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    <title>Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Austin”</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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  <title>309. Shaking Ass to Music for Airports</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Lords: Megan and Austin. We discussed going for very long walks, "elevated" horror, Every 5x5 Nonogram Section 303, NPC Dialog Test by Nintendo Europe, breakfast dogma, and not wanting to make shitpost music because people might like it more than your regular music.</itunes:subtitle>
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* Megan
  * https://www.megancarnesmusic.com/
* Austin
  * https://austinmwav.com/
Topics:
* Going for a super long walk is amazing
* "Elevated" horror is a sham
* I was there when Every 5x5 Nonogram section 303 finished
* NPC Dialog Test by Nintendo Europe #NintendoEurope
  * https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1863976914349621280
* My breakfast dogma
* Not bringing my shitpost music/mashup ideas to life because I'm afraid they'll be more popular than my actual music
Microtopics:
* Music for films and video games. 
* The Paper Labyrinths theme. 
* Feeding your cats and yourself. 
* Exercising, drinking water, you know, all of the worst things.
* Explaining to the doctor that you're depressed and he asks if you've been eating well and exercising and you say "no, because I've been depressed."
* Turning 35 and becoming interested in birds.
* Shazam for birds. 
* Birdpilled and Avianmaxxing.
* Taking the L in Chicago and eating Dick's in Seattle. 
* Cream cheese on a hot dog.
* The late Chicago on a Bun. 
* Regional food that you get outside of the region. 
* St. Louis style barbecue. 
* Ordering Jack in the Box at 1am and regretting it immediately because you are in your 30s.
* Eating a spicy chicken sandwich in the prime gremlin hours.
* Feeling bad because you ate bad.
* Forty years later, thinking "Maybe I shouldn't have eaten all that White Castle"
* The kind of person who would call himself a genius.
* Sometimes it's fun to be goofy and have fun. 
* Horror movies vs. anxiety movies.
* Media imbibers.
* The film critic opinions of your Trekkie mom. 
* The high audience score, low critic score, and vice versa. 
* Applauding a huge pile of garbage.
* Whether anyone ever self-applied the "IDM" genre. 
* The Oscar Genre. 
* Very good movies nominated for Oscars.
* Braindance.
* Cringe (Derogatory)
* The only good form of multiplayer. 
* One of the hominids that watched a different great ape figure out fire.
* What happens when they run out of nonograms? 
* Morons welcome! 
* Twitch plays Every 5x5 Nonogram. 
* Twitch plays Dark Souls never getting out of that pool of water in the tutorial area. 
* Every star going out at the same time.
* In the short run, everyone will be fine.
* Getting bored of your death anxiety. 
* Life is meaningless and nothing matters and that rules actually.  
* Extremely sensible anxieties.
* Setting an alarm to periodically tell your friend that you're not annoying and I don't hate you.
* Whether everyone should be afraid of heights. 
* A database of all the kinds of movements a rollercoaster can make so you can search for the types you like. 
* Do you ever get thirsty? Studies say people with ADHD need to drink water. 
* Taking a drug test at your job and worrying that the test people will notice that you're dehydrated. 
* The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog in all caps. 
* Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD.
* There really are castles in the eyes of people see them. 
* Role-playing the skeleton of Ben Shapiro in a D&amp;amp;D campaign. 
* What's the difference between being an asshole and role playing an asshole?
* The 'shopkeepers are not copyeditors" apostrophe. 
* Eating your breakfast burrito over the counter.
* Things that people say are good for your mental health. 
* Anxiety medication that gives you terrible nightmares.
* Your anxiety meds making you feel okay about the zombie apocalypse.
* Revenge bedtime procrastination. 
* The kidnapping advice episode. (FBI don't listen to this one.)
* Kids are funny. (Just trust us.)
* Playing in a band with your best friend for fifteen years.
* Kids: they're sticky everywhere. 
* Never making any shitposts because someone might like them better than your regular art.
* Receiving a series of increasingly aggressive answering machine messages from the piece of public art across the street from your apartment.  
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    <![CDATA[<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Megan

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.megancarnesmusic.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.megancarnesmusic.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Austin

<ul>
<li><a href="https://austinmwav.com/" rel="nofollow">https://austinmwav.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Going for a super long walk is amazing</li>
<li>&quot;Elevated&quot; horror is a sham</li>
<li>I was there when Every 5x5 Nonogram section 303 finished</li>
<li>NPC Dialog Test by Nintendo Europe #NintendoEurope

