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    <title>Topic Lords - Episodes Tagged with “Charles”</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
    <description>Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week.</description>
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    <itunes:author>Jim Stormdancer</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they've been fixated on this week.</itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <title>360. The Screen Disapproves</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
  <author>Jim Stormdancer</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Lords: CisHetKayfaber and Charles. We discuss your therapist introducing new problems that you don't have, color as a separate sensory axis, one-handed triangle, Many, Many Tekel Upharsin by Jacob Bacharach, and screen time as a classist plot</itunes:subtitle>
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  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Lords:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;CisHetKayfaber&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Charles&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://nohomework.website/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://nohomework.website/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Topics:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;When your therapist introduces their own problems that you don't have&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Color as a separate sensory axis (deprioritized for some, assumption of color in black and white things, dreaming in black and white)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;One-handed triangle&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Many, Many Tekel Upharsin by Jacob Bacharach&lt;br&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jacobbacharach.bsky.social/post/3mruuexkb4k2c" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://bsky.app/profile/jacobbacharach.bsky.social/post/3mruuexkb4k2c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Screen time is a classist plot&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Microtopics:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ironic usernames.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Bilingual global information security IT legal compliance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Knowing each other through the replies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Patrick Cosmos, L Ron Mexico and Senator Lemon Gogurt.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Taking on a challenge to guest on more than one podcast per week.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The legal comedy podcast ouevre.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Riffing with your therapist.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your therapist getting really upset about political events and you have to calm them down and then they bill you for the hour.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Finding your zen when things make you shouty.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your psychiatrist telling you you can't have a mental disorder because you've published papers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Staying with a therapist longer than is therapeutically useful.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Doing your best to not worry about things you can't fix.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Why everyone is to choosing to affront you, the protagonist of the universe.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Surviving the chaos that being a parent introduces into your world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Therapy access in Japan.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; The development stage in which kids are unreasonable.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Recalled image pastiche.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Inability to perceive sunburn.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; How to tell if a light switch is working in a dream.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;People who can analyze that they like about music.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Deprioritizing color information in the same way a color blind person would.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Coming to reality with different axes of perception.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Spending time around people who notice eye color.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Self-describing phenomena.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Converting to Catholicism so you can become white.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A triangle that's not shaped like a triangle but it sounds like a triangle.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Playing a triangle like a shaker.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Touching the exposed bars so that it sounds like you're eating with chopsticks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Triangle Tessitura.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A one-man band on the boardwalk clapping cymbals with his knees.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Not hating a thing because your emotional range just doesn't reach that far.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stomp Clap Hey Band.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;DannyB Fanfic.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Trying to live forever via various peptides and also your son's blood.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Using Jewish artifacts in a drunken reverie.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Doing your own hair transplants at home.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hey buddy, can you get these peptides in Japan?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Ozymandias level of hubris that demands its own poem.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Becoming a meme of yourself.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Different kinds of screen time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Growing up with unlimited screen time and almost getting a PhD.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hyperpalatability.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The attention economy.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Not knowing about an Internet phenomenon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Developing agriculture and then it all goes to hell.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Figuring out everything you have to do and then doing the easiest thing on the list.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Screen Disapproves.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Taking the coping strategies that you can get.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The best parenting strategy you can hope for without having infinite free time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Babe Ruth walking with choppy legs on his home run trot. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Lords:</p>

<ul>
<li>CisHetKayfaber<br></li>
<li>Charles<br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://nohomework.website/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://nohomework.website/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>When your therapist introduces their own problems that you don't have<br></li>
<li>Color as a separate sensory axis (deprioritized for some, assumption of color in black and white things, dreaming in black and white)<br></li>
<li>One-handed triangle<br></li>
<li>Many, Many Tekel Upharsin by Jacob Bacharach<br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jacobbacharach.bsky.social/post/3mruuexkb4k2c" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bsky.app/profile/jacobbacharach.bsky.social/post/3mruuexkb4k2c</a><br></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Screen time is a classist plot</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Ironic usernames.<br></li>
<li>Bilingual global information security IT legal compliance.<br></li>
<li>Knowing each other through the replies.<br></li>
<li>Patrick Cosmos, L Ron Mexico and Senator Lemon Gogurt.<br></li>
<li>Taking on a challenge to guest on more than one podcast per week.<br></li>
<li>The legal comedy podcast ouevre.<br></li>
<li>Riffing with your therapist.<br></li>
<li>Your therapist getting really upset about political events and you have to calm them down and then they bill you for the hour.<br></li>
<li>Finding your zen when things make you shouty.<br></li>
<li>Your psychiatrist telling you you can't have a mental disorder because you've published papers.<br></li>
<li>Staying with a therapist longer than is therapeutically useful.<br></li>
<li>Doing your best to not worry about things you can't fix.<br></li>
<li> Why everyone is to choosing to affront you, the protagonist of the universe.<br></li>
<li> Surviving the chaos that being a parent introduces into your world.<br></li>
<li> Therapy access in Japan.<br></li>
<li> The development stage in which kids are unreasonable.<br></li>
<li> Recalled image pastiche.<br></li>
<li> Inability to perceive sunburn.<br></li>
<li> How to tell if a light switch is working in a dream.<br></li>
<li>People who can analyze that they like about music.<br></li>
<li>Deprioritizing color information in the same way a color blind person would.<br></li>
<li>Coming to reality with different axes of perception.<br></li>
<li>Spending time around people who notice eye color.<br></li>
<li>Self-describing phenomena.<br></li>
<li>Converting to Catholicism so you can become white.<br></li>
<li>A triangle that's not shaped like a triangle but it sounds like a triangle.<br></li>
<li>Playing a triangle like a shaker.<br></li>
<li>Touching the exposed bars so that it sounds like you're eating with chopsticks.<br></li>
<li>The Triangle Tessitura.<br></li>
<li>A one-man band on the boardwalk clapping cymbals with his knees.<br></li>
<li>Not hating a thing because your emotional range just doesn't reach that far.<br></li>
<li>Stomp Clap Hey Band.<br></li>
<li>DannyB Fanfic.<br></li>
<li>Trying to live forever via various peptides and also your son's blood.<br></li>
<li>Using Jewish artifacts in a drunken reverie.<br></li>
<li>Doing your own hair transplants at home.<br></li>
<li>Hey buddy, can you get these peptides in Japan?<br></li>
<li>The Ozymandias level of hubris that demands its own poem.<br></li>
<li>Becoming a meme of yourself.<br></li>
<li>Different kinds of screen time.<br></li>
<li>Growing up with unlimited screen time and almost getting a PhD.<br></li>
<li>Hyperpalatability.<br></li>
<li>The attention economy.<br></li>
<li>Not knowing about an Internet phenomenon.<br></li>
<li>Developing agriculture and then it all goes to hell.<br></li>
<li>Figuring out everything you have to do and then doing the easiest thing on the list.<br></li>
<li>The Screen Disapproves.<br></li>
<li>Taking the coping strategies that you can get.<br></li>
<li>The best parenting strategy you can hope for without having infinite free time.<br></li>
<li>Babe Ruth walking with choppy legs on his home run trot.</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>CisHetKayfaber<br></li>
<li>Charles<br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://nohomework.website/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://nohomework.website/</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>Topics:</p>

