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Scorpio Season TVN: NFTsLisa explains the power troubles in Texas in February, Venkat finds out about NFTs. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsor! Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com 2021-03-0836 minScorpio Season TVM: Mars RoverVenkat fills us in on details about the latest Mars rover landing and the Yak Collective's rover project; Lisa talks Texan about the chilly weather. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com 2021-03-0133 minScorpio Season TVL: LosersLisa rambles on about Gamestop and other financial loser shenanigans; Venkat gloats about his latest credential. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com 2021-02-2227 minScorpio Season TVK: KillsLisa and Venkat talk COVID crematorium emissions, Keystone pipeline, and bitcoin dumpster diving. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com 2021-02-2235 minScorpio Season TVJ: JointsLisa and Venkat talk about the Parler deplatforming, database joins, and "joint accounts" on Bitcoin, aka multisigs. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2021-02-1432 minScorpio Season TVI: Initial ConditionsLisa and Venkat talk new year's resolutions, rituals for resetting, and inbox bankruptcy. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2021-02-1431 minScorpio Season TVH: Home with Galen Wolfe-Pauly@niftynei sits down with Galen, co-founder of Tlon an Urbit-system company, to talk about digital spaces and homes. Find us on twitter: Galen: https://www.twitter.com/galenwolfepauly Lisa : https://www.twitter.com/niftynei Venkat: https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com 2021-02-0140 minScorpio Season TVG: Git with Jordan OrelliLisa and Venkat welcome Jordan Orelli (@jordanorelli) on to Scorpio Season to talk about git and games. Jordan's a Principal Engineer at Jackbox Games, and current MFA candidate. Venkat reminisces about his time in the Unix trenches; Jordan talks about the time he shared files on a train. Find us on twitter: Jordan: https://www.twitter.com/jordanorelli Lisa : https://www.twitter.com/niftynei Venkat: https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! - Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com - Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-12-1439 minScorpio Season TVF: Form FactorsIn this episode of Scorpio Season, Lisa shows off some seating options; Venkat talks writing forms. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-12-0728 minScorpio Season TVE: Electronics with Ryan HumeLisa + Venkat welcome Ryan Hume onto this episode of Scorpio Season TV to talk all things 'electronic'. Ryan talks trends in electronic music production; Venkat puts a multimeter on a slide; Lisa waves around some dev boards. Check out Ryan's work for yourself at https://acidraintechnology.com/ Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-11-3035 minScorpio Season TVD: DrivetrainsLisa and Venkat scour their houses for drivetrains. Lisa shows off her Mazda Miata and a in-progress windmill, Venkat makes an electoral analogy. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-11-2323 minScorpio Season TVC is for ClocksIn this third edition of season two of Scorpio Season, Lisa and Venkat pick up the pace with some clock shenanigans. Lisa tears down a Moon Clock. Venkat lets a spring run wild. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-11-2126 minScorpio Season TVB: BitcoinVenkat shows off a Barlow lens, Lisa talks about bitcoin hardware wallets, her book project, and the VISA payment network. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-11-0942 minScorpio Season TVA: Air Quality with Ellen Kaye-CheveldayoffWelcome back to season 2 of Scorpio Season, with your favorite co-hosts @niftynei and @vgr. In this season opener, we interview Ellen Kaye-Cheveldayoff (@strangeattracto) about air quality and our sense of smell. Find us on twitter: https://twitter.com/strangeattracto https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-10-2331 minScorpio Season TVZ: zeitgesits, zemblanity, and zen koanslisa + venkat wrap up season 1 of scorpio season with a chat on the zeitgeist, zemblanity, zen koans and a walk back through a few choice topics from the season. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-09-0757 minScorpio Season TVY: yuxtaposicion, y-combinators and the Yak Collectivelisa and venkat discuss lisa's favorite juxtapositional word, yuxtaposición, Y-combinators the math function, Y-Combinator the institution, and the Yak Collective. lisa attempts some eugenical theorizing; venkat calls YC a "closed historical chapter" Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-08-311h 01Scorpio Season TVX: Xerox, xylitol, xylophoneslisa and venkat talk about venkat's time at the first billion dollar company, Xerox, sweetners like xylitol, xylophones, xeriscaping, and "x" unknowns. Find us on Twitter! venkat https://twitter.com/vgr lisa https://twitter.com/niftynei Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com 2020-08-251h 03Scorpio Season TVW: white glove, woke, writing, and wisdomlisa + venkat talk white glove moving services, white shoe consulting, the wandering line of wokeness, writing do's and don'ts, and briefly toss out their 'wisest book' recommendations. Find us on Twitter: @vgr https://twitter.com/vgr + @niftynei https://twitter.com/niftynei Thanks to our Sponsors: Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com + Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-08-1756 minScorpio Season TVV: vaudeville, VR, values, and vaultslisa + venkat ramble through vaudeville, VR, values, and vaults. