Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 31 2026 - I'm Not Saying Full Kaczynski Is Off The Table Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Brooke Eden; having the full blog publishing loop working makes me want to publish more posts; dynamic podcast ads are becoming so bad and so plentiful that I am motivated to remove them; all ad removers use LLMs; I am so angry at the LLM companies for poisoning a useful technology with their financial scams; Democrats love to sign me up to mailing lists against my will; I used fake initials to figure out which magazine sold me out to junk mailers; I love Ruby on Rails as a web development tool but I hate David Heinemeier Hansson; Marc Andreesen is the dickhead whose name I blanked on; my people have been in America for centuries and I have no problem with immigrants; it is a Sisyphean task to try to keep evil companies and people out of your life and toolchain; some cliches of TV and movies have gotten on my last nerve; did you just say the title of the show? the detective always figures things out 3 seconds before the bomb explodes; I have made my bed on the YouTube algorithm and now I must lie in it; The Hack-A-Day podcast is my new place to find projects to expand my horizons; please suggest starter electronics projects for me!

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, July 31 2026.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• Brooke Eden homepage
• Brooke Eden's "Got No Choice" on YouTube
• Forgejo
• Microphone - remove podcast ads from Megaphone hosted shows
• A Community is organizing to fork Rails
• Xteink X4
• Hackaday.com
• Hackaday podcast
• The Subvert.fm collection of potential music for this show
• The Subvert.fm collection of already played music for this show
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord server
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for July 24 2026 Download audio

In this quick bite episode, I discuss my home lab, the concept of a home lab and what it entails to keep one running.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• Synology DS920+
• Raspberry Pi
• DIY TRMNL
• The Subvert.fm collection of potential music for this show
• The Subvert.fm collection of already played music for this show
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord server
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 17 2026 - You Can Be Disappointed But Don't Be Surprised Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Dirty South; one hive is in trouble so we requeened; bees are stressful; I joined an adult summer reading challenge; I hate how well gamification works on me; Nathan Lowell suggested a book and I took him up on it; I like The Expanse and Eternal Champion books but I need a break from high stakes; Nathan Lowell talked about community service as punishment; my kid's school requires community service; my fraternity was sentenced to community service and really embarrassed themselves; I was roach wrangler; I hate drive-throughs; I am not impressed by cars; most fast food is gross; McDonalds fries have an 11 minute window of edibility.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, July 17 2026.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• Dirty South's Instagram
• "Can't Stop the Rain" on Subvert.fm
• South Carolina Beekeepers Association
• SCBA summer conference
• Blackwater Beekeepers
• Furman University
• Nathan Lowell
• TOMMW podcast
• ZBT at Georgia Tech
• The Subvert.fm collection of potential music for this show
• The Subvert.fm collection of already played music for this show
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord server
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 10 2026 - Leaving Future Dave Holding the Bag Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Elour; the kid lit all the fireworks; it's too dry for roman candles; clutter is physical procrastination; I'm trying to carry stuff immediately without piling it for later transfer; do the tedious stuff at the first opportunity rather than when disaster strikes; I killed a day in Columbia writing mobilely about how I didn't need a mobile writing tool; right after I stopped caringm the PocketMage campaign went live; I still use the Boox Note Air 4C; I still use the DIY TRMNL; I barely use the Heltec Lora V4; I might try to fix the charging ports on the stack of kid Kindle Fires because what do I have to lose?

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, July 10 2026.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Get 15% off OneSkin with the code EGC at https://www.oneskin.co/EGC #oneskinpod
• Support this show on Patreon
• Elour's Homepage
• Elour's album Blood Running at Subvert.fm
• XTEink X4
• My blog post about not needing a writing deck
• PocketMage campaign at Crowd Supply
• Boox Note Air 4C
• DIY TRMNL from Seeed Studio
• Heltec Lora V4
• Graphene OS
• Forgejo
• The Subvert.fm collection of potential music for this show
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord server
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for July 3 2026 - I Made It Work Because I Forgot It Didn't Work Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Rain Garden; I think a lot about people who live in those remote houses on the highway; there is a power in living somewhere cheap; I feel jealous of people older than me that still have living parents; I got most angry at my dad for not being alive when my child was born; in a weird way, you only become your true self when all your parents are dead; it's unlikely any two of the millions of podcasts have the same workflow; every family is its own weird cult; my father arguing with me about the math of permutations was a big event; if I need an account to read your article then I ain't reading it; I am intrigued by balcony solar; even without storage solar helps with heat waves; tags.pub had a weird pushback; I just block people who bug me and I don't feel bad about it; I fixed my Forgejo action runner on a machine it never previously worked on because I forgot I was fixing the wrong machine.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, July 3 2026.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• Rain Garden at Subvert.fm
• Wiser than Me podcast
• Kindle Chronicles podcast
• Why I Don't Believe in God episode of this show
• Tags.pub
• Forgejo
• The Subvert.fm collection of potential music for this show
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord server
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 26 2026 - I Was Comic Box on a Hand Truck Guy Download audio

