Recorded January 7, 2024

Goals, clubs, and the undead! This week Nate and Ryan talk about their new year, new goals (and themes) including the difficulty of normal bedtimes. Then, they discuss informal groups and clubs while having Matcha KitKats and yet another Lemon drink. Finally, as they talk about Terry Pratchett’s “Reaper Man” they discuss how the death of civilization is a shopping center, the differences between a man-wolf and a wolf-man, and Death’s abhorrence of drama.

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Goals/Themes

• Nate: Run 1900km in 2024
• Ryan: Intentionality
  • Your Theme (CGP Grey YouTube Video)

Christmas Break

• The Super Mario Bros. Movie - IMDb, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
• Barbie - IMDb, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
• Wonka - IMDb
• The Princess Switch - IMDb, Netflix
• Family Switch - IMDb, Netflix
• Haneda Airport runway collision
• 2024 Noto Earthquake

Pick 2: Clubs or Organizations

• Nate: High School AV Club
• Ryan: Board Game Club
• Nate: Earthkeepers
• Ryan: Murder Mystery Improv Group

Dredge

• Official Site
• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp

Taste of Japan

• Fanta Premier Lemon
• Matcha and Original KitKat

Reaper Man

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp
• Audible

• 24: Are We Having Fun? (our episode about Mort, Death book 1)

Theme by Michael AD
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Recorded November 12, 2023

Time and tide wait for no one. And so, another year has passed. As is their tradition, Nate and Ryan look back on everything that has happened in the past year and remember their favorite things about it. Then, turning their eyes from their favorite things of the past year, the two discuss a fantastic book with a slightly more troubled world. Picking up from where The Fifth Season left off, Nate and Ryan discuss carnivorous insects, fraught mother-daughter relationships, and long distance murder in N. K. Jemisin’s The Obelisk Gate.

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Favorite Game

• Nate: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Honorable Mention (of course): Disco Zoo
• Ryan: Baldur's Gate 3

Favorite Movie

• Nate: Elemental - IMDb, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
• Ryan: Guardians of Galaxy Volume 3 - IMDb, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp

Favorite TV Series

• Both: Picard Season 3 - IMDb

Favorite Book Read

• Nate: Spy Ski School - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp, Audible
• Ryan: Nettle and Bone - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp, Audible

Favorite Event

• Ryan: Visiting Family
• Nate: Visiting Lotte Arai Resort and enjoyed the high ropes course

Favorite Music

• Ryan: Misty Mountains - Apple Music
• Nate: Beautifully Broken - Plumb - Apple Music, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp

Favorite Thing

• Nate: DS923+

Taste of Japan

• Ice Cream KitKat
• Caramel Sweet Milk Tea

The Obelisk Gate

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp
• Audible

• 76: Heat and Lava and the Movement of the Earth (our episode about The Fifth Season)

Theme by Michael AD
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Recorded October 1, 2023

This week Nate and Ryan talk about summer, events, and robots. Nate went on a trip to Okinawa and got a new Synology. Meanwhile, Ryan went to Tokyo Game Show and got sick on a mountain. Then, they talked all about their favorite robots (and robot adjacent beings). After trying a Fanta roulette and a chunky peanut butter KitKat, they turned to their main media where they discussed post-capitalism, what constitutes a human failure, and the importance of a good satchel in their discussion of A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers.

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Synologys

• DS1815+
• DS923+
• Synology Photos

Binged TV shows

• Picard - Official Site, IMDb, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
• Ghosts (American version) - Official Site, IMDb, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Official Site, IMDb, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp

Nature Excursion

• 70: Polar Opposites but Very Similar (the time they talked about the nature excursion of 2022)
• If We Treated Teachers Like Pro Athletes - Key & Peele

Pick 2: Robots

• Nate: Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Ryan: Cait Sith from Final Fantasy VII
• Nate: Isaac from The Orville
• Ryan: Sidra from A Closed and Common Orbit

Taste of Japan

• Fanta Mystery
• Chuncky Peanut Butter KitKat

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp
• Audible

• 73: Dragged Along Into Contentedness (our episode about A Psalm for the Wild-Built)
• Crown shyness in Wikipedia

Theme by Michael AD
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Recorded June 21, 2023

This week Ryan and Nate talk about vacations and trips and rocks. Specifically in that order. Nate tried to keep his children up later than the Tokyo government would allow and Ryan took a flight with a seat partner who was all elbows. After that, the two recall stories about rocks for all the geology nerds out there. Finally, the two discuss a beautiful, horrible world and the power of narrative in their discussion of The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin.

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Summer Activities, etc.

