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Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

Historian and loudmouth Jason Scott shares stories of technology, retrocomputing, documentary filmmaking, and general schennanigans from his decades of travels and research. From experiences on the road while shooting documentaries to often-obscure points of order, Jason keeps a fast-moving pace and even he doesn"t know where we"re ending up at the end.

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All Episodes

15:46

The Wonderswan Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/05/23

The Wonderswan Episode: A Little Extra Free Time, 35 Minutes, The Wonderswan's Story, Boring Emulation, Vertical/Horizontal, The Extra Work, Joy From Obscurity, The Perfect Grey Market, Hashes and Dumps, The Joy to Play. Announcing the Wonderswan collection at https://archive.org/details/wonderswan-library which has settled down to about 260 games, all playable and all rather interesting, especially if the Swan was never a part of your life, like me.

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11:44

The Tax Bill Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/05/16

The Tax Bill Episode: The Bill, The Reasoning, A Silly Misunderstanding, A Misunderstanding Without End, Understanding Stress, Living a Life, A Giddy Fire, A Walk Well Taken, A Promise. A quick meditation on some current tax issues I'm dealing with because of the podcast.

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09:30

The City Reliquary and Panorama Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/05/09

The City Reliquary and Panorama Episode: My Friend Eric Drysdale, A Last-Minute Spot, The Experience of the City Reliquary, The Mid-Century Panorama, Curation of Collections, The Success of the Experience, A Look Instead of a Glance, A Drowned Car, An Inspiration. Some words on the Mid-Century Stereo Panorama. The website: https://midcenturystereopanorama.com/ Which took place at the City Reliquary: https://www.cityreliquary.org/

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14:21

The Severance Fox Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/05/06

The Severance Fox Episode: Two Media Experiences. Puzzle Fox, Zelda Not Zelda, Bewilderment, Ancient Instructions, Severance, Offices, Eero Saarinen, T. J. Watson, Visitation, Hallways, Warrens, Fonts, Machines. An acknowledgement of two modern media experiences I've had that push back through childhood and memories, and the unexpected love I have for a sterile place.

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11:51

The Compuserve Miracle Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/05/03

The Compuserve Miracle Episode: Keeping Secrets, Compuserve's Place, Incredible Ads, The Cost, Dinner Jacket, How a Teenager Got On, The Miracle That Is No Longer a Miracle, Hints and Rumors, The Big Announcement. Regarding a bounty of Compuserve that has fallen (partially) into my hands, and what Compuserve means to me.

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16:25

The Blunders and Mistakes Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/04/01

The Blunders and Mistakes Episode: Pick-Up, Zappa, Disk Switch, Rocking Tow, Crash Cart. Some stories of me in the middle of blunders both due to me and completely out of my control.

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12:29

The New Generation of Sorting Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/03/30

The New Generation of Sorting Episode: A New Feature Lands, A Rediscovery of My Love of Sorting, Pulp Fiction Redux, The Approach and the Result, A Teenager's Categories, The Next Mountains, The Reason Behind it All. A rumination of the act of sorting and presentation, and remembering why I do this. https://archive.org/details/pulpfictionarchive is ready for your attentions and enjoyment.

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16:58

The 75 Bad VHS Tapes Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/03/23

The 75 Bad VHS Tapes Episode: A Simple Review, A Horrible Revelation, Diagnosis, Determination, A Crossroads, Volunteer Rescue, The Solution, The Forward Moving, An Iterative Process. A story of a terrible mistake found by random, and the efforts to unravel the knot. To enjoy some fansubs with goodsound: https://archive.org/details/fansubmarine

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20:44

The Mini-Appler Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/03/16

The Mini-Appler Episode: A Classroom Epiphany, Beautiful Boot, 612 BBSes, Safehouse, Midwest Pirates' Guild, Gods Among Us, BBS Documentary, A Living Room Interview, The Art of Luding, Applesauce, A Day Late, The Golden Wake. A full interview with MPG is here: https://archive.org/details/20040125-bbs-612 Here's beautiful boot in action: https://archive.org/details/Dung_Beetles_Ms._PacMan_Pooyan_Star_Cruiser_Star_Thief_Invas._Force There are many games and programs by Mini Appler/Matt Dornquast

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12:10

The HarvardNet Redux Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/03/11

The HarvardNet Redux Episode: HarvardNet Memories, Fraud and Deceit, The Wonder of a Datacenter, Tiles and Carpet, Loud and Cold, Remote at Any Cost, A Difference of a Year, Smiles and Grimaces, HarvardNet's Doom, See Ya, Pal. A rather ramshackle and rambunctious episode in memory of a wild friend now lost. Also, HarvardNet Sucks.

