Necessary & Sufficient

Maria takes us to school.  Grad school.  As is usually the case when talking to academics, I was pretty far out of my depth here.  Some good words happened, though.

Rebecca “Doctor” Stonger is in the final throes of cooking up a baby in her middle, so I was so happy that we could record this before things got completely out of hand.  I’ve known Rebecca for about ten years … Continue reading →

Sorry this is a day late—I was too nervous to put the finishing touches on the episode, what with the polls.  But all’s well that ends well, right?  Enjoy.

This was so fun.  Josh is one of my new favorite people.  Bonus points for being way into Lego.  Nice work, Josh.

How psyched was I to have Jesse Thorn on the hundredth episode of Necessary & Sufficient?  Billion, with a “b.”

Megan returns for another round of Necessary & Sufficient hardball.  Look out for soft-pitch music recommendations at the end of the episode!

Erik asked me, quite reasonably, why I had picked these words for him.  I must admit that I have no answer to that question.  Sometimes you just get a feeling about someone, am I right?

More technical mumbo-jumbo with Stephan.  But I’m not going to make excuses.  Why are you here, if not for technical mumbo-jumbo?

Today’s episode of Necessary & Sufficient was not kayfabed, but conspiracies abound, of course.

Sean Martin returns to Necessary & Sufficient for a non-trick question.

Another case of “how could I have waited this long?”  My old pal Seth Kibel makes a splendid debut, and seems to remember more than he thought he might.

Tim is fast becoming the de facto (callback!) Necessary & Sufficient science correspondent.  It was great to have him back to discuss a classic pitfall of scientific inquiry.

It’s always a treat to have polymathic Jesse Ross on the podcast.  Sense, sensibility, momentum, inertia, birds, dinosaurs…and pizza.  Is there anything this guy can’t do?

The irony of tackling pedantry and condescension in this forum is lost on no one.

Oops, bonus topic!  I wasn’t even planning for this, but DLS’s knowledge cannot be contained in a single episode.

Technical whiz kid David La Spina returns to Necessary & Sufficient for some hard-core camera geekery.

Lukas returns to Necessary & Sufficient for a fourth time, and faces the heinous psychic torture that is:  The Lightning Round.

Hali is an expert in both me and Necessary & Sufficient, and she’s also one of my top-two favorite people, so I’m glad she finally made it to the podcast.  Actually, both of my faves are on here, if you … Continue reading →

So good to have Michael back after a long hiatus.  In the words of Spider-Man (in that movie about Facebook), he really lawyers up.

The first-ever Necessary & Sufficient recorded live-to-whatever-you-call-the-digital-equivalent-of-tape at N&SHQ in Brooklyn.  Brian was a great guest, and I love his remark about how simple the topic would be, right at the start of what turned out to be a 45-minute … Continue reading →