Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It
Historian and loudmouth Jason Scott shares stories of technology, retrocomputing, documentary filmmaking, and general schennanigans from his decades of travels and research. From experiences on the road while shooting documentaries to often-obscure points of order, Jason keeps a fast-moving pace and even he doesn't know where we're ending up at the end.
Episodes
| Title | Duration | Published | Consumed |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Most Precious Manual Episode | 00:12:39 | 2022-01-10 18:00 | |
| The Million Paperclips and Midday Nap Episode | 00:17:33 | 2022-01-07 18:00 | |
| The Ballad of Ricky Jay Episode | 00:12:06 | 2022-01-03 18:00 | |
| The TEAC Drive Episode | 00:14:46 | 2021-12-31 18:00 | |
| The Streaming Episode | 00:15:54 | 2021-12-27 18:00 | |
| The Paul Andrew Mitchell Episode | 00:14:23 | 2021-12-24 18:00 | |
| The DOS Applesauce Episode | 00:15:38 | 2021-12-20 18:00 | |
| The Death Threats Episode | 00:19:24 | 2021-12-17 18:00 | |
| The Music Tour Episode | 00:11:28 | 2021-12-13 18:00 | |
| The Wires and Sleeping Episode | 00:12:59 | 2021-12-10 18:00 | |
| The Stolen Account Episode | 00:11:43 | 2021-12-06 18:00 | |
| The Carousel of Nightmares Episode | 00:17:59 | 2021-12-03 18:00 | |
| The Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Episode | 00:10:12 | 2021-10-20 18:00 | |
| The ZX-81 Episode | 00:14:35 | 2021-10-13 18:00 | |
| The Liminal Spaces Episode | 00:15:04 | 2021-10-06 18:00 | |
| The PCs I Have Known Episode | 00:15:18 | 2021-09-29 18:00 | |
| The Directions Episode | 00:12:08 | 2021-09-22 18:00 | |
| The Individual Incorporated Episode | 00:13:09 | 2021-09-15 18:00 | |
| The Multi-Culti-Level Episode | 00:19:18 | 2021-09-08 18:00 | |
| The Limited Time and Structure Episode | 00:14:18 | 2021-09-04 18:00 | |
| The Art of Noise Episode | 00:13:19 | 2021-09-01 18:00 | |
| The Waterfall of Plastic Episode | 00:10:16 | 2021-08-29 18:00 | |
| The Deep Appreciation Episode | 00:12:20 | 2021-08-27 23:53 | |
| The Workshop Episode | 00:10:22 | 2021-08-03 22:44 | |
| The Process Episode | 00:15:29 | 2021-07-16 18:00 | |
| The 2000 New Games Episode | 00:17:46 | 2021-07-12 18:00 | |
| The Anime Fansub Episode | 00:14:41 | 2021-07-09 18:00 | |
| The Starting Memory Episode | 00:12:34 | 2021-07-05 18:00 | |
| The Patrick O'Malley Episode | 00:14:14 | 2021-07-01 18:00 | |
| The Cancellation Episode | 00:16:49 | 2021-06-28 18:00 | |
| The Toorcamp 2009 Episode | 00:18:20 | 2021-06-25 18:00 | |
| The Clothes Horse Episode | 00:12:07 | 2021-06-23 03:36 | |
| The Vintage Font Episode | 00:13:09 | 2021-05-19 18:00 | |
| The Absence of Light Episode | 00:06:42 | 2021-05-12 18:00 | |
| The Shadow GET LAMP Episode | 00:16:52 | 2021-05-05 18:00 | |
| The Audio Lot Episode | 00:13:27 | 2021-05-01 18:00 | |
| The Morning Scans Episode | 00:10:02 | 2021-04-28 18:00 | |
