All Episodes

Big Men! In Sandals! | topic: Coen Brothers films: Hail, Caesar & Barton Fink, also Reacher | with Jim & Lionel

American Dharma & Dark City | topic: Bannon, McNamara, propaganda, culture, media | Jim & Lionel

Ben Franklin: What a real genius looks like | topic: Benjamin Franklin, Franklin's experiments, Franklin in France, American history | Jim & Lionel

Swarms of Invading Killer Agents! | topic: Hugging Face: views of Harari, Cotra, and Newport | w/ Jim & Lionel

Thinking: Fast, Slow, and Why. | topic: Daniel Kahneman, Turi Munthe, Cognitive Theory, Making Decisions | a conversation with Jim & Lionel

From Sodom to Hope | topic: Upstate New York, Climate Change, Wine Industry, Technology | a conversation with Julian Fisher

The ultimate disaster preparedness checklist | topic: Pema Chödrön, The Bardo, Reincarnation | Jim & Lionel

“It's both intellectual and Rock & Roll” | topic: The Expanse, science fiction series | Lionel & Jim

Zardoz, Logan's Run, THX 1138, Silent Running | topic: four 1970s science fiction films | Jim & Lionel

“Crimea River” | topic: Technofeudalism, Economic Theory, Ukraine Victories, Data Cost | with Lionel & Jim

“Holding off the Red Army with golf carts” | topic: Adam Neely, Yuval Harari, Ed Zitron, Ukraine, AI personhood | with Lionel & Jim

Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and AI Music | topic: Symphony Four, Rite of Spring, Petrouska, Suno and Udio | with Lionel and Jim

Marcionite Fan Fiction | topic: Christ Before Jesus, The Historicity of the Gospels | with Lionel & Jim

The inexplicable Béla Tarr | topic: The Turin Horse, Werckmesiter Harmonies, religion in post Soviet film | with Lionel & Jim

Solaris & Stalker | topic: The films of Andre Tarkovsky | with Lionel & Jim

“The Forgotten People” | topic: Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life and Daughters of the Dust | with Sara Elkins

“Too much Vérité” | topic: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Shoeshine, Umberto D, 8 1/2 | with Jim & Lionel

Scams and the scammy scammers who love them | topic: Popular Scams, Scambaiting, Cyber Security | a conversation with Jonathan Copper

AI Bubble Trouble - Clip - full episode on Patreon | topic: Thoughts from Corey Doctorow, Ed Zitron, & Rick Beato (not guests) | Jim & Lionel

Project Hail Mary & Minneapolis | topic: Andy Weir, The Martian, Music for Film, ICE | with Ben Burnes

“East of Eden & Ford vs. Ferrari” | topic: John Steinbeck, Elmore Leonard, Matt Damon, Christian Bale | Lionel & Jim

“In The Mood For Love” | topic: the films of Wan Kar Wai, Hong Kong cinema | with Adam Schartoff

“I just say what's in my head” | topic: The Hunters, Heart of A Dog, Jeanine Pirro | Jim & Lionel

“Lighten Up Francis” | topic: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, The Viking & Mongol invasions | Jim & Lionel

Ratcatcher & Morvern Callar: the films of Lynne Ramsay | topic: indie films, cinematic style, storytelling | with Adam Schartoff

History Happy Hour & The Ghost Army | topic: Documentary filmmaking, deception in warfare, inflatable tanks | with Rick Beyer

“It's all totally mental” | topic: Bernardo Kastrup on Schopenhauer and Analytic Idealism | with Sarah Elkins

"The Power of Presence Fundamentally Changes Everything" | topic: Buddhism, Meditation, Shambhala | Sarah Lipton

"Deliver Me From Nowhere" | topic: Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan | A conversation with Chris Chandler

Tokyo Story | topic: Filmmaking, Japan, Yasujirō Ozu | a conversation with Jim & Lionel

“Do Not Be Distracted” | topic: a look at Kundun and Hugo by Martin Scorsese | Lionel & Jim

“The Batcolyte” | topic: critical thinking, the socratic method, questioning beliefs | a conversation with Thrayle

“Rebellion Happens in the Mind” | topic: Living off the grid, SLC Punk, Moulin Rouge, The Socratic Method | a conversation with Kat In A Vat

