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60 Seconds of WIP

by Michael W Lucas

No interviews. No discussions. Just a multi-genre author reading a few sentences of whatever he's working on at the moment.

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Episodes

  1. 135: What Flunkies Are For

    from OpenZFS Mastery

  2. 131: Lucas is Incompetent or Evil

    some Allan Jude text from OpenZFS Mastery

  3. 129: The New Linker Strangles

    from "OpenZFS Mastery"

  4. 128: Filthy Land Animal Lungs

    from "Next we Rob an Istanbul Prison" in Twisted Presents

  5. 127: A Fifth of Makers' Mark

    from "The Last Hour of Hogswatch" in Twisted Presents

  6. 126: Low Distress Tolerance

    from OpenZFS Mastery

  7. 125: A Useful Quirk

    from OpenZFS Mastery

  8. 124: Clones Can Grow

    from OpenZFS Mastery

  9. 121: Possibilities Multiply

    from "OpenZFS Mastery"

  10. 120: The Pool Reverts

    120: The Pool Reverts

  11. 119: The Sixty-Seventh Son of the Duke of Horsehead

    from the forthcoming short story "20,000 Years of Paranoia"

  12. 117: Cardamom Seasoned with Damp Poodle

    from a new Montague Portal story

  13. 116: A Made Up Excuse

    from my forthcoming NYCBUG talk

  14. 114: 98% Free from Arthropod Infestation

    from my next "FreeBSD Journal" column

  15. 113: Destroying Performance

    from OpenZFS Mastery

  16. 112: A Special Uberblock

    from OpenZFS Mastery

  17. 109: We Won't Live Long Enough

    from "OpenZFS Mastery"

  18. 107: Which Drive Is It?

    from OpenZFS Mastery

  19. 106: That Version of GRUB

    from OpenZFS Mastery

  20. 105: A Fully Patched ShroomOS

    from the backers-only edition of N4SA2e

  21. 103: We Can't Trust

    from "OpenZFS Mastery"

  22. 102: My Chief Goon

    from the TLS tutorial I'm teaching this week

  23. 101: The Hearing's Gonna Be Lit

    from "OpenZFS Mastery"

  24. 100: The First Rule of System Administration

    from the FreeBSD Journal "Letters" column

  25. 99: An Absence of Moral Fiber

    flooded, so an older tidbit

  26. 98: Suffering Builds Character

    from the new "Networking for System Administrators"

  27. 97: Tortuous Negotiations

    from "Networking for System Administrators, 2nd edition"

  28. 96: Enough Coal for All the Children in Des Moines

    from "Heart of Coal" in "Twisted Presents"

  29. 95: He's Gonna Get It Anyhow

    from A Different, Better Red in Twisted Presents

  30. 94: I'd Derailed Her

    from The Last Multivariable Differential Christmas, coming in Twisted Presents

  31. 93: Our Voluminous Chef

    from "The Rats' Man's Lackey and the Forbidden Tinsel," as appearing in Twisted Presents

  32. 92: Contradict My Lived Experience

    from "Networking for System Administrators, 2nd edition"

  33. 90: Demands a Little Madness

    the final Laserblasted snippet

  34. 89: Cheap Cat5 Cable

    from the new "Networking for System Administrators"

  35. 88: The Same Bucket

    from "Networking for System Administrators"

  36. 87: Farawayistan is Fubar

    from "Networking for System Administrators, 2nd Edition"

  37. 86: Take Quite a Long Time to Fail

    from the new "Networking for System Administrators"

About this show

No interviews. No discussions. Just a multi-genre author reading a few sentences of whatever he's working on at the moment.

Hosted by

Michael W Lucas

Produced by Michael Lucas

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does 60 Seconds of WIP have?

60 Seconds of WIP has 134 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 29, 2026.

What is 60 Seconds of WIP about?

No interviews. No discussions. Just a multi-genre author reading a few sentences of whatever he's working on at the moment.

How often does 60 Seconds of WIP release new episodes?

60 Seconds of WIP publishes weekly, based on its 134 episodes since July 2023.

Who hosts 60 Seconds of WIP?

60 Seconds of WIP is created and hosted by Michael W Lucas.
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