Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 010: Making it Happening

We're out this week, so the Nextlander Podcast will return in its normal slot next week, but for now we bring you another NBABP classic, in which Jeff Bakalar and Austin Walker join us to talk about the funny pages, technology running amok, and electronic drum kits? CHAPTERS (00:01:07) Intro (00:02:31) Sah-caucus vs Sea-caucus (00:03:21) All the good podcast memories are Beastcast related (00:05:56) The internal politics of carving out studio spaces (00:08:14) "I'm a human and I don't work there anymore" (00:23:56) First Break (00:24:05) Do we live in Cyberpunk Version 3.0? (00:27:14) Why do giant tech companies always seem evil? (00:31:46) The Coleco Chameleon and the Intellivision Amico (00:32:36) Tommy Tallarico (00:34:39) The last 10 years of the internet have been good (00:39:01) Don't mess with whatever hope people have of a retirement (00:41:50) Masterful transition into the funny pages (00:47:22) Second Break (00:47:35) How is Gary Larson? (00:52:50) Getting deep into Heathcliff (01:01:43) Bakalar had a comic strip? (01:07:15) And he bought an electronic drum kit?! (01:21:51) Wrapping up and thanks! (01:22:14) See ya!

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Special Ep: Never Been a Better Podcast 010: Making it Happening is an episode from The Nextlander Podcast.

This episode is 82:43 long.

This episode was published on Mar 19, 2026.

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