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April is a Park Ranger and a Beast Lord and Jim's wifeRyan Ike Composer is a topic bucket at https://twitter.com/RyanIkeComposer/4:58 Inventing secular rituals for children19:25 Playing a Tabletop RPG can make you a better person33:02 Which key is most fun to jam in, on the piano?The Strong Songs episode about "I Wish," by Stevie Wonder. http://strongsongspodcast.com/i-wish-by-stevie-wonder"I Wish," by Stevie Wonder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0Perfect Pitch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitchA=432 tuning. https://attunedvibrations.com/432hz-healing/Patent: Vibrating toilet seat. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4920583A/en40:30 The Muddler asks: "What would happen if we outlawed moss, botanically and culturally?"Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone. https://youtu.be/ysa5OBhXz-Q47:27 Monster Kabinett is a robot-hell you can pay to go to in Berlin, why don't we have these here? https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/monster-kabinettThe cliffs of Dún Aonghasa. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BAn_AonghasaOneonta falls. https://www.whentobewhere.com/travel-listing/oneonta-gorge-lower-oneonta-falls58:18 "Dance Monkey," by The Tones and I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0hyYWKXF0QTaking the beast lord before someone else does.Being the bucket.Being rooted to the ground and going down with the ship.Brains autocorrecting puns out of existence.Vouching for a deer prancing across a beach.Not marrying someone born in the early 2000s.Getting into that bucket.Getting to sing in a room that's made for singing in.A cat wanting to get into the recording studio really bad.A cask of amontillado situation except the cask is the entire world outside the recording studio.Choosing to consciously develop rituals for your son.Throwing all of spirituality out with the bathwater.Going to Hell even though you tried your best.Being a steward of the land.Recoiling from going out in public because social media has drained all your life energy.Calling a dog a good dog when they're just being a dog.Having a quiet reflection about the Solstice in the middle of a labyrinth.Changing your real name because your pseudonym is better.The murder squad rolling out.Giving polygons the business and feeling bad for them.Figuring out how to be a good person even though you're literally a monster.The laws of physics demanding that you torture a goblin.Turning into a grouse and being like "peace out, losers."Creating an even worse relationship dynamic but at least this one isn't racist.Rolling up a CVS middle manager for your D&D one-shot.Working to become blind but always knowing you could work harder.Meeting someone who won't admit that they like fun shapes.Your local goth park ranger with a tattoo covered in flowers.A toilet seat that vibrates at the brown note.Knowing from experience that eventually you run out of poop.Clicking random grids while you think about moss being illegal.Outlawing Kate Moss as an unintentional side-effect of your moss legislation.Being the moss lord.Being the moss beast.Muddling your mimosa because you're ahead of the curve.Not drinking, but knowing so much about it that it'd be dangerous if you did.Moss turning out to be the linchpin to global biological harmony.Taking the time you used to spend itching and spending it reproducing.Everybody being everything.A Delightful Nightmare.Having to wait because Mother is not ready yet.Mother being ready now.Mother turning out to be a free-roaming robotic spider about the size of a smart car.Mother malfunctioning and kicking an aluminum folding chair across the room.Mother vibrating out of the way like a cheap hotel bed.A robot sticking out of the wall with crazy proboscis lips.A robot that knows how to use chopsticks.A flesh robot playing German industrial metal while you try to escape.Mother remembering you and wanting to drink your blood.Guessing sweaters until the beast lord tells you to stop.A tourist attraction with a bunch of signs saying "don't come here"Not wanting to die but on the other hand wanting a cool inscrutable death.Having an animated gif of your cool death on your tombstone.Joanna Newsom doing Aretha Franklin.Not wanting to admit whether you're a doctor.Playing a miniature game of snake in the spreadsheet that only you can perceive.Still not having a catchphrase.Being the beast bucket.