The Joy of Being Wrong

"I think you were wrong all along." Paolo Pedercini has made political videogames since 2003, one of them with me. We talk about the Utopia Deficit, asymmetrical infomation warfare, and weaponizing the fear of looking dumb.

Intro and outro music: "Danny Nedelko" by The Idles.

"You have to be in the moment and really enjoy that your kid is this beautiful being who is laughing, but there is another part of you who is like... I've got stuff to do!" Almost immediately after birthing the Doug Wright award-winning graphic novel Young Frances, Hartley Lin had an actual child. His comic Pope Hats #6 consists of one page strips about his parenting experience. We talk about the importance of pushing yourself to experiment with your craft, the peculiar challenge of doing readings for comics, and why a talking ghost is just too easy. Intro/Outro music: "Pretty Pimpin" by Kurt Vile.

"It's such a rewarding feeling, standing under the shower and planning out the next couple of hours." I chat to Scott Waters, who makes gorgeous moody paintings of terrible war machines, about artistic self-discipline, the People Problem, and the solace of melancholy songs on our Rubber and Chocolate friendiversary. Intro and outro music: "Epic Problem" by Fugazi.