| The Whimsical Episode | 00:12:19 | 2021-04-24 18:00 | |
| The Tascam Portastudio Episode | 00:14:05 | 2021-04-21 18:00 | |
| The Summer Romance Episode | 00:14:46 | 2021-04-18 19:41 | |
| The Monk and the Sherpa | 00:12:03 | 2021-03-07 18:00 | |
| The Buried Source Treasure Episode | 00:17:56 | 2021-03-03 18:00 | |
| The Left Arm Episode | 00:12:04 | 2021-02-28 18:00 | |
| The Bad Review Episode | 00:15:36 | 2021-02-26 01:14 | |
| The Myst Episode | 00:12:45 | 2021-01-29 18:00 | |
| The Non-Programmer Episode | 00:16:42 | 2021-01-26 18:00 | |
| The Photon Episode | 00:14:56 | 2021-01-22 18:00 | |
| The Unending Projects Episode | 00:14:36 | 2021-01-21 04:51 | |
| The Great Cacophony of Scanning Episode | 00:17:44 | 2020-12-27 18:00 | |
| The Oculus Episode | 00:18:37 | 2020-12-26 18:00 | |
| The Election Episode | 00:16:05 | 2020-12-25 18:00 | |
| The Flash Episode | 00:21:29 | 2020-12-24 18:00 | |
| The Silence Episode. | 00:13:17 | 2020-12-23 18:00 | |
| The Software Forgery Episode | 00:17:50 | 2020-12-22 18:00 | |
| The Generosity Episode | 00:14:07 | 2020-12-21 18:00 | |
| The Amish Shareware Episode | 00:18:50 | 2020-12-20 22:51 | |
| The Tea Party Episode | 00:14:50 | 2020-10-30 17:00 | |
| The Past Future Episode | 00:18:54 | 2020-10-26 17:00 | |
| The File Format Wiki Episode | 00:16:20 | 2020-10-19 18:00 | |
| The Green Room Episode | 00:19:28 | 2020-10-12 04:11 | |
| Curt Vendel. | 00:15:06 | 2020-09-30 18:00 | |
| The Typewriter Episode | 00:22:28 | 2020-09-28 18:00 | |
| The Action Park Documentary Episode | 00:16:35 | 2020-09-21 18:00 | |
| The Medical and Life Checkup Episode | 00:17:35 | 2020-09-14 18:00 | |
| The Mysterious 4AM Episode | 00:20:35 | 2020-09-11 18:00 | |
| The Inbox Cornucopia Episode | 00:15:09 | 2020-09-08 18:00 | |
| The Novel Episode | 00:12:43 | 2020-09-07 18:00 | |
| The Three Extraordinary Ordinary Stories | 00:12:24 | 2020-09-06 21:33 | |
| The Ultimate BBS List Episode | 00:19:52 | 2020-08-15 18:00 | |
| The Winding Conversation Episode | 00:17:24 | 2020-08-14 19:57 | |
| The Three Stories Episode | 00:16:45 | 2020-07-11 19:43 | |
| The Extreme Pain Episode | 00:20:46 | 2020-07-11 01:59 | |
| The Automatic Document Feeder Episode | 00:23:21 | 2020-06-28 05:44 | |
| The Lost Month. | 00:13:29 | 2020-06-21 07:33 | |
| The Storage Unit Episode | 00:17:34 | 2020-06-16 22:09 | |
| The Conspiracy Episode | 00:20:24 | 2020-06-11 15:54 | |
| The Lost Space Racing Game Demo Movie Episode | 00:20:31 | 2020-05-20 07:45 | |
| The 100th Episode | 00:25:09 | 2020-05-18 07:23 | |
| The Games of the Mechners Episode | 00:19:22 | 2020-05-17 22:24 | |
| The Bear Mountain Episode | 00:16:53 | 2020-04-21 05:10 | |
| The Nightmare Space Episode | 00:16:24 | 2020-04-11 08:27 | |
| The Game Ideas Episode | 00:19:43 | 2020-03-27 04:09 | |
| The Metal.Ball Episode | 00:18:07 | 2020-03-25 07:21 | |