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin' Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-08-101h 14Scorpio Season TVU: underworlds, uncanny, universes and unboxinglisa and venkat discuss underworlds, uncanny, universes and unboxing Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin' Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-08-101h 06Scorpio Season TVT: Thielism, trauma, TV, Texas and taxeslisa and venkat talk about Thielism, trauma, TV, Texas and taxes. Find us on Twitter! venkat https://twitter.com/vgr lisa https://twitter.com/niftynei Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-07-2755 minScorpio Season TVS: Sonya Mann, salons, salience, schools, and spot priceslisa + venkat welcome their first guest: Sonya Mann! topics we cover this week: salons, sonya, salience, schools, and spot prices Want to find out more about Sonya's zines? Find out how to get them delivered directly to your door on her zine membership page https://www.sonyasupposedly.com/membership/ Find us on Twitter! Sonya https://twitter.com/sonyasupposedly venkat https://twitter.com/vgr lisa https://twitter.com/niftynei Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig http://artofgig.com Smokin Screws...2020-07-201h 19Scorpio Season TVR: red pills, ressentiment, and return on investmentlisa + venkat discuss red pills, ressentiment, Rightness, return on investments, and real-world repairs Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin' Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-07-131h 20Scorpio Season TVQ: quantum, questions, quitting, quixoticism, quests, quarantine, and queenslisa + venkat talk about quantum in USA culture, questions, quitting, quixoticism, quests, quarantine, and queens Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin' Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-07-061h 08Scorpio Season TVP: programming, progressivism, probability, post-rationalism, and portentslisa + venkat discuss programming, progressivism, probability, post-rationalism, and portents. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-06-2957 min
Scorpio Season TVO: ofey, opera, and open plan officeslisa + venkat talk about 'o fey' (Richard Feynman), opera, open plan offices, and the Yak Collective's latest long form project: the (new) old home. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at http://artofgig.com Smokin' Screws https://smokinscrews.com2020-06-2358 min
Scorpio Season TVN: networking, niftyness, and neighborslisa (@niftynei) + venkat (@vgr) talk networking, niftyness, and neighbors Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-06-1559 min
Scorpio Season TVM: money and mansionslisa (@niftynei) + venkat (@vgr) talk money and mansions Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-06-081h 20Scorpio Season TVL: legibility, legal systems, and LARPslisa (@niftynei) + venkat (@vgr) talk legibility, legal systems and LARPing Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-06-011h 10Scorpio Season TVK++: kakistocracy, klingon, killjoys, karate, and morelisa + venkat do a 'fast round' of K's, including kakistocracy, klingon, killjoys, karate, and k-pop. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-05-2454 min
Scorpio Season TVJ: Jane Jacobs + Jokeslisa + venkat talk some J's -- Jane Jacobs and jokes, with a long detour into talking about high modernist city planning, the legacy of Robert Moses, the origin of eminent domain and more! Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-05-181h 08
Scorpio Season TVI: IQ, insight, innocence, igloos, indoors, independencelisa + venkat talk through the I's -- IQ, insight, innocence, igloos, indoors, independence. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-05-1155 min
Scorpio Season TVH: Hannah Arendt, Hitchhiker's Guide, Halfway points and Halveningslisa + venkat talk through the H's: Hannah Arendt, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, hair, halfway points and the bitcoin halvening Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-05-041h 02
Scorpio Season TVG: graphs, gas, gossip, guns + godheadslisa + venkat talk through the G's: graphs, gas, gossip, guns + godheads Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-04-271h 09
Scorpio Season TVF's: feminism, fluency, faraday cages, food banks, fiction, faster than light communicationlisa + venkat talk through the F's: feminism, fluency, faraday cages, food banks, fiction, faster than light communication.j Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-04-201h 06Scorpio Season TVenergy, eigenstates, entropy, environment, emergencies, and evilnessIn this episode of Scorpio Season, lisa + venkat talk about energy, eigenstates, entropy, environment, emergencies, and evilness. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-04-131h 10
Scorpio Season TVDavid Deutsch, Doja Cat and Dark AgesIn this episode of Scorpio Season TV, lisa + venkat talk about David Deutsch, Doja Cat and Dark Ages, with a very long digression into pop culture. Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-04-0658 min
Scorpio Season TVcartoons, contagions, and cleaninglisa + venkat talk about cartoons, contagions, and cleaning Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-03-2738 min
Scorpio Season TVbeefs, biden+bernie, bailouts, and bitcoinslisa + venkat talk about beefs, biden+bernie, bailouts, and bitcoins Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-03-2737 min
Scorpio Season TVastrology and aestheticslisa + venkat chat about astrology and aesthetics Find us on twitter: https://www.twitter.com/niftynei https://www.twitter.com/vgr Thanks to our sponsors!! Art of Gig at artofgig.com + Smokin' Screws smokinscrews.com2020-03-2748 min