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17:28

The Blender Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/03/07

The Blender Episode: Learning Blender, Doing Nothing, 3D Studio, The Raytraced Canvas of My Yore, A Canvas In Time, Capsela, Knobs and Tubes, The Tools I Now Have, Boom Box, The Missing Imagination. Less a review than a set of thoughts of my interactions with Blender, the free 3D Program now at version 3.0. https://www.blender.org/

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14:05

The Job Evaluation Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/03/04

The Job Evaluation Episode: A Yearly Check-in, My Strange Job, The Heaps of Inbox, 100,000 Wojacks, Why It Gets Done, The Need to Continue, A Prediction. January is job self-evaluation at the Archive and it put me in the mood of why I keep doing all this, and here's where I am about my place in this magnificent contraption. If you need 100,000 Wojacks, they're here: https://archive.org/details/wojak-collections

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19:04

The Mountain of VHS Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/03/02

The Mountain of VHS Episode: Back in the Saddle, The Depth of VHS, The Variant Quality, The Results of Digitizing VHS, VHS Vault, A Very Large Auction, 3 Days to Victory, Why Save VHS, Helping Hands, The Foggy Road Ahead. A tale of how I went from having what I thought was a lot of videotapes to having entirely too many videotapes. These tapes are safe and will begin getting digitized later this year. As I explain in the episode, my health is back to normal; thanks for all the kind words.

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11:40

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (4 of 4)

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/02/23

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (4 of 4) Endings, Disembarking, Memories. Never Again, Inner Ear, The Food and The Sea. Highlights and Memories, Not Another Community, Ever Shortening Time, A Cruise as Reality, The Continuing JoCo Cruises, Memories Forever. Plus: A Sickness.

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15:34

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (3 of 4)

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/02/22

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (3 of 4) Days at Sea. Meeting The Crew, A Lifeboat Break, A False Island, The Acts and Shows. Wil Wheaton. Coulton as Conductor, Poverty and Vacation, Capsule Hotel, Laser Tag Near Laser Tag, I Got It, No I Really Got It, Lost at Sea.

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13:59

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (2 of 4)

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/02/21

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (2 of 4) Onboard, Walking The Ship, Industrial Luxury, Joco Cruise Convention Crazy, The Realms of a Ship, Meeting the Acts, Connections and Discussions, David Rees, The Internet Temperance League, A Well-Seasoned Seagoing Couple.

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14:37

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (1 of 4)

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/02/20

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (1 of 4) Who is Jonathan Coulton, A Thinking Musician, New Things, Home Concerts, Cruise Offer, Geek Cruises, First Signup, A Series of Shocks, An A la Carte Vacation, Boarding the Gangplank.

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12:39

The Most Precious Manual Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/01/10

The Most Precious Manual Episode: Dude Ranch, Open Door, Asteroids, The Purpose of a Manual, The Secrets Within, My Awakening to Arcade Creators, The First Collection, The Millions of Manuals, Forgive Me. A story of a summer I risked electric shock to get a different kind of shock.

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17:33

The Million Paperclips and Midday Nap Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/01/07

The Million Paperclips and Midday Nap Episode. Two intertwining stories of youth wasted at the International Business Machines corporation.

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12:06

The Ballad of Ricky Jay Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It ·

2022/01/03

The Ballad of Ricky Jay Episode: A Visit to Sotheby's, The Story of Ricky Jay, The Auction, The Magician as Storyteller, A Collection Remixed to a Collection, Broadsheets and Posters, Showmanship, The Secret to Magic, A Life Well Lived, The Circus Leaves Town. As I mention twice in the episode and mention here, the Ricky Jay book Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women is easily one of my all-time favorite books, a glory to enjoy, and one of Ricky Jay's lasting legacies. I recommend it highly.

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