303. A System of People Doing Stuff and Being Weirdos

August 11th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins

jp, styger

Lords: JP and Styger. We discuss the nature of Mario vs. Super Mario, Hot Defensive Bee Ball, solving all 25 million 5x5 nonograms, Poem Seen in a Motel Fan by Alberto Blanco, werecreature logistics, and The Ball is Back.

242. Malware for Labyrinths

June 10th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins

jp, maxx

Lords: Maxx and JP. We discuss different kinds of "changing your mind" in creative work, what texture clouds are, Infinity Island, Sleep by Jorge Luis Borges, and Chippendale Mupps and the slowest nerves.

240. Who Was Emily Dickinson Owning?

May 27th, 2024  |  1 hr 50 secs

jp, shepard

Lords: JP and Shepard. We discuss Microsoft adding a good feature to Office, favorite DOS game soundtracks, the Balatro Discourse, and Faith is a Fine Invention by Emily Dickinson

206. Waiting Around for Laundry To Be Invented

October 2nd, 2023  |  1 hr 21 mins

jp, styger

Lords: JP and Styger. We discuss Super Mario Bros. Wonder, souls departing, using a spacer with inhalers, revisiting the Cosmic Crisp, how to learn to play piano, and teaching our children to pirate.

156. Society Is Moving in a Direction

October 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins

alexicographic, jp

Lords: Alex and JP. We discuss your gravestone audio clip, counting the beats in eenie-meenie, SoundCcan and the SoundScan Era, the scorched-earth strategy for Lowest Positive Unique Integer, and "leaving beautiful ruins" in a video game.

112. Getting a Lot Of Vengabus Vibes From This

December 13th, 2021  |  52 mins 17 secs

johnb, jp

Lords this week: JP and John B. We discuss seeing Akira and believing that that's what all anime is like, doppelganger/parodies who exist in the same world as their progenitors, the Tonkachi Editor, and There was an Old Man of St. Bees, by W.S. Gilbert.

80. Xenogears Disc 3 for Smash

May 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins

jp, styger

Lords: Styger and JP. We discuss food as fan fiction, the most unexpected CD to be launched from the face of the Cenobite from Hellraiser 3 that launches CDs out of his face, mandolin slicers, Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr., the oldest food you've eaten, why pigeons love nacho cheese, and a list of every move in every Mario game.

56. Ethical Snorlax Pasture

November 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

jp, laura

Lords this week: Laura and JP. We discusss the least horny sport, the best task-tracking software, driving around with a photo of yourself on your vehicle, gaskets, Pokemon-proofing your house, and sending a film back to 1960.

13. Kurt Cobain Vocaloid

January 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 10 mins

jp, strucci

Lords this week: Shannon Strucci and JP LeBreton.

We discuss monetizing hobbies vs. just having hobbies, inventing a 5 acre island in the remote south Pacific, level design lessons from Hawaii, the Oakland Athletics adopting "Movin' Like Bernie," fictions containing themselves as a gag, the first time you've tried your favorite foods, and Time Trap and creating mysteries from the outside in.

5. Very Hype About This Apple

November 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 3 mins

jp, styger

Lords: JP and Styger. We discuss using the word "lord" as a joke, emergency preparedness, Cosmic Crisp: the apple with a launch date, whether horses exist, being an amateur naturalist from another part of the country, and what makes hotels scary.