Fingering the Democracy
Show notes
Hosts Beck and Dash chat through tech frustrations and changing internet/IT, early home computing memories (AOL dial-up costs, Commodore 64, Carmen Sandiego, Number Munch, Oregon Trail, typing skills), and odd public moments (a classmate farting in a lab, an ROTC student’s loud burp, quirky neighbor small talk, a neighbor’s unsolicited diet comment). They share affirming messages from former students, including one crediting a queer professor for helping him come out and a trans student entering a funded PhD program. The conversation turns to political conspiracy chatter and media/ideology theory, then to housing costs and mobility barriers, job applications, and fatigue. They note Cincinnati creating Ohio’s first LGBTQ+ commission and mention an Appalachian-origin anti-discrimination code. A comedic “Stone Soup” sponsor bit leads into cooking memories, and the episode’s “noun of Appalachian interest” spotlights West Virginia dancer Jesco White (“The Dancing Outlaw”) and reflections on hillbilly media, names, and family history.
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00:00 Podcast Welcome
00:17 Tech Degree Throwback
01:15 Computer Lab Fart Story
02:10 OCD Public Bathroom Fear
03:20 Dial Up Rural Internet
06:24 Early PCs And Games
08:34 Typing Skills And Neuropathy
11:11 Campus Burp And Student Email
13:46 Weird Neighbor Small Talk
16:32 Neighbor Diet Comment
17:43 Trump Shooting Conspiracies
21:39 Jordan Klepper And Ideology
25:54 War On Christmas Bits
28:22 Year Round Holiday Lights
30:46 Housing Costs And Moving Trap
32:26 Taxes And Boots Theory
33:27 Leaving Home After Loss
34:30 Cincinnati LGBTQ Commission Tease
35:03 Cincinnati LGBTQ Commission
35:31 Urban Appalachian Discrimination
37:30 Queer Appalachian Migration
39:28 Burnout and Job Market
41:44 Stone Soup Sponsor Bit
44:56 Ramen Abomination Cooking
50:53 Jesco White Spotlight
55:21 Family Names and Politics
01:02:24 Homecoming and Finals
01:04:28 Internet Privacy and Ads
01:07:38 Wrap Up and Tech Issues