Podcasts by Scorpio Season TV
lisa + venkat, perhaps better known as @niftynei and @vgr, hang out and talk their way through the alphabet.
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X: Unknowns from 2021-05-24T16:25:25
Lisa discovers Weird Sun Twitter; Venkat gets his 2nd vaccine shot and ends up quoted in a book.
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V: Victory from 2021-05-01T18:35:29
This week on Scorpio Season, Lisa and Venkat talk accidental vs earned victories. Venkat reminisces about his gold medal swimming feats; Lisa wins so hard they change the rules.
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U: Universal from 2021-04-26T22:13:18
Lisa and Venkat talk about universals. Lisa designs a study to figure out if bitcoin is a universal currency; Venkat talks standards
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T: Thinking from 2021-04-18T20:18:43
Lisa and Venkat share some thoughts on thinking. Venkat wanders into the arena of aphantasia; Lisa describes some dreams.
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S: Selling Out from 2021-04-18T20:09:03
Venkat and Lisa talk about what it means to sell out; Venkat vehemently denies every being a sell out, Lisa confesses she's up for a cash conversion.
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Q: Quality from 2021-03-28T21:52:31
Lisa tries to distill 'quality' from kitchen sink faucet ad copy; Venkat contrasts Japanese vs American 80's car ads.
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P: Probability from 2021-03-23T01:11:55
Lisa explains the difference between probability and potentiality; Venkat also talks. Includes six predictions about the next ten years.
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O: Big 'O' Notation from 2021-03-22T19:05:01
Venkat and Lisa go down the complexity rabbit hole and try to answer the question: are market price movements computationally complex?
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N: NFTs from 2021-03-08T17:59:45
Lisa explains the power troubles in Texas in February, Venkat finds out about NFTs.
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M: Mars Rover from 2021-03-01T03:18:14
Venkat fills us in on details about the latest Mars rover landing and the Yak Collective's rover project; Lisa talks Texan about the chilly weather.
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I: Initial Conditions from 2021-02-14T22:14:48
Lisa and Venkat talk new year's resolutions, rituals for resetting, and inbox bankruptcy.
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H: Home with Galen Wolfe-Pauly from 2021-02-01T16:55:21
@niftynei sits down with Galen, co-founder of Tlon an Urbit-system company, to talk about digital spaces and homes.
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G: Git with Jordan Orelli from 2020-12-14T15:44:05
Lisa and Venkat welcome Jordan Orelli (@jordanorelli) on to Scorpio Season to talk about git and games. Jordan's a Principal Engineer at Listen
F: Form Factors from 2020-12-07T20:41:43
In this episode of Scorpio Season, Lisa shows off some seating options; Venkat talks writing forms.
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E: Electronics with Ryan Hume from 2020-11-30T21:30:46
Lisa + Venkat welcome Ryan Hume onto this episode of Scorpio Season TV to talk all things 'electronic'. Ryan talks trends in electronic music production; Venkat puts a multimeter on a slide; Lis...
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D: Drivetrains from 2020-11-23T03:03:40
Lisa and Venkat scour their houses for drivetrains. Lisa shows off her Mazda Miata and a in-progress windmill, Venkat makes an electoral analogy.
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B: Bitcoin from 2020-11-09T16:41:02
Venkat shows off a Barlow lens, Lisa talks about bitcoin hardware wallets, her book project, and the VISA payment network.
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A: Air Quality from 2020-10-23T20:16:46
Welcome back to season 2 of Scorpio Season, with your favorite co-hosts @niftynei and @vgr. In this season opener, we interview Ellen Kaye-Cheveldayoff (@strangeattracto) about air quality and o...
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Scorpio Season "z" - S01 Ep26 from 2020-09-07T19:29:53
lisa + venkat wrap up season 1 of scorpio season with a chat on the zeitgeist, zemblanity, zen koans and a walk back through a few choice topics from the season.
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Scorpio Season "y" - S01 Ep25 from 2020-08-31T16:39:16
lisa and venkat discuss lisa's favorite juxtapositional word, yuxtaposición, Y-combinators the math function, Y-Combinator the institution, and the Yak Collective. lisa attempts some eugenical t...
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Scorpio Season "x" - S01 Ep24 from 2020-08-24T23:05:32
lisa and venkat talk about venkat's time at the first billion dollar company, Xerox, sweetners like xylitol, xylophones, xeriscaping, and "x" unknowns.
