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‘funny,’ not funny

Conversations about books, music, films, history, tech, and culture. Jim is a songwriter and leader of the band Jim’s Big Ego. He is also an author of The Wakeful Wanderer’s Guide series. Lionel…

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Latest episodes

  1. From Sodom to Hope | topic: Upstate New York, Climate Change, Wine Industry, Technology | a conversation with Julian Fisher3 Aug 2026
  2. The ultimate disaster preparedness checklist | topic: Pema Chödrön, The Bardo, Reincarnation | Jim & Lionel22 Jul 2026
  3. “It's both intellectual and Rock & Roll” | topic: The Expanse, science fiction series | Lionel & Jim15 Jul 2026
  4. Zardoz, Logan's Run, THX 1138, Silent Running | topic: four 1970s science fiction films | Jim & Lionel8 Jul 2026
  5. “Crimea River” | topic: Technofeudalism, Economic Theory, Ukraine Victories, Data Cost | with Lionel & Jim1 Jul 2026
  6. “Holding off the Red Army with golf carts” | topic: Adam Neely, Yuval Harari, Ed Zitron, Ukraine, AI personhood | with Lionel & Jim24 Jun 2026
  7. Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and AI Music | topic: Symphony Four, Rite of Spring, Petrouska, Suno and Udio | with Lionel and Jim10 Jun 2026
  8. Marcionite Fan Fiction | topic: Christ Before Jesus, The Historicity of the Gospels | with Lionel & Jim27 May 2026
  9. The inexplicable Béla Tarr | topic: The Turin Horse, Werckmesiter Harmonies, religion in post Soviet film | with Lionel & Jim21 May 2026
  10. Solaris & Stalker | topic: The films of Andre Tarkovsky | with Lionel & Jim14 May 2026