Behold, the first episode based on drawings, rather than words.  Drawings which I am too embarrassed to reproduce, but which are described herein.  Part 2 will be up next week.

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Well, this one has been a long time coming.  Nancy Rogo Trainer of Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates joins me for a discussion of the ur-pairing.

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Danny is back for another conversation, this one recorded face-to-face at the Abelson Company world headquarters in Manhattan.  Just as the last time we spoke, you can hear a barking dog in the background.  Trivia:  different dog.

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I swear this isn’t a retread of “Jewish & Goyish.”  What it is, though, is the 50th episode of Necessary & Sufficient, marking one full year on the podwaves.  Enjoy!  Fay’s essay, with recipes, is here.

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This is a great example of what happens when I come to one of these conversations with a set of preconceptions based on my own fevered imaginings. There is some great content here, I think, but you can clearly hear me trying to impose my framework on the universe. I don’t learn my lesson, but Mary makes it interesting nonetheless.

Another fairly technical topic here, and Robert does a bang-up job explicating it. By the end of the episode, you should have a pretty good idea of what the Necessary & Sufficient mascot(s) will be.

The return of Stephan, for another ponderous technical discussion. This one is a little longer than most, but there is some complicated stuff afoot, so I thought it bore close scrutiny.

Julie Gordon returns for a round of First World Problems.

Jesse Ross, the birdman of Bay Ridge, is back for another episode.  I’ve been watching a lot of the Big Bang Theory lately, and I sincerely hope that Sheldon et al wouldn’t take too much offense at the liberties we take with physics-ese.

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I think I’ve mentioned a few times that, while I don’t consider myself a geek, I am completely intrigued by geek culture.  I wish I was a geek.  Maybe I’m a geek geek, or a geek groupie, but this conversation is right up that particular alley.

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