

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    133. Every Tumbleweed Is An Antique

    May 9th, 2022  |  1 hr 1 min
    avery, duncan

    Lords: Duncan and Avery. We discuss the golden age of belt buckles, someone asking if you remember Tetris, the JVC PocketMail, The Prelude, by Matthew Zapruder, hyperspecific collections, and Yiwum, the city in China that produces 60% of all the Christmas decorations in the world.

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    132. A Miserable Pile Of Knuckles

    May 2nd, 2022  |  50 mins 54 secs
    cort, jenni

    Lords: Jenni and Cort. We discuss novel uses for hundreds of surplus ceramic clown statues, thinking about household stuff as a system you can design to meet your needs instead of a cultural lifestyle obligation, Sidetalkin', Big Black Elephant, giving people a video game so they can paradigm shift, and games or sports that started out as fictional, but that people actually play.

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    131. GDC Santa Rides Again

    April 25th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins
    kev, mike

    Lords: Mike and Kev. We discuss embracing creative chaos is very hard but paradoxically extremely common, thanatosensitivity, GDC, Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy By Thomas Lux, and Being left handed in a right handed world.

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    130. Gilding The Lemur

    April 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 12 mins
    stevie, tyriq

    Lords: Tyriq and Stevie. We discuss watching TAS videos and wondering how much of what is happening is necessary vs flourish, if Jeff Bezos wanted to create Jurassic Park, dipping fruit in chocolate, Strong Men, Riding Horses by Gwendolyn Brooks, and the creators of Earthworm Jim: Where are they now?

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    129. Yet Another Country Where They Don't Pee

    April 11th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins
    alex, shannon

    Lords: Alex and Shannon. We discuss regional Trash animals, dynamic water features, the Pee Pee Dance's Wikipedia absence, The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe, recipe essentialism,
    and Sei Shonagon's Hateful Things.