Evil Genius Chronicles

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for October 23, 2026 - Another Front on the War with Enshittification

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On this show, I play a song from Curling; I am going to create a Mastodon server; Discord and Mastodon have distinct use cases; RIP Jared W Smith; when starting a new online space begin with few channels and expand; beginning with too many spaces is the kiss of death; I miss the GEnie SFRT; I have altered the trigger for doing dishes; it is hard to do the thing when procrastination is so available; Dawarich is working great...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for October 16, 2026 - Largely Life Does Not Reward You For Procrastination

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On this show, I play a song from Summer Sleeves; every aspect of this show is now up for grabs; if you can afford it, trading money for trouble is usually worth it; having windows of totally free time is a gift and shouldn't add stress; A Stupid and Futile Gesture was slightly entertaining and slightly interesting and not much more; Vito X Dino podcast catches up this week; I am the digital coordinator for FediZineFest; I had...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for October 9, 2026 - I Live My Life to Avoid Creating New Stories

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On this show, I play a song from Faint Halos; this show is at an existential crossroads; my life is better than most and yet I still feel down; deailing with AI and AI potential ads is death by 1000 paper cuts; by the time you ask the question, you know the answer; Ted Sturgeon's advice on writers block seems appropriate; sometimes the resistance is winning; it was dumb to sell my bass even if I'll never be...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for October 2, 2026

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On this quick bite episode, I talk about country living and 4H projects and how exhausting it can be.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 25, 2026 - You Might Be That Foot

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On this show, I play a favorite song from Paul Melancon; my episode of the Vito X Dino podcast has been released; I neither hate nor love listening to my own voice; the Reverend Susie the Floozie announced that this year is the last for Bob's Slacktime Funhouse; a dirty soda place opened up near me and I am very worried for its future; it helps if you have some runway with your newly opened business; if I can't tell what...

A few months ago I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Vito X Dino podcast as part of my Kickstarter reward for Dean Haspiel's ANTIMATTER comic. It was a really fun conversation. When it was over, I was immediately sad that I wouldn't be on their show the next week.

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Semi-related, I had previously volunteered to be their audio intern. The show begins on YouTube and the audio is later...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 18, 2026 - Feeling Good is All The Productivity You Need Download audio

On this show, I play a song from The Makeouts; I can't handle a schedule on a holiday week; mornings are my time; I cherish those morning moments when everything is quiet; I realized I put so much attention to my podcast backlog because it feels like achievement when in fact it is nothing; I got some attention with my Mastodon post about podcast growth; is Brian Ibbot the only podcaster I came up with earning a living from their...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for September 11 2026 Download audio

On this show, I talk about my history with Dragon*Con during the nineties.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for September 4, 2026 - I Use the Gender Neutral "Dude" Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Burden's Landing; my kid got us a table at the restaurant and it almost made me cry; the notion of "imposer syndrome" made me laugh; working on the Vito X Dino podcast led me to Devil in Detail, a Grendel comic re-read podcast; I volunteered to be a coordinator for the FediZineFest with very little forethought; those early Comico comics were some slapdash affairs; the very worst comic book you've ever read was actually printed and...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 28 2026 - A Major Act of Podcast Negligence Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Pillow Spiders; my child is driving to school solo; I am wistful; bees can't consent to give you honey; I am trying to face opposing opinions by asking "what of this can I agree with?"; clicking the link to Reddit is almost always a mistake; argumentative privilege is real; I will do boring work for your open source project but I will not argue for it; people who are comfortable arguing will get more of what...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for August 21 2026 Download audio

On this show, I discuss why I like and don't like podcasts and what a hazy choice it can be. Names are named.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 14 2026 - You Don't Run This Show for 22 Years Without Wringing a Topic Dry Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Djembe Funk; paper bags were the key to cleaning my upper office for good; filing comics will eat up a week; I was a guest on the Vito x Dino video show; I am now the unpaid intern for the Vito x Dino audio podcast; I could not care less about growing this podcast but I want to grow theirs; Alone is a reality show I can watch because it...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for August 7 2026 Download audio

On this show, I discuss 3D printing, my history with it and my new printer.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 31 2026 - I'm Not Saying Full Kaczynski Is Off The Table Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Brooke Eden; having the full blog publishing loop working makes me want to publish more posts; dynamic podcast ads are becoming so bad and so plentiful that I am motivated to remove them; all ad removers use LLMs; I am so angry at the LLM companies for poisoning a useful technology with their financial scams; Democrats love to sign me up to mailing lists against my will; I used fake initials to figure...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for July 24 2026 Download audio

In this quick bite episode, I discuss my home lab, the concept of a home lab and what it entails to keep one running.

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 17 2026 - You Can Be Disappointed But Don't Be Surprised Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Dirty South; one hive is in trouble so we requeened; bees are stressful; I joined an adult summer reading challenge; I hate how well gamification works on me; Nathan Lowell suggested a book and I took him up on it; I like The Expanse and Eternal Champion books but I need a break from high stakes; Nathan Lowell talked about community service as punishment; my kid's school requires community service; my fraternity was sentenced...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 10 2026 - Leaving Future Dave Holding the Bag Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Elour; the kid lit all the fireworks; it's too dry for roman candles; clutter is physical procrastination; I'm trying to carry stuff immediately without piling it for later transfer; do the tedious stuff at the first opportunity rather than when disaster strikes; I killed a day in Columbia writing mobilely about how I didn't need a mobile writing tool; right after I stopped caringm the PocketMage campaign went live; I still use the Boox Note Air 4...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 3 2026 - I Made It Work Because I Forgot It Didn't Work Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Rain Garden; I think a lot about people who live in those remote houses on the highway; there is a power in living somewhere cheap; I feel jealous of people older than me that still have living parents; I got most angry at my dad for not being alive when my child was born; in a weird way, you only become your true self when all your parents are dead; it's unlikely...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 26 2026 - I Was Comic Box on a Hand Truck Guy Download audio

On this show, I play a song from James McMurtry; I set my Waze voice to Chaka Khan; this is an atypical summer; I did less cheap comic shopping at Heroescon than ever; I did more art shopping at Heroescon than ever; this might be my last year of bulk autograph seeking; John K. Snyder III is a great guy; Walt Simonson's autograph line might have broken me on big ticket signatures; if you are going to embezzle then do it...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 5 2026 - Spoons, Man Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Lindi Ortega; I relate a couple of witticisms from the child and tell tales of new driver excitement; Kendrick Lamar's merch was fugly but SZA's was great; I tell the tale of mishandling a thigh cramp; Subvert.fm is my new first place to look for new show music; I explain why Baen Books and the Maximum Fun Network occupy similar boxes in my brain; the author I could not think of was Jack McDevitt, truly one of the nice...

Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for May 29 2026 Download audio

On this show, I talk about why I don't love YouTube the platform and the content that lives on it.

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