On this show, I play a song from James McMurtry; I set my Waze voice to Chaka Khan; this is an atypical summer; I did less cheap comic shopping at Heroescon than ever; I did more art shopping at Heroescon than ever; this might be my last year of bulk autograph seeking; John K. Snyder III is a great guy; Walt Simonson's autograph line might have broken me on big ticket signatures; if you are going to embezzle then do it all at once and GTFO; I am at an all-time low in enthusiasm for technology but mostly because of billionaires and assholes; AI slop makes all fun stop; I stopped caring about the Pocket Mage; I was tempted by an XTeink X4 but probably won't buy it; I will probably still buy a Micimike; our computers and phones from pre-2025 are going to be like 1959 Cuban cars; do I really need a new 3D printer?

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, June 26 2026.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Get 15% off OneSkin with the code EGC at https://www.oneskin.co/EGC #oneskinpod
• Support this show on Patreon
• James McMurtry main page
• Lost in the Stacks
• Heroescon
• Winyah Riverkeepers
• Drivin n Cryin
• Ron Randall
• John K Snyder III
• Gregg Schigiel
• Geologic Podcast
• PocketMage
• Xteink X4
• Micimike
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord server
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for June 5 2026 - Spoons, Man Download audio

On this show, I play a song from Lindi Ortega; I relate a couple of witticisms from the child and tell tales of new driver excitement; Kendrick Lamar's merch was fugly but SZA's was great; I tell the tale of mishandling a thigh cramp; Subvert.fm is my new first place to look for new show music; I explain why Baen Books and the Maximum Fun Network occupy similar boxes in my brain; the author I could not think of was Jack McDevitt, truly one of the nice guys of SF; once again I appear to be losing a fediverse account to a server meltdown; back up your Bookwyrm accounts, people; stories of real life adventurers bore the shit out of me; Steven Tobolowsky does not interest me; I would listen to a companion podcast to Scott Edelman's Eating the Fantastic that was only the food talk; unlike my father, I survived breaking my ribs.

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, June 5 2026.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• Lindi Ortega main page
• Official video for "Murder of Crows"
• WREK Bootleg Feeds
• Subvert.fm
• Maximum Fun Network
• Baen Books
• Bookwyrm
• Wilosophy podcast
• Eating the Fantastic podcast
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord server
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for May 29 2026 Download audio

On this show, I talk about why I don't love YouTube the platform and the content that lives on it.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• The Network Architect Channel
• Out of Spec Reviews Channel
• Otis Gibbs Channel
• Stephen Sharer Channel (warning: it is significantly more bullshit today than in the time I discussed)
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord server
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for May 15 2026 Download audio

On this show, I tell the story of my first five weeks keeping bees.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• Blackwater Beekeepers
• South Carolina Beekeepers Association
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord server
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for April 12 2026 Download audio

On this show, I talk about my history with skiing, including the last week.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• Winter Park Resort
• Camelback Resort
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

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Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast Quick Bite for April 3 2026 Download audio

On this show, I talk about WREK, the Indigo Girls and the oddity that is "Closer to Fine".

Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, April 3 2026.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Support this show on Patreon
• WREK 91.1 FM in Atlanta
• Indigo Girls
• My nerd persona Mastodon account
• My science fiction persona Mastodon account
• Join the EGC Discord
• Auphonic podcast production tool is so good!
• Theme song provided by the Gentle Readers

You can subscribe to this podcast feed via RSS. To sponsor the show, contact BackBeat Media. Don't forget, you can fly your EGC flag by buying the stuff package. This show as a whole is Creative Commons licensed Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported. Bandwidth for this episode is provided by Cachefly.