Fingering the Democracy

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