Josh is overwhelmed. Is that new? It might not be new. Mike is halfway through wedding season, with three more to go. Both of the guys are into football (is that better than AI talk? Probably not.). TTRPG corner is back, with Josh struggling what to do with the aftermath of his Pinkerton Elton John.

Note: We're looking for listener comments and questions ahead of our New Year's recording. Send them all to Mike's home address. If you don't have that, I guess use [email protected].

(Recorded October 11, 2025)

Editing by: Isaac (at) thetitlegoeshere.com

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Show Notes: TTRPG: Lancer

Mike is recording from his parents' house (with a special guest!) as wedding season looms ahead. He shares some of the shared history between him and Josh, and the internet community that first brought them (and listener Phil) together. At poetry night, Mike has a cathartic, emotional experience. Josh is drowning in copies of The Economist and dreams of an easier life schedule which has yet to come. He also attends a local charity event and has a chance encounter with a local celebrity of the legacy news media. Also, Infrastructure Week Part???

(Recorded September 6, 2025)

Editing by: Isaac (at) [thetitlegoeshere.com](https://thetitlegoeshere.com/)

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Show Notes: Podcast: The Town YouTube: Mystic Arts, Make Exploration into a Game to Hook Players D&D Tool: Kobold Plus Fight Club D&D Tool: AdventureLookup.com Periodical: Delayed Gratification Periodical: Pencil Magazine Periodical: The Paris Review Short Story: The Visit, featured in The Paris Review Music Corner: Cataldo, Holding onto Fate Music Corner: Harrison Boe, Teenage FBI

Description: Season 3 is here - strap in for meta podcast talk and Mike and Josh arguing about AI (they're both wrong and we're banning the topic in future episodes, I swear). We've embedded chapter markers so you can skip through (I think, I don't actually know how that works). Mike is juggling projects and has musings on productivity culture. Josh is building community through Drop-In D&D and DMing for the first time.

(Recorded August 16, 2025)

Editing by: Isaac (at) [thetitlegoeshere.com](https://thetitlegoeshere.com/)

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Show Notes: Article: Cult of Hard Mode, JA Westenberg Article: Bag of words, have mercy on us, Experimental History

TTRPG Corner TTRPG Dungeon: Delian Tomb, Matt Colville (via GM Binder) TTRPG Rules: Izirion's Enchiridion of the West Marches TTRPG Book: So You Want to be a Game Master, Justin Alexander TTRPG Setting and System: Ultraviolet Grasslands 2E TTRPG Book: One Shot Wonders TTRPG Book: The Monsters Know What They're Doing, Keith Ammann TTRPG Book: Flee Mortals, MCDM Fiction Book: Roadside Picnic, Strugatsky Brothers Fiction Books: Southern Reach Trilogy, Jeff VanderMeer TTRPG Book: The Lazy Dungeon Master, Sly Flourish TTRPG System: Daggerheart YouTube Channel: Mystic Arts

The Season 2 finale of your favorite not a show is here! Just a heads up on this one - spoilers for The Rehearsal Season 2 are ahead. It's not all work talk! It's mostly work talk. Mike moves to a four-story walkup with 30,000 residents. Josh is wrapped up in his own personal public works department and is preparing to travel 2000 miles in less than two days. Congratulations to Listener Kevin on getting Mike's resin printer and Wyrmwood gaming table. Also Mike, you still owe me $5 for my winning the Field Notes bet. It's August 2025. I'm going to start charging interest soon.

(Recorded June 19, 2025)

Editing by: Isaac (at) [thetitlegoeshere.com](https://thetitlegoeshere.com/)

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Show Notes: Blog: The Blissful Zen of a Good Side Project, Josh Collinsworth Article: Don't Expect Art to Save Us, Current Affairs App: Freedom.To YouTube: I Tried AI as a Life Coach for 365 Days - Here's What I Learned, Ali Abdaal

Description:

Unscripted. Delayed. Riddled with errors. Do Not Schedule: The 13th biggest podcast in personal journals. Yes, we know it's Yemeni, not Yemenese. Josh has been crowned champion of arbitrary trivia night, despite almost failing his college philosophy course. Mike is focused on his impending move and is distracting himself by questioning Josh's very acceptable productivity systems. There's a customary amount of work and AI talk.