<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1863976914349621280" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1863976914349621280</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>My breakfast dogma</li>
<li>Not bringing my shitpost music/mashup ideas to life because I&#39;m afraid they&#39;ll be more popular than my actual music</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Music for films and video games. </li>
<li>The Paper Labyrinths theme. </li>
<li>Feeding your cats and yourself. </li>
<li>Exercising, drinking water, you know, all of the worst things.</li>
<li>Explaining to the doctor that you&#39;re depressed and he asks if you&#39;ve been eating well and exercising and you say &quot;no, because I&#39;ve been depressed.&quot;</li>
<li>Turning 35 and becoming interested in birds.</li>
<li>Shazam for birds. </li>
<li>Birdpilled and Avianmaxxing.</li>
<li>Taking the L in Chicago and eating Dick&#39;s in Seattle. </li>
<li>Cream cheese on a hot dog.</li>
<li>The late Chicago on a Bun. </li>
<li>Regional food that you get outside of the region. </li>
<li>St. Louis style barbecue. </li>
<li>Ordering Jack in the Box at 1am and regretting it immediately because you are in your 30s.</li>
<li>Eating a spicy chicken sandwich in the prime gremlin hours.</li>
<li>Feeling bad because you ate bad.</li>
<li>Forty years later, thinking &quot;Maybe I shouldn&#39;t have eaten all that White Castle&quot;</li>
<li>The kind of person who would call himself a genius.</li>
<li>Sometimes it&#39;s fun to be goofy and have fun. </li>
<li>Horror movies vs. anxiety movies.</li>
<li>Media imbibers.</li>
<li>The film critic opinions of your Trekkie mom. </li>
<li>The high audience score, low critic score, and vice versa. </li>
<li>Applauding a huge pile of garbage.</li>
<li>Whether anyone ever self-applied the &quot;IDM&quot; genre. </li>
<li>The Oscar Genre. </li>
<li>Very good movies nominated for Oscars.</li>
<li>Braindance.</li>
<li>Cringe (Derogatory)</li>
<li>The only good form of multiplayer. </li>
<li>One of the hominids that watched a different great ape figure out fire.</li>
<li>What happens when they run out of nonograms? </li>
<li>Morons welcome! </li>
<li>Twitch plays Every 5x5 Nonogram. </li>
<li>Twitch plays Dark Souls never getting out of that pool of water in the tutorial area. </li>
<li>Every star going out at the same time.</li>
<li>In the short run, everyone will be fine.</li>
<li>Getting bored of your death anxiety. </li>
<li>Life is meaningless and nothing matters and that rules actually.<br></li>
<li>Extremely sensible anxieties.</li>
<li>Setting an alarm to periodically tell your friend that you&#39;re not annoying and I don&#39;t hate you.</li>
<li>Whether everyone should be afraid of heights. </li>
<li>A database of all the kinds of movements a rollercoaster can make so you can search for the types you like. </li>
<li>Do you ever get thirsty? Studies say people with ADHD need to drink water. </li>
<li>Taking a drug test at your job and worrying that the test people will notice that you&#39;re dehydrated. </li>
<li>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog in all caps. </li>
<li>Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD.</li>
<li>There really are castles in the eyes of people see them. </li>
<li>Role-playing the skeleton of Ben Shapiro in a D&amp;D campaign. </li>
<li>What&#39;s the difference between being an asshole and role playing an asshole?</li>
<li>The &#39;shopkeepers are not copyeditors&quot; apostrophe. </li>
<li>Eating your breakfast burrito over the counter.</li>
<li>Things that people say are good for your mental health. </li>
<li>Anxiety medication that gives you terrible nightmares.</li>
<li>Your anxiety meds making you feel okay about the zombie apocalypse.</li>
<li>Revenge bedtime procrastination. </li>
<li>The kidnapping advice episode. (FBI don&#39;t listen to this one.)</li>
<li>Kids are funny. (Just trust us.)</li>
<li>Playing in a band with your best friend for fifteen years.</li>
<li>Kids: they&#39;re sticky everywhere. </li>
<li>Never making any shitposts because someone might like them better than your regular art.</li>
<li>Receiving a series of increasingly aggressive answering machine messages from the piece of public art across the street from your apartment. </li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>Megan

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.megancarnesmusic.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.megancarnesmusic.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Austin

