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 Cassin is an IT security specialist and a voracious reader of Science Fiction and History. They enjoy lively conversations and are now sharing those with you. We are an independant podcast and we rely on your support. Subscribe at patreon.com/jiminfantino for as little as $3 per month for live webcasts and bonus content.
‘funny,’ not funny
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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 Cassin is an IT security specialist and a voracious reader of Science Fiction and History. They enjoy lively conversations and are now sharing those with you. We are an independant podcast and we rely on your support. Subscribe at patreon.com/jiminfantino for as little as $3 per month for live webcasts and bonus content.
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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
“Holding off the Red Army with golf carts” | topic: Adam Neely, Yuval Harari, Ed Zitron, Ukraine, AI personhood | with Lionel & Jim
In this episode, Jim and Lionel delve into the complexities of AI, geopolitics, and the future of technology, exploring how power, cooperation, and innovation shape our world. We touch on land drones in the Ukraine, the failures of Might Makes Right, AIs as the new immigrants, Adam Neely and Ed Zitron vs. the AI invasion, and generally, stuff that is going on or going wrong right now. We decide to tackle Yanis Varoufakis' book Techno Feudalism in our next episode.
June 10, 2026
Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and AI Music | topic: Symphony Four, Rite of Spring, Petrouska, Suno and Udio | with Lionel and Jim
Today we talk about the world of classical music, the creative process of composers like Stravinsky, and the impact of AI on music creation and authenticity. We dig into Stravinsky's use of folk themes in classical music, the orchestration and technical mastery of Rite of Spring and Petrushka, and then veer into the impact of AI on music creation, and the role of authenticity in an age of imitation.
May 27, 2026
Marcionite Fan Fiction | topic: Christ Before Jesus, The Historicity of the Gospels | with Lionel & Jim
This week we dive into a fascinating book by Jaaron Wingo and Matthew Britt titled <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/christ-before-jesus-evidence-for-the-second-century-origins-of-jesus-jaaron-wingo/9d2de322c6cf4e77?ean=9798990235809&next=t&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%7Bcampaignname%7D&utm_content=6443417794&gad_source=5&gad_campaignid=16235479093&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI07GQ86PYlAMV1GZHAR0HjgCwEAQYASABEgKTNvD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christ Before Jesus: Evidence for the Second Century Origins of Jesus</a>. This is a dense historical refutation of the historicity of the gospels highlighting anachronisms and employing stylometry to conclude that neither Jesus nor Paul existed as historical figures. It points to the Evangelion of Marcion as the first gospel and dates the writings of all other stories as subsequent, beginning 90 years later than scholars have dated these writings. The book challenges many assumptions made by christians and non-christians alike, and although it is a difficult read, it made for fascinating conversation.Toward the end of this longer episode, we dove into the TV series The Patriot, and Lionel discussed the theory of humanity's relationship to music. We had a good time with this one. Enjoy.
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