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Topic Lords

Jim Stormdancer

Every week, Jim invites different friends to guest on Topic Lords and be excited about whatever they"ve been fixated on this week.

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1:20:00

315. I Can't Believe It's Butter

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2025/11/03

Lords:* John * Kevin * https://www.youtube.com/@kevin_hainline Topics: * Asking for help / Dealing with the slightest criticism/suggestions/etc * Roger Rabbit and Marvel vs. Capcom were big deals. How long until multiverse & crossover shit is exciting again? * Update on media that makes me feel things vs. media that doesn't * "Bell's Theorem"", a poem that I wrote, and then, at a poetry reading someone suggested the next poem and it demonstrated how good poets are pretty amazing and I am not a

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1:04:45

314. Gotta Catch Half Of 'Em!

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2025/10/27

Lords: * Elena * Joël Topics: * The Luck Factor: * http://www.richardwiseman.com/resources/TheLuckFactor.pdf * Dual pilgrim certificate * The return of PicoSteveMo * https://itch.io/jam/picostevemo-3 * Every poem, by every human * https://www.tumblr.com/nextworldover/793694487879827456/animatedamerican-atamascolily Microtopics: * Packing cubes. * The Rolling Method. * Modular backpacks. * Camera people: a different type of people. * Nested zippered envelopes labeled one through five. *

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1:06:29

313. Don't You Wish You Didn't Know That?

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2025/10/20

Lords: * Daniel * https://www.danielmullinsgames.com/ * Chris Topics: * Psychic Students In Pursuit Of Guidance (psipog) * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EIwP0zerbk * Zhaozhou's "Wash Your Bowl" Koan * Figwit * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figwit * Sudo-Ku * https://katlehmann.weebly.com/sudo-ku-a-multi-haiku-form.html * Game Design: The form is arbitrary and not worth much thought. What's interesting is how you play in and with the form. See The Witness, Undertale, Sokoban games,

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1:21:23

312. Rubber Baby Knopfler Romplers

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2025/10/13

Lords: * Danny * https://nightbrunchband.com/ * Walker * https://nightbrunchband.com/ Topics: * You Probably Think This Song is About You * The Perfect r/crappymusic Post: An audio tour of Archetypes * https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/0291r0zf.jpg * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EIwP0zerbk * Sample-based film scores in the 80s *

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1:04:37

311. Godzilla's Daily Routine

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2025/10/06

Lords: * John * Fif Topics: * Accidentally exploring a bunch of related subjects and/or media * The excellent progression system of Blues' Clues ABCs (1995) * https://archive.org/details/blues-clues-blues-abc-time-activities-pc-cd-rom * Salty Licorice is the sixth taste * https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/a-sixth-sense-of-taste-salty-licorice/ * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salty_liquorice * The Cubivore between-level limerick *

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1:03:15

310. Dance Like The Universe Is An Empty Wasteland

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2025/09/29

Lords * Alexander * Kev Topics: * "Floaty movement" in games * The power to give people clutter that they can't throw away * https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/users/yorkdoom/palweb/week12/palwk12.htm * https://www.anabuzzalino.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/book-of-kells.jpg * Dunning Kruger got debunked! * https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/ * With or Without Witnesses, by Hasbro, Inc. * https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/457/alloy-myr *

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1:12:22

309. Shaking Ass To Music For Airports

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2025/09/22

Lords: * Megan * https://www.megancarnesmusic.com/ * Austin * https://austinmwav.com/ Topics: * Going for a super long walk is amazing * "Elevated" horror is a sham * I was there when Every 5x5 Nonogram section 303 finished * NPC Dialog Test by Nintendo Europe #NintendoEurope * https://x.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1863976914349621280 * My breakfast dogma * Not bringing my shitpost music/mashup ideas to life because I'm afraid they'll be more popular than my actual music Microtopics: * Music for

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308B. Oops, All Microtopics!

Topic Lords ·

2025/09/15

This is the pre-show planning and banter for episode 308, recorded and edited basically by accident?? Enjoy??Microtopics: * The old saw that if the teacher is 15 minutes late, you are excused. * All the hosts forgetting about the podcast so that episode just doesn't get recorded. * The seam in the fish video. * Procedurally vs. manually textured terrain. * How to texture a limestone chunk. * Whether Donkey Kong Bananza is deliberately evoking the sickly sheen of Donkey Kong Country's raytraced

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1:08:34

308. A Xylophone For Jandek

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2025/09/15

Lords: * John * Avery * Jay Topics: * Being known for one thing and trying to do a different thing * https://jtholen.bandcamp.com/album/new-active-object * Finding instruments on the street * Accidentally arguing with sauna guy Microtopics: * Many-Time Topic Lord John Mystery. * Talking the plunge into the Topic Lords discord. * An unspoken constant presence like Seymour Glass in the Glass Family novels. * The Once and Future Musician. * Putting a formant filter on your organ so you can play the

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1:04:56

307. The Bad Boy Of Crossword Construction

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2025/09/08

Lords:* Ben * Avery Topics: * The Mishima Incident, in which one of the most famous authors in Japan created his own private militia of young men, attempted to overthrow the government and, upon failing, committed ritual suicide. * City-wide game of hide and seek * How to stick it to bad Bluetooth actors * The Carrotman's Lament, by E.L. Hubert * https://x.com/sweetstench/status/1724958011754504568 * Esper says: "Avery’s anecdote about the carrot poem being something he’d do in high school

