About the show

Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week.

Episodes

  • 205. It's Cool To Get A Letter

    September 25th, 2023  |  1 hr 8 mins
    diener, john

    Lords: Alex and John. We discuss spending four days fasting in the woods, having twins, the Zelda 1 second quest, and "Now the World has Gone to Bed" by Marvin.

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    204. Defrag My Colon

    September 18th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 mins
    chkf, johnb

    Lords: JohnB and CisHetKayFaber. We discuss the human body's similarity to shitty software, the origin of hiccups, books about video games that aren't strategy guides, untitled by Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz, and TV shows that have inspired original mathematics.

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    203. Only Girls Get Duck Combs For Christmas

    September 11th, 2023  |  1 hr 8 mins
    chkf, phone

    Lords: CisHetKayFaber and Phone. We discuss Metal Gear Solid, children being unable to enjoy things, this extremely specific list of danger signs, Bank Account by Louis Cole, and technical beliefs which may be regarded as superstition but are true to your experience.

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    202. Tim Was My Jim

    September 4th, 2023  |  1 hr 15 mins
    mark, shirley

    Lords: Mark and Shirley. We discuss why the city gets to decide what is a weed, learning to program as a cheat code for work, poop epidemiology, Insomnolence by Charles Rafferty, and buying food items labeled in a foreign language.

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    201. Don't Be Distressed, It's Just Australia

    August 28th, 2023  |  1 hr 5 mins
    alex, shannon

    Lords: Alex and Shannon. We discuss tree law, Tax Heaven 3000, the trick where you hold two fingers in front of your face and hallucinate a disembodied third finger, Outbreaks by Kitchen McKeown, and the best food byproducts.

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    200. My Banana Has Bones

    August 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 7 mins
    jenni, tyriq

    Lords: Jenni and Tyriq. We discuss King Leonardo and His Short Subjects, Nervous Subject, Subject Zero, On the Subject of Poetry By W. S. Merwin, royal subjects, and Subject 13.

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    199. The Hum Of The Universe Sounded Like A Bug Zapper

    August 14th, 2023  |  1 hr 17 mins
    april, ryan

    Lords: April and Ryan. We discuss puzzle games you don't understand, rotating food by 90 degrees before eating it, The Shaggs, Instructions for Traveling West, and songs where we ignore how weird they are because they're famous already.

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    198. I'm Not Leaving Until Someone Sequences This Cup Of Spit

    August 7th, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins
    avery, maxx

    Lords: Maxx and Avery. We discuss change ringing, the differences between American and Japanese robotics teams, the internet rug, Look What We Found in the Park in the Dark, and grandma giving you a world's best grandma mug.

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    197. It's No Moist Shit, But I'll Eat It

    July 31st, 2023  |  58 mins 24 secs
    diana, mikel

    Lords: Mikel and Diana. We discuss banishment as a legal punishment, why it's so hard for apes to admit they're wrong, Minesweeper speed running, Sometime During Eternity, marsupial reproduction, Venture Bros., and the origin of dungeons.

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    196. Active Time Battle Internet Relay Chat

    July 24th, 2023  |  1 hr 11 mins
    john, johnb

    Lords: John and John. We discuss juxtaposition, farewell to Cheap Bots Done Quick, the Temple of Apshai manual, "Seen and Not Seen" by Talking Heads, and the new Zelda game several weeks in.

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    195. Persian Castle Day At The Climbing Gym

    July 17th, 2023  |  52 mins 5 secs
    alexicographic, kev

    Lords: Alexicographic and Kev. We discuss whether sports are good, haunted articles of clothing, burrito R&D, Casey at the Bat, becoming a VTuber after losing a bet, and TV show mixtapes

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    194. How Good It Was, To Have A Toe

    July 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 19 mins
    danny, dwaley

    Lords: Danny and Danny. We discuss redundancy of song lyrics, renaming perfect fourths and fifths, Mark Salud's "Forever in Summer," Upon Julia's Clothes, Oh yes, celebrity deaths getting out of control, and ZZT achievements.

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    193. Pull Down Your Murphy Toilet

    July 3rd, 2023  |  58 mins 13 secs
    elena, quil

    Lords: Elena and Quil. We discuss Human Pudding, and why popular media can't depict bad art, only bad taste, getting a van, corporate art, and Lamentation Upon Surveying the Destruction of a Battlefield by Everett Patterson.

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    192. The Prime Number Shitting Bear

    June 26th, 2023  |  1 hr 6 mins
    charlie, chkf

    Lords: CisHetKayfaber and Charlie. We discuss umbrellas, siphons, and other physical things that seem like hacky bullshit but actually work,
    articulating the shape of your internal cause-and-effect network and applying it as a learning superpower, archipelago.gg, and why a skill is less valued the more we love it

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    191. Carbonated Cream Of Mushroom Latte

    June 19th, 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins
    chall, wacy

    Lords: Chris and Wacy. We discuss crafting little guys, negotiating how to play Zelda together, cream of mushroom latte, ChatGPT's poem about Zelda, and climbing real rocks.

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    190. The Linguistic Eggplant-Dick Collapse

    June 12th, 2023  |  56 mins 11 secs
    hallie, tyriq

    Lords: Tyriq and Hallie. We discuss clues for secrets nearby, kids on TV hating leftovers, smartphone sales declining 11% in 2022 while sales of flip phones double, The Road Not Taken, what will emoji look like in 100 years?, and a conspiracy regarding the shape of hand-held supermarket baskets.