Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 26 2024 – Clangy Clangy Phone Rings

In this episode I play a song by The Gentle Readers; I am back on the Eat To Live plan after almost two years away; retirement also leads to engineering what the rest of your life looks like; using the older men in my life as positive and negative examples on how to age; I had a surprisingly rational conversation about assisted living; I have volunteered to help with Reloadio; the first listener who can identify the seam between the two chunks of the show will win a free t-shirt shipped anywhere in the world; I watched the Black Sabbath movie; the change in the social contract about phones in fascinating; capitalism and the short term focus drives me insane; layoffs make me insane; getting laid off changed my entire approach to work;

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 10 23 – Fight Like Hell

In this episode, I play a song by Doctor Deathray; for once I had time to do the show and no mojo to do one; I always predicted that my golden years would be on fire; talking to people seems harder than it used to; we went to a murder mystery dinner; grampa is making life so much harder than it needs to be; it sure seems like publishers are bad at business including publishing; Nathan Lowell’s podcast is back; Nate only reads indie published books; can we agree that Bean Dad was the most harmless internet flareup?; I don’t care about the McElroys or Maximum Fun; the American left is great at policing the people who aren’t lefting the way they like; Warren Ellis seems to have crafted a second act.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 22 2021 – Bean Dad

In this episode, I play a song by Pauline Scanlon; a quick Eat to Live update; I discuss a little about and why I think this is a fairly ridiculous internet outrage; everyone has to choose their own path to being a terrible parent; I don’t know or care who the McElroys are or why they are internet famous; TabFS is an interest project; I am taking a timeout from Cory Doctorow; your super-fans are the most likely to become super-haters; Chris York makes me think about Creative Commons and usage of stuff.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 2 2019 – Smugness is the Brand

In this episode, I play a song by the Kreelers; I went to Iron Maiden; accept the invitations that don’t make sense; The Bachelor live show makes me crazy; podcast network promos encourage me to leave; I am winning the war with clutter or at least fighting to a standstill.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 3 2018 – Projecting

In this episode, I play an oldie from the history of this show; why I am not doing the Dog Days of Podcasting this year; I discuss purging items from your life and building DIY projects and getting into Raspberry Pi.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 4 2016 – Breaking with Libertarians

In this episode, I play a song from the Indigo Girls; I talk about Roderick on the Line and the claim that “computers haven’t increased efficiency one iota since 1965”; from there I lead off into a discussion of why libertarianism as an ideal once really compelled me and now I break with it completely.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for April 19 2016 – Passive Depressive

In this episode, I play a song by DQE; I talk about John Roderick, manic depression, half-finished projects, GMC motorhomes; I talk about trying to read every main Iron Man title starting from 1963; I give up giving up coffee.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 23 2015 – Fixing Leaks and Fighting with Sticks

In this episode, I play a song from Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys; I give a podcasting pro tip; I talk about how Mad at Dad has already become part of my routine; I give an update of how Secret Weapon GTD is working for me; I talk about Adam Romer and his presentation at Bar Camp CHS; unsubscribing from Merlin Mann; stick fighting for grownups.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 9 2015 – DDOP 35, Extra Innings

In this episode, I answer questions from Reed Knight: What are some things I think are underrated and what are my top 10 high signal-to-noise podcasts?

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Aug 23 2015 – DDOP 20

In this episode, I answer a few questions: Have I ever played role playing games? What does my family think of the podcast? Am I exercising? What is the deal with the Church of the Subgenius?

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Aug 20 2015 – 11th Anniversary!

In this episode, I play a song by the Gentle Readers and talk a little about my history with the band; I celebrate the 11th anniversary of this show; I talk about Clinton Alvord and his discussion of a new podcasting article; I riff on the podcasts that give me joy and how that metric gets applied; I talk about some big name podcasts that fail to bring me joy and what I want from the medium. We all go home happy.

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Podcast Wisdom

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From Roderick on the Line episode titled “Goofus MacGroofus”:

John Roderick: “I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. Gene Simmons is Donald Trump in dragon boots.”

PS – I missed the whole t-shirt thing. I totally would have bought one if I had found out about this limited time offer five days ago. I’m on the “let’s do that again” list. If you join me, maybe it will happen.

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 26, 2014 – DDOP 27: Comedy Podcasts

In this episode, I talk about the comedy podcasts that I listen to and note the ones that bring me the most joy; as a bonus I talk about a couple of others that just make me happy.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 13, 2013 – “My Life In Fandom #28”

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In this episode, I finish up the fandom series by covering the years 2000 to present; after that I discuss a few quotes I found funny from recent podcast listening.

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