<ul>
<li><a href="https://austinmwav.com/" rel="nofollow">https://austinmwav.com/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Going for a super long walk is amazing</li>
<li>&quot;Elevated&quot; horror is a sham</li>
<li>I was there when Every 5x5 Nonogram section 303 finished</li>
<li>NPC Dialog Test by Nintendo Europe #NintendoEurope

<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1863976914349621280" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1863976914349621280</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>My breakfast dogma</li>
<li>Not bringing my shitpost music/mashup ideas to life because I&#39;m afraid they&#39;ll be more popular than my actual music</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Music for films and video games. </li>
<li>The Paper Labyrinths theme. </li>
<li>Feeding your cats and yourself. </li>
<li>Exercising, drinking water, you know, all of the worst things.</li>
<li>Explaining to the doctor that you&#39;re depressed and he asks if you&#39;ve been eating well and exercising and you say &quot;no, because I&#39;ve been depressed.&quot;</li>
<li>Turning 35 and becoming interested in birds.</li>
<li>Shazam for birds. </li>
<li>Birdpilled and Avianmaxxing.</li>
<li>Taking the L in Chicago and eating Dick&#39;s in Seattle. </li>
<li>Cream cheese on a hot dog.</li>
<li>The late Chicago on a Bun. </li>
<li>Regional food that you get outside of the region. </li>
<li>St. Louis style barbecue. </li>
<li>Ordering Jack in the Box at 1am and regretting it immediately because you are in your 30s.</li>
<li>Eating a spicy chicken sandwich in the prime gremlin hours.</li>
<li>Feeling bad because you ate bad.</li>
<li>Forty years later, thinking &quot;Maybe I shouldn&#39;t have eaten all that White Castle&quot;</li>
<li>The kind of person who would call himself a genius.</li>
<li>Sometimes it&#39;s fun to be goofy and have fun. </li>
<li>Horror movies vs. anxiety movies.</li>
<li>Media imbibers.</li>
<li>The film critic opinions of your Trekkie mom. </li>
<li>The high audience score, low critic score, and vice versa. </li>
<li>Applauding a huge pile of garbage.</li>
<li>Whether anyone ever self-applied the &quot;IDM&quot; genre. </li>
<li>The Oscar Genre. </li>
<li>Very good movies nominated for Oscars.</li>
<li>Braindance.</li>
<li>Cringe (Derogatory)</li>
<li>The only good form of multiplayer. </li>
<li>One of the hominids that watched a different great ape figure out fire.</li>
<li>What happens when they run out of nonograms? </li>
<li>Morons welcome! </li>
<li>Twitch plays Every 5x5 Nonogram. </li>
<li>Twitch plays Dark Souls never getting out of that pool of water in the tutorial area. </li>
<li>Every star going out at the same time.</li>
<li>In the short run, everyone will be fine.</li>
<li>Getting bored of your death anxiety. </li>
<li>Life is meaningless and nothing matters and that rules actually.<br></li>
<li>Extremely sensible anxieties.</li>
<li>Setting an alarm to periodically tell your friend that you&#39;re not annoying and I don&#39;t hate you.</li>
<li>Whether everyone should be afraid of heights. </li>
<li>A database of all the kinds of movements a rollercoaster can make so you can search for the types you like. </li>
<li>Do you ever get thirsty? Studies say people with ADHD need to drink water. </li>
<li>Taking a drug test at your job and worrying that the test people will notice that you&#39;re dehydrated. </li>
<li>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog in all caps. </li>
<li>Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD.</li>
<li>There really are castles in the eyes of people see them. </li>
<li>Role-playing the skeleton of Ben Shapiro in a D&amp;D campaign. </li>
<li>What&#39;s the difference between being an asshole and role playing an asshole?</li>
<li>The &#39;shopkeepers are not copyeditors&quot; apostrophe. </li>
<li>Eating your breakfast burrito over the counter.</li>
<li>Things that people say are good for your mental health. </li>
<li>Anxiety medication that gives you terrible nightmares.</li>
<li>Your anxiety meds making you feel okay about the zombie apocalypse.</li>
<li>Revenge bedtime procrastination. </li>
<li>The kidnapping advice episode. (FBI don&#39;t listen to this one.)</li>
<li>Kids are funny. (Just trust us.)</li>
<li>Playing in a band with your best friend for fifteen years.</li>
<li>Kids: they&#39;re sticky everywhere. </li>
<li>Never making any shitposts because someone might like them better than your regular art.</li>
<li>Receiving a series of increasingly aggressive answering machine messages from the piece of public art across the street from your apartment. </li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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