“Perfect Days” and “Anselm” by Wim Wenders | topic: cassette culture, art, photography, zen | Jim & Lionel

Assemble Yourself | topic: Jim's New Album, Glenn Gould, The Secret Life of Machines | Jim & Lionel

“How Did You Like Them Apples?” | topic: Trent Reznor, Moneyball, The Red Sox, Album Titles | Jim & Lionel

History of Buddhism, the Journey Continues | topic: Buddhism, Yoga, History | Lionel & Jim

“A Perfect World” | topic: A Day In Music, Music Production, Songwriting | Phil Broikos

Buddhism Through History: An Exhausting Journey | topic: Buddhist History by Donald S. Lopez Jr. | Jim & Lionel

Tom Burris of Jabbering Trout | topic: Songwriting, Music, Tragedy & Inspiration | a conversation with Tom Burris

“A Rollicking Bad Time” | topic: Dominion by Tom Holland, Fallout TV show, NY State Fair | Jim & Lionel

Music & the Robots | topic: Navigating the Future of Music: AI and Authenticity | a conversation with Jonathan Wyner

“This DID happen to me!” | topic: Jim's new place, new Star Treks, The History of the Twentieth C, Flat Earthers | a conversation with Jim & Lionel

“You are not connected to the internet” | topic: Photography, Surveillance Capitalism, Creative Life | a conversation with Liz Linder

The Pan-America Challenge | topic: cycling, fitness, it security | a conversation with Leigh Weber

“Hi Henry!” | topic: Black Flag, St. Augustine, Stanley Tucci, Andor 2 | a conversation with Lionel and Jim

ENCORE EPISODE: “The Modern I Ching Oracle” | topic: Book of changes, graphic design, inspiration deck | a conversation with Catherine Pilfrey

“Wheels Up In 5!” | topic: Lights On by Annika Harris, Revisionist History & The Nazi Olympics | a conversation wth Lionel & Jim

Lonesome Brothers | topic: the band, the songbook, the history, the songs, & Drunk Stuntmen | an interview with Scott Hall

“Bartleby, the Sailor” | topic: Melville, Coetzee, Camus, Stuyvesant High | a conversation with David Partikian

“The Hugos” | topic: Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Stars Wars Hotel, Flow, 2025 Nominees | Sarah Elkins and Julia Tenney

ENCORE EP: “Not for Toddlers” | topic: music, horticulture, art, maine | a conversation with Jennifer Kimball

“I've learned to live with a lot of things.” | topic: Darkman, Dark City, D&D, Star Trek, Information Security | Jim & Lionel

“The Utica Train Station” | topic: Severance, Signal, Stargate, GenX memes | Severance Theory with Julia Tenney

“Updating your immune system” | topic: bird flu, influenza, mRNA vaccines, measles in TX, music, | a conversation with Dr. Bill Hanage

“Ask Your Grocer” | topic: Dopesick, Brian Aldiss, Arcane | Jim and Lionel

ENCORE EPISODE: “Not Everything Ends with the Iron Maiden.” | topic: Our conversation from two years ago | a conversation with Lionel & Jim

“African Royalty Games” | topic: Card Games, movie reviews | a conversation with Nyadenya Inyagwa

“We're in the transportation business” | topic: The Grateful Dead | a conversation with Dr. Christopher K. Coffman

ENCORE EPISODE: “I have a Passim tattoo.” | topic: Folk Music, World Music, Music Club | a conversation with Abby Altman

“I feel old and foolish now” | topic: Hundreds of Beavers, A Complete Unknown, Putin's People, Jesse Welles | Jim & Lionel

“I almost stayed in that world” | topic: comedy, music, & songwriting | a conversation with Don White

“He got his start wiping windows.” | topic: Yeltsin, Oligarchs, Clinton, IMF, Corruption | a conversation with Matthew Roazen pt 2

“The Wild Wild East” | topic: Russia, Moscow in the 1990s | a conversation with Matthew Roazen

“Everything is due to accident” | topic: The Soul of Money, After Yang, Rogue Heroes, and the fall of USSR | a conversation with Lionel & Jim

