Scorpio Season TV

lisa + venkat, perhaps better known as @niftynei and @vgr, hang out and talk their way through the alphabet.

Z: Zzzz 06/23/2021

Z: Zzzz In the final episode of season two, Lisa and Venkat sleepily discuss all things sleep, bedtimes and the tracked self. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/19575905

Y: Yeti 05/24/2021

Y: Yeti Venkat digs up Tin-Tin and the Yeti; Lisa asks Venkat if the yeti is an anti-particle. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/19220141

X: Unknowns 05/24/2021

X: Unknowns Lisa discovers Weird Sun Twitter; Venkat gets his 2nd vaccine shot and ends up quoted in a book. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/19219169

W: Worlds 05/09/2021

W: Worlds Lisa and Venkat discuss Stephen Wolfram's latest physics update. Venkat accuses Lisa of being a crackpot and a maximalist; Lisa is convinced Wolfram has solved physics /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/19037897

V: Victory 05/01/2021

V: Victory This week on Scorpio Season, Lisa and Venkat talk accidental vs earned victories. Venkat reminisces about his gold medal swimming feats; Lisa wins so hard they change the rules. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18937394

U: Universal 04/26/2021

U: Universal Lisa and Venkat talk about universals. Lisa designs a study to figure out if bitcoin is a universal currency; Venkat talks standards /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18871757

T: Thinking 04/18/2021

T: Thinking Lisa and Venkat share some thoughts on thinking. Venkat wanders into the arena of aphantasia; Lisa describes some dreams. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18768134

S: Selling Out 04/18/2021

S: Selling Out Venkat and Lisa talk about what it means to sell out; Venkat vehemently denies every being a sell out, Lisa confesses she's up for a cash conversion. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18768029

R: Risk 04/06/2021

R: Risk Lisa and Venkat talk risks of home ownership and retirement. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18617627

Q: Quality 03/28/2021

Q: Quality Lisa tries to distill 'quality' from kitchen sink faucet ad copy; Venkat contrasts Japanese vs American 80's car ads. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18500852

P: Probability 03/23/2021

P: Probability Lisa explains the difference between probability and potentiality; Venkat also talks. Includes six predictions about the next ten years. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18430508

O: Big 'O' Notation 03/22/2021

O: Big 'O' Notation Venkat and Lisa go down the complexity rabbit hole and try to answer the question: are market price movements computationally complex? /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18424121

N: NFTs 03/08/2021

N: NFTs Lisa explains the power troubles in Texas in February, Venkat finds out about NFTs. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18235970

M: Mars Rover 03/01/2021

M: Mars Rover Venkat 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. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18132368

L: Losers 02/22/2021

L: Losers Lisa rambles on about Gamestop and other financial loser shenanigans; Venkat gloats about his latest credential. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18033515

K: Kills 02/22/2021

K: Kills Lisa and Venkat talk COVID crematorium emissions, Keystone pipeline, and bitcoin dumpster diving. Find us on twitter: Thanks to our Sponsors! Art of the Gig Smokin Screws /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/18033293

J: Joints 02/14/2021

J: Joints Lisa and Venkat talk about the Parler deplatforming, database joins, and "joint accounts" on Bitcoin, aka multisigs. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/17945918

I: Initial Conditions 02/14/2021

I: Initial Conditions Lisa and Venkat welcome 2021 by talking rituals for resetting, commitments, and inbox bankruptcy. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/17945852

H: Home with Galen Wolfe-Pauly 02/01/2021

H: 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. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/17773025

G: Git with Jordan Orelli 12/14/2020

G: Git with Jordan Orelli Lisa 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. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/17187326

F: Form Factors 12/07/2020

F: Form Factors In this episode of Scorpio Season, Lisa shows off some seating options; Venkat talks writing forms. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/17099558

E: Electronics with Ryan Hume 11/30/2020

E: Electronics with Ryan Hume Lisa + 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. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/17006603

D: Drivetrains 11/23/2020

D: Drivetrains Lisa and Venkat scour their houses for drivetrains. Lisa shows off her Mazda Miata and a in-progress windmill, Venkat makes an electoral analogy. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/16914110

C: Clocks 11/21/2020

C: Clocks In 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. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/16896890

B: Bitcoin 11/09/2020

B: Bitcoin Venkat shows off a Barlow lens, Lisa talks about bitcoin hardware wallets, her book project, and the VISA payment network. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/16739285

A: Air Quality 10/23/2020

A: Air Quality Welcome back to season 2 of Scorpio Season, with your favorite co-hosts @niftynei and @vgr. In this season opener, we interview Ellen Kaye-Cheveldayoff about air quality and our sense of smell. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/16524296

Scorpio Season "z" - S01 Ep26 09/07/2020

Scorpio Season "z" - S01 Ep26 lisa + 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 season one. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/15917402

Scorpio Season "y" - S01 Ep25 08/31/2020

Scorpio Season "y" - S01 Ep25 lisa 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" /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/15822803

Scorpio Season "x" - S01 Ep24 08/24/2020

Scorpio Season "x" - S01 Ep24 lisa and venkat talk about venkat's time at the first billion dollar company, Xerox, sweetners like xylitol, xylophones, xeriscaping, and "x" unknowns /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/15740117

Scorpio Season "w" - S01 Ep23 08/16/2020

Scorpio Season "w" - S01 Ep23 lisa + 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. /episode/index/show/scorpioseason/id/15633128

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