We found 8 episodes of Topic Lords with the tag “xander”.
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174. Occam's Raccoon
February 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
chall, xander
Lords: Chris and Alexander. We discuss words with similar sounds and meanings but no etymological relation, virtual marble runs with guns, the broom method of dealing with a hydrogen leak, a poem by Dr. Seuss, the Loveland Frog, and ghosts are real: what are the economic consequences?
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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.
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124. Call Me Da5id; Da4id Was My Father
March 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 1 min
tyriq, xander
Lords: Tyriq and Xander. We discuss choosing a name with numbers in it, overcoming the inertia of old tools, confusing two things that are not the same, Sweater Weather, by Sharon Bryan, making things that occupy real-world space, and Ithkuil: the inscrutable conlang that was co-opted by Russian Buddhist cultists.
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99. I Want You To Never Show Me This
September 13th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
mitch, xander
Lords: Mitch and Xander. We discuss what qualifies as a Mario game, spectrum of porcupine tunings by eigenmonzos, the Letter C, finding the light switch in this bed and breakfast, the bizarre CD-ROM game Monty Python made in the 90s, and how Tumblr is almost good.
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81. The Pianist-Oboist War
May 10th, 2021 | 50 mins 1 sec
amanda, xander
Lords: Alexander and Amanda. We discuss sci-fi stories that are just reskins of stuff that already happens, ancient bitcoin, that time Wienerschnitzel actually served schnitzel, first encountering a song through parody, and bad habits that adventure games teach you.
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59. 1-800-Ask-A-Harpsichord.com
December 7th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
amanda, xander
Lords this week: Amanda and Xander. We discuss the care and feeding of harpsichords, shareware floppies in grocery stores, the outlandish economic world of Neopets, and running a Beanie Baby empire on 30 minutes of screen time/day.
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43. You Vs. The One Your Mom Told You To Worry About
August 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
jonah, xander
Lords: Alexander and Jonah. We discuss games on the TI-83, the jazz fusion act that secretly inspired all video game music, Wikipedia disagreeing with itself, rap cliche origins, leisurely game jamming, cartography on weirdly-shaped worlds, and the Doctor Who theme.
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22. Abstinent Train Polycule
March 23rd, 2020 | 1 hr 15 mins
ryan, xander
Lords this week: Ryan and Alexander. Topics: creativity from a seed vs. from a box, using Hall of the Mountain King in comedy trailers, HDMI ports in your feet, yak shaving, the Abstinence Train, and multi-lingual animals.