| The Cybersmith Episode | 00:12:56 | 2020-03-24 22:37 | |
| The Apple Cassette Episode | 00:20:26 | 2020-03-23 07:19 | |
| The Hazy View Episode | 00:13:55 | 2020-03-15 01:15 | |
| The Dad Question Episode | 00:22:53 | 2020-02-27 22:07 | |
| The Other Arcade Episode | 00:19:13 | 2020-02-18 08:37 | |
| Forever. | 00:17:07 | 2020-02-07 20:10 | |
| The Ingestion and Loss Episode | 00:16:49 | 2020-02-02 19:59 | |
| On The Occasion of Chest Pains | 00:21:48 | 2020-01-22 05:09 | |
| The Halo Outpost Discovery Episode | 00:18:21 | 2020-01-17 06:08 | |
| The RTTY Art Episode | 00:20:42 | 2020-01-11 07:09 | |
| The CPC Episode | 00:17:04 | 2019-12-26 07:05 | |
| The Server Cage Episode | 00:13:29 | 2019-12-21 19:36 | |
| The Rubi-Con Episode | 00:18:32 | 2019-11-29 22:26 | |
| Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It - Episode 81 | 00:19:26 | 2019-11-22 05:04 | |
| The Raytracing Episode | 00:17:17 | 2019-11-13 04:51 | |
| The NAID Episode | 00:18:40 | 2019-10-26 05:35 | |
| The Electric Stories Episode | 00:20:36 | 2019-10-10 22:30 | |
| The Music Tracker Episode | 00:19:06 | 2019-09-29 17:47 | |
| Mr. Hernandez | 00:22:10 | 2019-09-22 08:20 | |
| All Debt, All the Time | 00:14:41 | 2019-09-21 02:54 | |
| The Hardcoded Episode | 00:18:28 | 2019-08-28 01:25 | |
| The Project Everything Episode | 00:21:03 | 2019-08-06 17:37 | |
| Three Stories | 00:16:13 | 2019-07-31 06:13 | |
| The Hackers Play Episode | 00:16:27 | 2019-07-14 06:39 | |
| The Helping Episode | 00:21:16 | 2019-07-11 01:51 | |
| The PUBG and Life Strats Episode | 00:20:33 | 2019-07-05 10:12 | |
| The Long Drive Episode | 00:19:39 | 2019-07-01 09:00 | |
| The Blorb Episode | 00:19:51 | 2019-06-02 05:26 | |
| The Energy Drink Episode | 00:17:33 | 2019-05-31 07:12 | |
| The Conference Episode | 00:21:38 | 2019-05-24 15:15 | |
| Jerome Johnson | 00:20:16 | 2019-05-03 05:58 | |
| The Sorting Episode | 00:16:32 | 2019-05-01 16:53 | |
| The Infocom Source Code Episode | 00:19:27 | 2019-04-29 07:05 | |
| The Fortress of Solitude Episode | 00:20:26 | 2019-04-05 20:43 | |
| The Podcasting Episode | 00:17:50 | 2019-04-01 03:16 | |
| Joe's Offer | 00:12:13 | 2019-03-28 08:10 | |
| The Acting Episode | 00:20:12 | 2019-03-21 00:39 | |
| The Christopher March and Heimdall Episode | 00:18:19 | 2019-03-03 05:19 | |
| The Cowicature Episode | 00:23:34 | 2019-03-01 16:20 | |
| The Time Episode | 00:14:25 | 2019-02-02 19:05 | |
| The Postal Zine Episode | 00:19:18 | 2019-02-01 08:37 | |
| The Robert Hoquim Extra Episode | 00:16:01 | 2019-01-31 06:52 | |
| The EsnesnoN Episode | 00:20:45 | 2019-01-30 06:17 | |
| The Kickstarter Episode | 00:21:55 | 2018-12-31 20:02 | |
| The 50th Episode | 00:13:45 | 2018-12-31 10:19 | |
| The Don Joyce and Negativland Episode | 00:20:33 | 2018-12-30 08:46 | |
| The Leisure Suit Larry Episode | 00:26:44 | 2018-12-28 10:21 | |
| The Technical Interview Episode | 00:21:56 | 2018-11-30 22:32 | |
