Devo-teas

This week, eden sits down with their friend Jeremy over some bowls of imperial pure bud black tea to talk about DJing: how Jeremy got into it, what kind of flavor he brings to his sets, his gear, DJs he likes, and then they start talking further afield, about house music, neoclassical music, and how we listen to our music.

This week, eden sits down with their friend Nathan over some bowls of sticky rice shou pu'er to talk about wrestling, American cultural production and hegemony, how wrestling as an art form has evolved over the decades, where it sits in the USian milieu, alongside other so-called "low" cultural products like soap operas and comic books.

This week, eden sits down with their friend John over some bowls of rooibos to talk about the creative process: John runs Candle Light Press, an independent press that publishes zines, comics, and books. The two discuss making things, the academy, Lucian of Samosata, creative collaboration, FATE Magazine, and writing as a method to channel one's energies.

This week, eden sits down with their friend Elle to talk about magical girls as a locus for gender thoughts, expressions, and feelings. They talk about Elle getting into Tokyo Mew Mew and Sailor Moon at a young age, how the overt femininity of the magical girl allowed them to think about their own gender and how they wanted to engage with it. eden gushes about how Elle needs to watch Revolutionary Girl Utena. Lots of talk about moving through the world as a non-binary person and how you choose gender expression and presentation.

This week, host eden sits down with their friend John over some bowls of an ancient tea tree black tea to talk about all sorts of things: our coffee orders, our tea habits, the 2025 War of the Worlds movie, how John got into both playing and listening to music, 60s TV like Bonanza and more.

Welcome back to season 2 of Devo-teas! Today host eden sits down with their friend Luna over some bowls of bi luo chun jasmine green tea to talk a lot about video games: how are they made accessible to players, how does tutorialization work, and what attracts us to different game types. Some other fun things that come up are cheat codes (eden remembered after the fact that the money cheat in Starcraft was, of course, "show me the money"), DePiglio, the podcast Abnormal Mapping (go listen to them!), and achievement hunting.

Hi Devo-teas listeners. We're still on a short break between seasons one and two, but in the meantime: my dog Jack passed away last week, and there are few things he liked more than hanging out in the yard and listening to the bird sounds. So here's some bird sounds, recorded in my backyard, on a nice sunny morning last week, alongside the occasional sounds of a few good steeps of tea in Jack's honor. Feel free to kick back and listen, maybe while enjoying your own cup of tea, and think about the world around you. Hear what surrounds us. Feel the breeze on your face. Think a little about life, how it is fleeting, and how we should cherish it.

See you in two weeks for season two.

This week, eden sits down with returning guest Mike to talk more about space and specifically: the Artemis II spaceflight mission, which passed the moon just yesterday. They mostly talk space exploration, what the Artemis project's long term goals are, and why people want to put humans on Mars, but there are the usual digressions and conversational culs-de-sac you've come to expect from an episode of this podcast.

Important announcement: this is the last episode of season 1 of Devo-teas! I initially planned this podcast to be biweekly to give me a bit more breathing room and prep time to record conversations, edit, and everything else, but the response was positive enough that I decided to release episodes weekly instead and move to a seasonal model. So the podcast will be taking the next four weeks off for a chance to rest, recuperate, and perhaps build up a backlog of new conversations, and we'll be back with a new episode on 05 May. See you then!

This week, eden sits down with Justin over some bowls of Nuo Mi Xiang Cha to discuss everyone's favorite fast hedgehog, Sonic. The vibes are loose and the tea is ricey as they discuss video games, Branson, and all sorts of other topics.

This week, eden sits down with Gabi over some bowls of ya shi xiang dan cong oolong for a wide-ranging conversation that in theory was supposed to be about experimental music but really just became a chat about wherever our druthers took us. Wapeach? Party busses to go to NYC? Flip phones? Influencers? All that and more. Pour yourself a cup and let the conversation wash over you.