(Recorded May 17, 2025)

Editing by: Isaac (at) [thetitlegoeshere.com](https://thetitlegoeshere.com/)

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Show Notes: Blog: Tracey Durnell's Big Questions Article: My Brain Finally Broke, The New Yorker Book: Art of Gathering, Priya Parker Article: Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?, The New Yorker Wikipedia: Medallion Fund and Renaissance Technology App: Freedom.To

Description:

Mike contemplates chain smoking his way to the end of the world. Josh discovers OK Go and continues his magazine adventure. Oh, and there's a lot of AI talk in this one - like a lot - along with the usual questioning of various communication media. The guys read some listener emails and may or may not doxx non-listener X.

(Recorded May 2, 2025)

Editing by: Isaac (at) [thetitlegoeshere.com](https://thetitlegoeshere.com/)

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Show Notes:

YouTube: How Hoover Dam Works

YouTube: Linotype | How One Machine Shaped History | The Real OG of Mass Communication AI Site: Suno AI Music Generation Article: AI models can learn to conceal information from their users, The Economist Article: In Praise of Print, Ed Simon Magazine: Delayed Gratification YouTube: Here It Goes Again, OK Go YouTube: Love, OK Go

Mike wants his not a podcast to have more general appeal; unfortunately, that may push the limits of his professional recording skills. Josh returns from speaking in Philadelphia and, gets promoted, and promptly loses his (current) job. Mike recaps his poetry festival experience and the community he's found. Other topics include Craig Mod's talk with Tim Ferriss, Mike's One-Year Anniversary with [GIRL] and family gatherings, Potato Pancake Day, and Mike's dead typewriter.

(Recorded April 18, 2025)

Editing by: Isaac (at) [thetitlegoeshere.com](https://thetitlegoeshere.com/)

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Show Notes:

Podcast: Craig Mod #802, The Tim Ferriss Show Podcast: Craig Mod Returns #803, The Tim Ferriss Show Book: Things Become Other Things, Craig Mod Article: The Great Cousin Decline, The Atlantic Instagram: Dai Miyazaki, 3x Grammy Award Winning Guitarist Travel: Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Instagram: Rashad Wright, Poet Laureate Book: The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker

(Recorded March 27, 2025) Mike and Josh do life updates, talk about what they've been reading lately, interdependent zoning laws, Josh's new mortal enemy, Mike's Interactive Media Experience, Mike moving into the Big City. I don't know maybe there was some other stuff. But if I tell you everything the guys talked about why would you listen? You know all those beautiful show notes that normally go here. Yeah Josh typically does that. But he decided he wanted to be in charge of email now so now you've got me here and I don't feel like going out and finding links to all the stuff we talked about. If you want that feel free to email donotschedulepod gmail com and I'm sure Josh will triage that appropriately.

Thanks for your understanding,

Management (Mike)

A bit of a meta-sode here. Josh is hit by daylight savings time and feeling torn between two places in his professional role; Mike is struggling with his current development project and is using AI tools to program. Time is spent analyzing and debating the show/not-a-show dynamic, which inevitably shifts to touch on current productivity and content consumption topics. Also, Mike finally checks the DNS Gmail. (Recorded March 13, 2025)

Editing by: Isaac (at) thetitlegoeshere.com

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Show Notes: Blog Article: The Mindset of More, Tracy Durnell Internet Artifact: Turntable FM Blog Article: Big Questions, Tracy Durnell Blog: Experimental History Book: Main Street Millionaire, Codie Sanchez RPG: Urban Shadows

Mike and Josh both have quiet-ish birthdays. Mike talks travel to Costa Rica; Josh has takes on his time in Italy and Spain. Reflections are shared on their cultural experiences, the impacts of travel on romantic relationships, and (of course, sorry Phil) changes in productivity systems and information consumption. (Recorded February 21, 2025)

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Mike's Travel Links:

- Restaurant: REFUGIO Coffee & Drinks, Tamarindo

Josh's Travel Links:

- Attraction: San Bernardino alle Ossa, Milan

- Attraction: Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

- Restaurant: Madre Taberna Moderna, Barcelona

- Restaurant: Arcano, Barcelona

Book: Travels, Michael Crichton

Newsletter: Main Street Journal

Microblogging Platform: Pika