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Episode 140 – More Pulps and D&D

Overview In preparation for last weeks episode with John Bruening, we talk about pulps. We really are time travelers, and this episode got caught in a time slip, so it isn’t appearing until after the episode with John. Ah, who cares, we have a good talk about the new Dungeons and Dragons movie also. Recommendations […]

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Episode 70 – Geek Weekend

We’ve had a week off, which gave us plenty to discuss. Al went to the Strong National Museum of Play. https://www.museumofplay.org/ We discuss how preserving these items is important and how we can use technology to keep them alive. He also played on the oldest mini-golf course. Then he visited Cornell University. Alan has also […]

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Episode 56 – Fun and Wonder

Today’s theme seems to be fun and wonder. These are things that kids have but adults tend to lose and we wonder why. We start off talking about Stephen’s brother in law getting a Steve Austin (Bionic Man) doll from Gina, and he loved it. The memories of childhood open you back up to the […]

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Episode 49 – Breaking Apple and Facebook

Apple has just implemented a new security update that gives users more control. This has a lot of Facebook advertisers concerned. We discuss some of the ramifications. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222 https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-iphone-privacy-update-seen-hurting-facebook-revenue-q2-2021-04-26/ I mention J Thorn and the Author Success Mastermind – if you’re a writer, check it out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Haglund

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Episode 09 – Creativity, Comics, and Censorship

It’s funny how we discuss topics for the show and quite often go off the rails and talk about other things. Then there are the times we get several topics and as we discuss them, we realize how much they are related. We start off today talking about addiction. This involves a discussion on the […]