• There are no cats in America
• The Little Mermaid - IMDb, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp
• Wizarding World

Zelda for the Switch

• Breath of the Wild
  • Official Site
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
• Tears of the Kingdom
  • Official Site
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp

Taste of Japan

• Mitsuya Cider Nashi
• Choco Mint KitKat

Pick 2: Rock Stories

• Ryan: Stepping Stones
• Nate: Purchasing an Engagement Ring
• Nate: Fuji Rock
• Ryan: Tunnels in Ome

The Fifth Season

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp
• Audible

Theme by Michael AD
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Recorded May 28, 2023

This week, it’s a listener pick episode. First, Nate and Ryan address the shotgun blast of mini topics: everything from bread points, recently read books, to graduation. Then, they try café au lait Kit Kats and… yet another Calpis. Finally, for the listener picked main media, they talk about monsters of the week, melding fantasy and realism, the mysteries found in America’s attic in their discussion of the TV show Warehouse 13.

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End of the School Year Activities, etc.

• Yamazaki Point Campaign
• Yahoo Auction
• Goodnotes
• Book of Three - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp, Audible
• Rincewind
• Elder Race - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp, Audible
• Ninefox Gambit - Amazon.com, Amazon.co.jp, Audible

Dragon’s Dogma

• Official Site
• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp

Pick 2: Items of Value

• Nate: Metal Bass Player Desk Ornament
• Ryan: Keychain Collection
• Nate: iPhone
• Ryan: Game Tchotchkes

Taste of Japan

• Calpis Lemonade Soda
• Café Au Lait KitKat

Warehouse 13

• IMDb
• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp

Theme by Michael AD
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Recorded April 23, 2023

This week, Nate and Ryan have returned from a conference and on their return both engaged in some light consumerism. Then, after drinking a “milk and melon” drink and having some dark cacao Kit-Kats, they discuss the sequels that improved upon the original. Finally, for the main media they discuss cinematography, actors in airplanes, and where to find actual character development in Top Gun: Maverick.

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Final Fantasy Remaster I - VI Bundle

• Official Site

Pick 2: Sequels Better Than the Original

• Nate: Star Trek 2 (also 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
  • IMDb
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
• Ryan: Thor: Ragnarok
  • IMDb
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
• Nate: A Closed and Common Orbit
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
  • Audible.com
• Ryan: To Say Nothing of the Dog
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.jp
  • Audible.com

Taste of Japan

• Melon & Milk
• High-Cacao KitKat

Top Gun: Maverick

• IMDb
• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp

Theme by Michael AD
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Recorded April 9, 2023

This week Nate talks sports and cameras and Ryan talks games (tabletop) and games (video). Then the two of them try some pomegranate juice and cassis KitKats before talking about places they’d like to visit and explore. Finally, for the main media of the day, they discuss immortality, identifying with characters, and what people need in the first Monk and Robot book, A Psalm for the Wild-built.

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Baseball and Cameras

• World Baseball Classic
• Sony A7iv
• Olympus E-M10 Mark III

The King's Dilemma

• Board Game Geek
• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp

Octopath Traveler 2

• Official Site
• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp

Pick 2: Places to Go on a Journey

• Nate: Grandparents House in New York State
  • SimTower
  • Jesus Freak
• Ryan: Going to the Theater
• Nate: Tokyo Disney Resort / Guam
• Ryan: Scotland

Taste of Japan

• Pomegranate Mix
• Cassis KitKat

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp
• Audible

• 18: A Chosen Family (our episode about The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet)
• 27: Writing in Your Purpose Text Field (our episode about A Closed and Common Orbit)
• 38: Character Observation Kind-of Story (our episode about Record of a Spaceborn Few)
• 56: Seal the Respect for Each Other (our episode about The Galaxy and the Ground Within)
• 60: Research So That Humankind Can Grow (our episode about To Be Taught if Fortunate)

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Recorded March 12, 2023

This week Nate and Ryan talk tech. They address LearnerBuild, Synology RAIDs, and of course FileMaker of all things. Then Ryan talks about his experience escaping from the underworld in Hades before they have another C.C. Lemon offshoot. Then, they bring up the present… or rather some memorable presents. Finally in the discussion of the main media The Hidden Place, they talk about father/daughter projects, (mis)understanding and how to just talk about your problems, people!

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Synology, Sakura and FileMaker

• Synology DS1823xs+
• Sakura Blossom Forecast
• Claris FileMaker

Hades

• Official Site
• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp

Pick 2: Gifts

• Nate: Star Trek Figures
• Ryan: Teddy Bear
• Nate: Battery Grip for the Canon 20D
• Ryan: Boxed Sets of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Taste of Japan

• CC Lemon Apple Honey
• Kikyo Shingen Mochi KitKat

The Hidden Palace

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.co.jp
• Audible

• 70: Polar Opposites but Very Similar (our episode about The Golem and the Jinni)

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