<ul>
<li>When your therapist introduces their own problems that you don't have<br></li>
<li>Color as a separate sensory axis (deprioritized for some, assumption of color in black and white things, dreaming in black and white)<br></li>
<li>One-handed triangle<br></li>
<li>Many, Many Tekel Upharsin by Jacob Bacharach<br>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jacobbacharach.bsky.social/post/3mruuexkb4k2c" rel="nofollow noopener">https://bsky.app/profile/jacobbacharach.bsky.social/post/3mruuexkb4k2c</a><br></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Screen time is a classist plot</li>
</ul>

<p>Microtopics:</p>

<ul>
<li>Ironic usernames.<br></li>
<li>Bilingual global information security IT legal compliance.<br></li>
<li>Knowing each other through the replies.<br></li>
<li>Patrick Cosmos, L Ron Mexico and Senator Lemon Gogurt.<br></li>
<li>Taking on a challenge to guest on more than one podcast per week.<br></li>
<li>The legal comedy podcast ouevre.<br></li>
<li>Riffing with your therapist.<br></li>
<li>Your therapist getting really upset about political events and you have to calm them down and then they bill you for the hour.<br></li>
<li>Finding your zen when things make you shouty.<br></li>
<li>Your psychiatrist telling you you can't have a mental disorder because you've published papers.<br></li>
<li>Staying with a therapist longer than is therapeutically useful.<br></li>
<li>Doing your best to not worry about things you can't fix.<br></li>
<li> Why everyone is to choosing to affront you, the protagonist of the universe.<br></li>
<li> Surviving the chaos that being a parent introduces into your world.<br></li>
<li> Therapy access in Japan.<br></li>
<li> The development stage in which kids are unreasonable.<br></li>
<li> Recalled image pastiche.<br></li>
<li> Inability to perceive sunburn.<br></li>
<li> How to tell if a light switch is working in a dream.<br></li>
<li>People who can analyze that they like about music.<br></li>
<li>Deprioritizing color information in the same way a color blind person would.<br></li>
<li>Coming to reality with different axes of perception.<br></li>
<li>Spending time around people who notice eye color.<br></li>
<li>Self-describing phenomena.<br></li>
<li>Converting to Catholicism so you can become white.<br></li>
<li>A triangle that's not shaped like a triangle but it sounds like a triangle.<br></li>
<li>Playing a triangle like a shaker.<br></li>
<li>Touching the exposed bars so that it sounds like you're eating with chopsticks.<br></li>
<li>The Triangle Tessitura.<br></li>
<li>A one-man band on the boardwalk clapping cymbals with his knees.<br></li>
<li>Not hating a thing because your emotional range just doesn't reach that far.<br></li>
<li>Stomp Clap Hey Band.<br></li>
<li>DannyB Fanfic.<br></li>
<li>Trying to live forever via various peptides and also your son's blood.<br></li>
<li>Using Jewish artifacts in a drunken reverie.<br></li>
<li>Doing your own hair transplants at home.<br></li>
<li>Hey buddy, can you get these peptides in Japan?<br></li>
<li>The Ozymandias level of hubris that demands its own poem.<br></li>
<li>Becoming a meme of yourself.<br></li>
<li>Different kinds of screen time.<br></li>
<li>Growing up with unlimited screen time and almost getting a PhD.<br></li>
<li>Hyperpalatability.<br></li>
<li>The attention economy.<br></li>
<li>Not knowing about an Internet phenomenon.<br></li>
<li>Developing agriculture and then it all goes to hell.<br></li>
<li>Figuring out everything you have to do and then doing the easiest thing on the list.<br></li>
<li>The Screen Disapproves.<br></li>
<li>Taking the coping strategies that you can get.<br></li>
<li>The best parenting strategy you can hope for without having infinite free time.<br></li>
<li>Babe Ruth walking with choppy legs on his home run trot.</li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/topiclords">Support Topic Lords</a></p>]]>
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