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

  • 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.

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    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.