| The Speedrunning Episode | 00:20:03 | 2018-11-30 20:11 | |
| The Failed ISP Episode | 00:24:12 | 2018-11-27 22:16 | |
| Frank and Bootleg | 00:23:45 | 2018-10-26 02:43 | |
| The Radio Radio Episode | 00:25:44 | 2018-10-19 03:56 | |
| The Personal Philosophy Episode | 00:22:40 | 2018-10-12 04:25 | |
| The Podsucker Episode | 00:21:17 | 2018-10-01 00:42 | |
| The Commodore Episode | 00:27:40 | 2018-09-26 22:00 | |
| The HarvardNet Episode (Part 2) | 00:21:23 | 2018-08-31 20:38 | |
| The HarvardNet Episode (Part 1) | 00:23:47 | 2018-08-31 17:18 | |
| The Game World Episode | 00:26:28 | 2018-08-14 22:55 | |
| The Longest Friend Episode | 00:22:03 | 2018-08-01 07:35 | |
| The Woz-A-Day Episode | 00:19:45 | 2018-07-31 20:44 | |
| The Kansasfest Episode | 00:17:01 | 2018-07-31 06:26 | |
| The User Group Episode | 00:22:00 | 2018-07-01 07:23 | |
| The Amateur Episode | 00:17:20 | 2018-06-29 22:52 | |
| The Doomed Infocom Dinner Episode | 00:19:01 | 2018-06-29 20:33 | |
| The Sven Wallin / Wynn Wagner Episode | 00:16:01 | 2018-06-16 22:11 | |
| The Undone Episode | 00:20:51 | 2018-06-01 08:07 | |
| The Floppy Format Episode | 00:20:20 | 2018-05-29 07:15 | |
| The Firing Episode | 00:27:57 | 2018-05-16 21:45 | |
| The Living Computer Episode | 00:22:06 | 2018-05-10 04:23 | |
| The Psygnosis Episode | 00:26:47 | 2018-05-01 06:22 | |
| The Indexing Episode | 00:21:36 | 2018-04-01 09:14 | |
| The Handheld Electronics Episode | 00:22:29 | 2018-03-24 03:09 | |
| The BBS Tapes Episode | 00:24:05 | 2018-03-15 02:00 | |
| The Phone Phreak Episode | 00:21:13 | 2018-02-28 07:07 | |
| The John Romero Episode | 00:23:42 | 2018-02-20 05:50 | |
| The CD-ROM Episode | 00:28:20 | 2018-02-14 02:20 | |
| The Celebrity Episode | 00:28:13 | 2018-02-05 03:29 | |
| The Games Episode | 00:23:58 | 2018-01-29 06:49 | |
| The Public Speaking Episode | 00:27:42 | 2018-01-19 19:40 | |
| A New Year and a New Season | 00:23:44 | 2018-01-12 05:56 | |
| Andy | 00:20:35 | 2017-12-29 09:13 | |
| The Internet Archive Grab Bag | 00:22:00 | 2017-12-18 10:28 | |
| The Stuff and Value Episode | 00:25:07 | 2017-12-08 21:27 | |
| The User Meets Episode | 00:28:56 | 2017-12-02 19:22 | |
| The Song of the Information Cube | 00:23:06 | 2017-11-25 02:11 | |
| The Summer Camp and Computer Camp Episode | 00:24:30 | 2017-11-16 07:27 | |
| The Dark Episode | 00:21:50 | 2017-11-09 04:51 | |
| The Anarchy Episode | 00:22:51 | 2017-11-01 07:25 | |
| The Emulation Episode | 00:20:45 | 2017-10-26 05:43 | |
| The California Episode | 00:21:11 | 2017-10-17 10:20 | |
| The Learning to Interview Episode | 00:25:40 | 2017-10-11 08:29 | |
| The Internet Archive Job Episode | 00:29:58 | 2017-10-02 09:20 | |
| The Teleconference Episode | 00:25:38 | 2017-09-25 05:49 | |
| The Introduction Episode | 00:24:24 | 2017-09-18 08:16 | |
| The Prototype Episode | 00:29:00 | 2017-09-15 16:33 |