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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 5 2021 – Balls in the Wind

In this episode, I play a song by Valley Lodge; a problem with our HOA drove a home purchase; we are trying an experiment with moving and PODS; I may be podcasting from a little actual recording booth; congratulations Atlanta Braves; I don’t want sports drama, I’d rather have blowouts; we will visit Manhattan and I’m trying to meet Dave Hill; modern me would rather chill than have an agenda; everything I know about Manhattan geography is from the Lego Avengers game; listening to All the Hacks talk with the Points Guy triggered me; I am a terrible tourist.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for April 7 2020 – Octoprint

In this episode, I play a Valley Lodge song;I talk about fun stuff I’m doing lately, including 3D printing and setting up Octoprint; Gambody has some cool free models available for printing face masks; my family is slowly warming to having a house filled with IoT smart devices; I am coalescing on a few makers of smart devices; not all voice assistants are created equal; I’m falling out of love with the cheap Chinese IoT devices; I should have sympathy for the New York publishers who are in business troubles but I really don’t; they’ve had decades to find a way to work with e-publishing but they didn’t so you get what you get and you don’t throw a fit.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for October 7 2019 – I want My Fantasy Grungy

In this episode, I play a song from Valley Lodge; I discuss the work trips to India and Louisiana; I love a lot of science fiction literature but I don’t like urban fantasy – expecially Harry Potter and especially especially the voice acting of the audiobook; I do love cyberpunk; I finished Game of Thrones and started Danger Man aka Secret Agent; I am fine with the Game of Thrones TV show ending; I have a burgeoning interest in MMT aka modern monetary theory; the Pointer Sisters do a breathtaking cover of Steely Dan.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 12 2019 – Certainty Poisoning

In this episode, I talk about Otter.ai being partof my workflow; digitizing my radio history; figures that have gone from ubiquitous to forgotten in my lifetime; cyberpunk remains my favorite genre; Cory Doctorow has a certainty that I envy; our culture suffers from certainty poisoning; RIP Lois Edgerly; Andre Pope is struggling.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Feb 18 2019 – My Heart is Not Yours To Warm

In this episode, I play a song from the new Valley Lodge album; I update on the move; don’t shop at KMart.com; there is a reason why Amazon is the biggest retailer online; I am befuddled by those who hate Chick-Fil-A politics and not their food; I’m too tired to hate Walmart; I can’t be a part of the politics horseraces; I hate speculative punditry; I want one thing from the Weather Channel; mainstream reporting of scientific studies is almost always wrong; there is one reason to share studies on social media; please don’t manipulate me; goodbye.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for October 20 2016 – Free is Not Cheap Enough

In this episode, I play a song from Austin’s own Glass Eye; it is hard work weathering a hurricane; I play some feedback from Rob Leachman; why I lightened up on playing music; it was a big day with a child; I don’t want many more physical books even when they are free; I no longer have interest in book porn; I discuss some of the books I bought at the library sale; Dan Klass helped me with my standup routine; I love the Jackie and Laurie show.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for October 13 2016 – Preparations

In this episode, I play a song from Valley Lodge dedicated to Hurricane Matthew; I discuss preparing for the hurricane and the adventures that led to; a trick I used to work on being less shy; I am not Jewish; I am comfortable with myself; you can bootstrap conversations and relationships; I have less than a week until my standup set; how do we go from plenty of time to not enough time with no transition?

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for February 1 2016 – The Polite Conventions

In this episode I play a song from Valley Lodge; I discuss the problems in producing anything regularly; I catalog my failure to meet my writing goals; I talk about my queues of podcasts, comics, books and TV shows; I discuss the true seriousness of OCD and how no one is “a little bit OCD”; I point out what seems like a logical discrepancy with how the left treat the 99%/1% split and trans people; I talk about my dream schedule of SF and comic conventions to attend in 2016; I discuss my Creative Common license and whether it is polite to ask to use CC licensed work.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for December 1 2015 – Risks and Rewards

In this episode, I play a song by Valley Lodge; I discuss my current state of weight loss; I talk about worry and action, risk vs reward; I tell a story about a bad handling of a situation; I talk about WTF and his “big announcement” on a show; I discuss the notion of “finding yourself on stage” in comedy and how that relates to podcasting.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 3 2015 – Win Like a Champion

In this episode, I play a song by Valley Lodge; I talk about gay marriage and how I think the victory should be celebrated; I talk about my recent weight loss and how I am achieving it; I discuss my enjoyment of MMove Bluetooth earbuds and call it a show.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 31 2015 – 30 Minutes to Outrage

In this episode, I play a song from Valley Lodge; I discuss why I am done with Flattr; I am the dad that sleeps in the tent; I talk about season passes and always having towels; I talk about choices and decision fatigue and why I play roulette; I close on discussing the Black Widow controversy around Age of Ultron and how that is exactly like an ebook controversy from 15 years ago; I urge everyone to take a few minutes before acting on any outrage and from there we call it a day.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 31, 2014 – Recieved Wisdom

In this episode, I play a song by Valley Lodge; I talk about two bits of received wisdom about parenting that I strongly defy acknowledging as true; I talk about the notion that “there are too many podcasts” and that sort of thinking.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 24, 2014 – DDOP 25: Dave Hill and Valley Lodge

In this episode, I discuss my love of comedian Dave Hill, his podcast, writing and his band Valley Lodge and play their song “Sweet Elizabeth.”

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for November 13, 2013 – “Changes and Fear”

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I discuss my life changes; I talk about Android and installing FourSquare and Saga on my phone; I talk about the YouTube comment controversy; I recommend works by Nicola Griffith and Dave Hill and toodle out of the show ungracefully.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for May 2, 2013 – “New Podcasts I’m Digging”

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, May 2 2013. I talk about how I have realized I am an idiot, about using Auphonic.com in my podcasting workflow, getting an unexpected discount that I’m not sure how to take, I run down some podcasts I’m enjoying lately, and talk about how I just don’t much like the one episode of the Maron TV show I saw.

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