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1:06:06

306. You Wouldn't Believe The Brutes They Make

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2025/09/01

Lords: * Xalavier * https://store.steampowered.com/app/3139570/CoopKaijuHorror_Cooking/ * Cort Topics: * What's the coolest instrument to give a child? * What happened to sound lasers? * Appearing Canes * https://www.amazon.com/Healifty-Retractable-Collapsible-Professional-Accessories/dp/B093G7J6JG * The Story of Mel * http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html * https://melsloop.com/docs/the-story-of-mel/pages/mel-kaye-cv Microtopics: * Whether your middle name is really Danger. *

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1:16:09

305. Phlegmletting

Topic Lords ·

2025/08/25

Lords: * Abby * https://www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/abby-denton-my-favorite-loser * Sid * https://linktr.ee/beamsplashx Topics: * Reading about type 1 diabetes * Saying vegetables instead of cussin' * https://jp.itch.io/mr-friendly * Winston punched his tooth out * If I Ran the Circus (excerpt) * With the power of portable PS2 emulation, I can find out how many types of games I don't like anymore Microtopics: * My Favorite Loser. * Mistakes we always keep in the show because it's more fun

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1:07:26

304. Turn On The MacLachlan

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2025/08/18

Lords: * Andrew * https://highcadence.online * Brandon * https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/ Topics: * My daughter's high school pep band playlist is full of bangers * https://embed.music.apple.com/us/playlist/lakeridge-pep-band/pl.u-LdbqENjt759ZJ * Why some actors can't carry a b-movie but others can * What do these white rings on the Microbrute mean? * https://mastodon.social/@mogwai_poet/114842907188616207 * Andrew wrote to Arturia support like a madman, and they got

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1:06:04

303. A System Of People Doing Stuff And Being Weirdos

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2025/08/11

Lords:* JP * https://jplebreton.com/ * Styger * https://www.sf.gov/readysf Topics: * Is "Non-Super" Mario an alternate state of consciousness or identity, or merely an alternate physical state? * "Hot defensive bee ball" + bees in general * Solving all 24,976,511 5x5 nonograms * https://pixelogic.app/every-5x5-nonogram * Poem Seen in a Motel Fan by Alberto Blanco * https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/-_x1pv5l.jpg *

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1:22:06

302. Frog Fractions 2 OST 2: Still Croakin'

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2025/08/04

Lords: * Kory * Ryan Topics: * Incorrect stuff they teach you in school (blood, bats, soda cans, etc) * Oops I’ve started over remaking my game again, ECS edition * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8OkkHSQjWg * https://bevy.org/ * Accidentally finding a cat on vacation * Being Boring, by Wendy Cope * https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/18ihpmd/poembeingboringbywendy_cope/ Microtopics: * Watching an epicurean professional licking the Switch and Switch 2 cartridges back to back. * Switch

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301. For Those Who Are Glucose Curious

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2025/07/28

Lords: * Wacy * Chris Topics: * Mysterious BART smell between 12th st. Oakland and West Oakland * Glucose monitor * Winston has been playing Minecraft. Have you heard about this game? Kids love it I guess. * The Earth Wants You * https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/_jj6TAcC.jpg Microtopics: * Knowing so many Chrises that you refuse to call yourself Chris. * Not knowing what just happened for the past how, but now there's an hour-long

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1:07:26

300. Dave's Kid Doesn't Know How To Spit

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2025/07/21

Lords:* Jenni * Tyriq Topics: * Internal Monologue Soundboards * Ash wants to be the very best, but at what cost? When is competition a bad thing? * The different ways people play games * Friendship is a skill * Water… Earth… Fire… Air… which bending is best bending? Microtopics: * Scrubbin' Trouble. * Figuring out how to do a multiplayer roguelike. * Power leveling all your skills at once and hoping it's enough. * Looking at the comments, because there might be something good in there. * The

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1:03:53

299. Skin Fortress With Armed Idiot

Topic Lords ·

2025/07/14

Lords:* Jenni * Robb Topics: * The phenomenon where multiple people respond with the same mystifying emoji * Skin Fort dream and image both provided by WiL: https://stale-meme.itch.io/ * Lately I've engaged in pretend play with my 4 year old nephew by pretending we stole a crate of "Toxic Waste" candy and lying to the cops about it. As actual parents, is this healthy for the child? * It turns out you don't want to rent a Playstation * Hints * https://x.com/jensbest/status/413105300535668736 * I

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1:23:03

298. Rawdogging Life

Topic Lords ·

2025/07/07

Lords:* Mark * https://wyrmburden.bandcamp.com/album/strange-sorcerous * Shirley * https://shop.naturmacht.com/sorcerot-merch/sorceroet-rotten-magick-vinyl-crowdfunding-lim Topics: * Music League * Shaping the Head Like a Japanese Watermelon * Kugelmugel * https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelmugel * Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley * https://www.emilyperlkingsley.com/welcome-to-holland * Using drugs in 2025 *

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1:00:03

297. Grimace Exploded, Covering 70,000 People

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2025/06/30

Lords:* Erica * Judy * https://www.tiktok.com/@diluftmensch * https://www.tumblr.com/diluftmensch * https://bsky.app/profile/diluftmensch.bsky.social Topics: * The Pantone college experience * Why is everyone with superpowers a crime fighter or a criminal * Sell me on metal utensils * Grand Avenue, by Ron Koertge * https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2014%252F10%252F19.html * Abridged version: https://allpoetry.com/poem/14373111-Grand-Avenue-by-Ronald-Koertge *

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