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Scorpio Season "w" - S01 Ep23 from 2020-08-16T23:04:59
lisa + venkat talk white glove moving services, white shoe consulting, the wandering line of wokeness, writing do's and don'ts, and briefly toss out their 'wisest book' recommendations.
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Scorpio Season "v" - S01 Ep22 from 2020-08-10T00:57:28
lisa + venkat ramble through vaudeville, VR, values, and vaults.
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Scorpio Season "u" - S01 Ep21 from 2020-08-10T00:54:47
lisa and venkat discuss underworlds, uncanny, universes and unboxing
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Scorpio Season "t" - S01 Ep20 from 2020-07-26T23:48:26
lisa and venkat talk about Thielism, trauma, TV, Texas and taxes.
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Scorpio Season "s" - S01 Ep19 from 2020-07-20T14:03:28
lisa + venkat welcome their first guest: Sonya Mann!
topics we cover this week: salons, sonya, salience, schools, and spot prices
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Scorpio Season "r" - S01 Ep18 from 2020-07-12T22:50:40
lisa + venkat discuss red pills, ressentiment, Rightness, return on investments, and real-world repairs
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Scorpio Season "q" - S01 Ep17 from 2020-07-06T20:25:36
lisa + venkat talk about quantum in USA culture, questions, quitting, quixoticism, quests, quarantine, and queens
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Scorpio Season "p" - S01 Ep16 from 2020-06-29T17:46:56
lisa + venkat discuss programming, progressivism, probability, post-rationalism, and portents.
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Scorpio Season "o" - S01 Ep15 from 2020-06-22T22:53:40
lisa + venkat talk about 'o fey' (Richard Feynman), opera, open plan offices, and the Yak Collective's latest long form project: the (new) old home.
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Scorpio Season "n" - S01 Ep14 from 2020-06-15T18:20:44
lisa (@niftynei) + venkat (@vgr) talk networking, niftyness, and neighbors
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Scorpio Season "m" - S01 Ep13 from 2020-06-08T18:20:06
lisa (@niftynei) + venkat (@vgr) talk money and mansions
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Scorpio Season "L" S01 Ep12 from 2020-06-01T16:16:41
lisa (@niftynei) + venkat (@vgr) talk legibility, legal systems and LARPing
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Scorpio Season - "k" S01 Ep11 from 2020-05-23T23:51:59
lisa + venkat do a 'fast round' of K's, including kakistocracy, klingon, killjoys, karate, and k-pop.
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Scorpio Season - "j" S01 Ep10 from 2020-05-17T22:28:14
lisa + venkat talk some J's -- Jane Jacobs and jokes, with a long detour into talking about high modernist city planning, the legacy of Robert Moses, the origin of eminent domain and more!
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Scorpio Season - "i" S01 Ep09 from 2020-05-11T21:33:10
lisa + venkat talk through the I's -- IQ, insight, innocence, igloos, indoors, independence.
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Scorpio Season - "h" S01 Ep08 from 2020-05-04T12:00:55
lisa + venkat talk through the H's: Hannah Arendt, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, hair, halfway points and the bitcoin halvening
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Scorpio Season - "g" S01 Ep07 from 2020-04-27T17:19:31
lisa + venkat talk through the G's: graphs, gas, gossip, guns + godheads
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Scorpio Season - "f" S01 Ep06 from 2020-04-20T14:34:39
lisa + venkat talk through the F's: feminism, fluency, faraday cages, food banks, fiction, faster than light communication.j
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Scorpio Season - "e" S01 Ep05 from 2020-04-13T18:21:05
In this episode of Scorpio Season, lisa + venkat talk about energy, eigenstates, entropy, environment, emergencies, and evilness.
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Scorpio Season - "d" S01 Ep04 from 2020-04-06T01:22:07
In this episode of Scorpio Season TV, lisa + venkat talk about David Deutsch, Doja Cat and Dark Ages, with a very long digression into pop culture.
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Scorpio Season - "b" S01 Ep02 from 2020-03-27T15:17:22
lisa + venkat talk about beefs, biden+bernie, bailouts, and bitcoins
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Scorpio Season - "b" S01 Ep02 from 2020-03-27T15:17:22
lisa + venkat talk about beefs, biden+bernie, bailouts, and bitcoins
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Scorpio Season - "a" S01 Ep01 from 2020-03-27T15:12:19
lisa + venkat chat about astrology and aesthetics
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