“Misa No Kinda Wizard!” | topic: Luigi Mangione, Eat The Rich, Dune, LOTR | a conversation with Lionel & Jim

“This is just doing biz.” | topic: John Hawkwood, Robert Hughes, Terraforming as fantasy, Siberiad | a conversation with Jim & Lionel

“The Lassiter” | topic: Mercenaries in the Dark Ages, Prague Diaries, Firefly, Stanislaw Lem | A conversation with Lionel & Jim

“Meditation is a human thing.” ENCORE EPISODE | topic: Meditation, Buddhism | A conversation with Catherine Pilfrey, Matthew Bellows, and Jim Rosen.

Outskirters | topic: The Steerswoman series and The City and The City | a conversation with Julia Tenney & Sarah Elkins

“We all come from different realities” | topic: songwriting, the political divide, disagreeing | a conversation with Montgomery Delaney

“Every second drill is a laundry room fire.” | topic: Encore episode from season one | A conversation with David Partikian about the maritime life

“Unusual in unusual ways” | topic: the movie Vice, The Americans, Slow Horses, Azimov | a conversation with Jim and Lionel

“It's all fun and games until Cthulhu shows up.” | topic: A Night In The Lonesome October, Lovecraft, Thanksgiving | a conversation with Julia Tenney & Sarah Elkins

“Who's gonna ---- the singer?” | topic: music, comedy, politics, creativity | a conversation with Eric Schwartz

“A face for radio.” | topic: Video podcasting, Biking, Life Hacks, movies | a conversation with Jim and Lionel

“We have a surprise guest.” | a conversation with Chris Chandler

Unreconciled | topic: The Catholic Church, survivors, justice, abuse of power | a conversation with Mark Basquill

“Ducky” | topic: Music production, The Figgs, Slide, The Major Labels, Bleu, etc. | a conversation with Bleu, Shaun Wolf Wortis, and Mike Gent

“Back when we had no undo button” | topic: music, Virgin Islands, music production | a conversation with writer/producer Jeff Tareila

“I come from a long line of orphans.” | topic: The Bubonic Plague | a conversation with Jim & Lionel

“Bang on, killer virus!” | topic: TikTok Algorithm, The Printing Press, and Autonomous by Annalee Newitz | A conversation with Lionel & Jim

“There was a flag on the field” | topic: Science Fiction, vs. Fantasy, and Vanishing Point Perspective Drawing | a conversation with Jim and Lionel

“It's more fascinating to say 'riveting.'” | topic: Ennio Morricone, AI, & political assassination attempts | a conversation with Jim & Lionel

“We Yuck Your Yum” | topic: The Watchmen, The Empire Bike Trail, Gattaca | A conversation with Jim and Lionel

“Not for Toddlers” | topic: music, horticulture, art, maine | a conversation with Jennifer Kimball

“Hopefully, we will all go forward” | topic: various TV, Movies, Books, & Music | a conversation with Lionel and Jim

“Ernesto Piñata” | topic: board games & music | a further conversation with Jason Schneider

“The creepiest part of Sesame Street.” | topic: clowning around and making games | a conversation with Jason Schneider

“It's stuck in the mud.” (ENCORE EPISODE) | topic: data centers, big industrial development trends | A conversation with Damian Cassin

“The flavor of a typeface” | topic: typography, graphic design | a conversation with Jim Hood

“Why do we have 2 screens?” | topic: film making, leadership, Oppenheimer | a conversation with Andrew Silver

“The mind is a terrible thing.” | topic: Alchemy by Rory Sutherland | a conversation with Ben Soto

“The last invention a human will make” | topic: AI & Education | a conversation with Balazs Szelenyi

“You're gonna love it here.” | topic: music, forgiveness | a conversation with Peter Mulvey

“Somewhere beyond Antares” | topic: The Monk and The Philosopher | a conversation with Ben Soto

“Go go go go go, the end.” | topic: The Rise & Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland. | a conversation with Jim & Lionel

“Swindon” | a conversation with Jim and Lionel

“The Letraset Revival Society” | topic: Our 100th Episode | a conversation with Julia Tenney

“Start accepting it.” | a conversation with Jim & Lionel