Displaying all 9 Episode of Topic Lords with the tag “cort”.
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306. You Wouldn't Believe The Brutes They Make
September 1st, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
cort, nelson
Lords: Xalavier and Cort. We discuss the coolest instrument to give a child, what happened to sound lasers?, appearing canes, and The Story of Mel
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272. Beakknifed In Busch Gardens
January 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
cort, ryan
Lords: Ryan and Cort. We discuss meat-flavored potato chips, the Pico-8 tracker, using "Add or Remove Programs" to add a program, Tommy C, and Advent Calendars.
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258. Only The Head Of The Deer Sparks Joy
September 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
cort, marks
Lords: Cort and Mark. We discuss things you've found in the trash, traveling with children, Adventures with BB-8, Burma Shave Sign by Andrew Plotkin, the useless superpowers game, and whether Mega Man suffers ennui
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211. Window-Peering Jim Checking Out Your Cats
November 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
cort, elena
Lords: Cort and Elena. We discuss your baby being due tomorrow, Dogme 95 for web development, visits from neighborhood cats, Potato by Jane Kenyon, the difficulty of designing cooperative board games, and building a conlang generator.
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187. The Second-Best Whale Playground In Emeryville
May 22nd, 2023 | 1 hr 8 mins
cort, stephan
Lords: Cort and Stephan. We discuss asymmetrical USB-C cables, playground improvement over the last decade, bedtime guitar, Where the Wild Things Are, classic game hardware as a kind of virtual console, and constructing a computing environment as a nested series of cages for a child to escape
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170. My Brain Likes The Things I Like
January 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 8 mins
cort, tyriq
Lords: Tyriq and Cort. We discuss fantasy consoles, music from the 80s, getting earwormed by a song that doesn't exist, and Aesop Rock - Ruby 81.
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159. It's Beautiful That We Once Existed
November 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
cort, kev
Lords: Kev and Cort. We discuss losing all your memories around age 4, extreme "kids in trench coat" trope scenarios, Krista and Tatiana Hogan, "Autopsy" by Ross Sutherland, Neighbors overplaying the same playlist, and technology making creative expression easier.
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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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127. Let's e e cummings This Up
March 28th, 2022 | 1 hr 13 mins
cort, fabian
Lords: Cort and Fabian. We discuss Black Square Day, why we have nostalgia for old computers even though they were terrible, the Dirtywave M8 tracker, and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, by Robert Frost.