All Episodes

59 mins #193 Oct 17, 25

Using N8N to Dig for the Right Links | #193 CHATGPT

We troubleshoot building a web app that finds library "suggest a purchase" links, comparing Google search heuristics, IMLS CSV lookup, fuzzy matching, geocoding/Haversine distance, spatial indexing, and vetting results.

41 mins #192 Oct 16, 25

Experiencing How History Felt | #192 CHATGPT

We pick obscure days, slip into characters—from Anders at a 1904 Norwegian telegraph, to Calista in Alexandria, to Ameena in 14th‑century Timbuktu—sensory details and surprising encounters and quiet discoveries unfold.

42 mins #191 Oct 15, 25

How Gen Z Toppled the Nepalese Government | #191 COPILOT, CHATGPT

We set the scene in Kathmandu and trace the Sept 4–12 uprising—from a social‑media ban and a ₹14 billion airport embezzlement to deadly police crackdowns, the storming of the government complex, and an interim transition.

70 mins #190 Oct 14, 25

Creative Ways to Move the Needle on Book Sales | #190 CHATGPT

We brainstorm practical, low-friction tools to get Claude Silver’s Be Yourself at Work into libraries—building playful landing pages, ISBN request widgets, reverse-proxy branding, school‑library templates, and outreach strategies.

64 mins #189 Oct 13, 25

Book Promotion Creative Strategy Meeting | #189 CHATGPT

We brainstorm a grassroots book launch: build a city-to-library purchase-request tool, a one-pin reader map with optional notes, and a future-self time-capsule email—covering tech, costs, moderation, and rollout.

58 mins #188 Oct 04, 25

Recap & Outline of Act 1 | #188 NOTEBOOK LM

We dig through a 459‑page dossier, unpack Act One beat‑by‑beat: Adrian’s quiet collapse via scopolamine‑laced clay, Victor’s revenge, the cats’ intuition, and Olivia’s shattering low that ignites her arc.

68 mins #187 Oct 03, 25

Derpy (The K-Pop Demon Hunters Tiger) Halloween Costume | #187 GROK

We trace Derpy's roots in Korean folk tiger art, compare East Asian tiger myths, and walk step-by-step through building a derpy K-pop mascot head — foam, batting, fur, ears.

66 mins #186 Oct 02, 25

Exploring Augmented Reality's Impact on Human Communication | #186 CHATGPT

We explore how AR reshapes communication: safe activist meetings and drone projections, empathy-building virtual dinners and double-dates, cross-cultural exchanges, translation aids, the tricky new norms around personal space, trolling.

83 mins #185 Oct 01, 25

Story 1: End of Act 1, Start of Act 2 | #185 CHATGPT

We recap and sharpen Act One: plotting an antagonist systematically isolating a father, the detective cats notice, Lily drifts closer, and Olivia’s homecoming solo collapses—ending with her stranded in the rain.

49 mins #184 Sep 30, 25

The Impassible Ardennes Forest, Feat. The Nazis | #184 INPUT CO-HOSTS

We set the scene for May 1940, unpack why Germans chose Ardennes, trace five-day Panzer blitz from Sedan to Dunkirk, expose missed reconnaissance, soldier vignettes, and lessons on flawed assumptions.

43 mins #182 Sep 19, 25

N8N | <3 #182 CHATGPT

The origins of digital workflow automation, using it as a back-end engine, and learning through real world examples.   

38 mins #181 Sep 18, 25

Onryō | <3 #181 CHATGPT

We sink deep into the world of Japanese vengeful spirits spawned from horrible acts of cruelty. 

52 mins #180 Sep 17, 25

Lenin & The October Revolution | <3 #180 CHATGPT

Inflation, bread lines and a crumbling economy... perfect opportunity for a coup. 

57 mins #179 Sep 17, 25

How Do I Help My Huge, Old Tree Live a Long, Happy Life | <3 #179 CHATGPT

What makes an oak an oak, what a drip line is, how to pick a mulch & much much more. 

31 mins #178 Sep 16, 25

Advice Before Our First Whatnot Live | <3 #178 CHATGPT

We start with its origins & then hit tips, tactics and production logistics. 

72 mins #177 Sep 15, 25

What Do I Not Know to Ask | <3 #178 CHATGPT, GEMINI, GROK

Chat goes self aware, Gemini struggles horribly and Grok does a decent job at singing Fly Me to The Moon. 

44 mins #176 Sep 12, 25

Inside China's Social Credit System | <3 #176 GROK

We explore how skipping out on a jaywalking fine can come back to haunt you at the airline gate. What happens if you can't pay. And what it's like to be a local. 

76 mins #175 Sep 11, 25

Adding Depth to Act I | <3 #175 CHATGPT

Olivia cries herself to sleep and then the cats do down a detective rabbit hole. 

57 mins #174 Sep 10, 25

Adrian's Spiral Into Madness | <3 #174 NOTEBOOK LM, CHATGPT

We pretty much ruin Adrian (the father in our ongoing story)

26 mins #173 Sep 09, 25

Mixed Bag | <3 #173 CHATGPT

How strip clubs worked when the dollar was more valuable, Wabi-sabi & why white dog shit has become rare... among other things.