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 listen carefully.

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 conversation.  Everything is more complicated than you think.

Things are finally getting racy!  Only a matter of time!  Step up folks, a real-life pornographer joins me on Necessary & Sufficient!  Lisa, if you’re reading this, I mean “pornographer” in the best possible sense.

Here it is–the first-ever live-before-an-audience Necessary & Sufficient!  Recorded the week before last at the Union Square Round Table at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, Mass.  Hang on to your hats.

Another week, another rabbi.  (I almost typed “another rabbit” here.)  My people are an inquisitive people, and Greg was a great guest.  Listen up!

The third resident of Merrick, New York, and the first in a two-week run of rabbis.  Welcome, Ira Ebbin.

What a delight is Tim Young.  I had to have him back quicklike.

I haven’t seen Bob Blewett for over a decade, but thanks to the internets, I was able to track him down and coerce him to come on the podwaves.  Necessary & Sufficient once again serves as a great excuse to reconnect.

Clearly, and happily, we’ve batted around to the top of the order again (sports metaphor).  Here comes past favorite Raquel Hecker.  Can Jeremy Broomfield be far behind (shout out)?

What a treat to have Erin back on Necessary & Sufficient.  It took some doing, but I made it happen.  Efforts paid off, too–what other guest could transition so seamlessly from baking to 17th century Dutch painting and back?

David and I get our maths on here.  Don’t worry–nothing too complicated.  Bonus round:  Mode.

Why did it take 72 episodes to get my old friend Mog on Necessary & Sufficient?  I am ashamed (ashamed!) to admit that it took him dropping some major hints to make this happen.  Sorry, Moggy.  Welcome to the podwaves.

And a new Necessary & Sufficient distance record is set.  Direct from Australia, with the help of electrons, is Tim Young.

Here’s the second part of a far-ranging conversation with Eben Moglen.  Just to see what would happen, I left this tape completely unedited.  Hope you enjoy.

I’m so glad I got to do this.  I met Eben Moglen two or three years ago when I interviewed to work for him.  Needless to say (and for reasons that will soon become apparent) he made an impression.  That interview gave me a peek into what they mean when they talk about “free software.”  Here’s much, much more.

Sean and I get off to a bit of a rough start, but we eventually settle our differences and get to a pretty good place, I think.  Thanks are due to Josh Anderegg of (DC & Marvel) & (Gotham & Metropolis).

In which I open Max’s envelope and find that he’s pulled a bit of a fast one.

It had to happen eventually–I’ve had so many of Max’s friends and family on the podcast that he was bound to make an appearance sooner or later.  He even brought a set of cards for me to read, but that’s next week.  Here’s part one of our double-header.

It’s always a pleasure to have Jim back on the podcast.  I’m sure that this topic could swirl up a little controversy.  Feel free to have at it in the comments.

I was so happy to finally get Dana on Necessary & Sufficient.  Watch out for the bonus round:  douchebag.

This episode is a little longer than the average one, which should be no surprise to anybody who has spent any time with Lukas and me.  I clearly had fun, and I think we hit on some important stuff here.  Enjoy.

I am so pleased to welcome Lisa and Jerry back to the podcast.  Today we hit another long-time-coming kind of topic.  I am sure that no two (or three) people would have the same conversation about this area, but I was quite happy to be a part of this one.

It was great to have Erin on for the first time–she’s a double threat, podcasting-wise:  smart and funny.  And smart about funny, which might make her a two-point-five threat?  Not sure how the credits work on that…

Josh returns to for some more comix geekery.  We don’t discuss the Hero’s Journey this time around, but H.P. Lovecraft does make an appearance.

Megan, along with Tom from episode 40, is one of the first genuine persons of widespread cultural import to join me on Necessary & Sufficient.  I also have the pleasure of working with her on an almost-daily basis in our day jobs, where we have precious few conversations like this.

Here’s Erik and me talking about something for which neither of us had really prepared (understandable, in his case at least).  We managed to have a pretty good time though, I think.

It was, to borrow his own phrase, an absolute pleasure to welcome W. Seth Hanisek back to Necessary & Sufficient. The list of people whom I wish I could meet in real life keeps growing. Did I use “whom” correctly? Whom cares.

Add another stamp to Necessary & Sufficient’s passport.  Direct from the UK, my old cul-de-sac mate Tim Redfern.

Here’s a topic that I had been itching to tackle for a while.  So glad that Clarence was game.

In this second half, things get a bit more digressive and tangential–we talk about Conventional & Endemic, Sex & Gender, Me & Myself & I, and Asian & White, among others–but we do manage to swing around again to the original topic.  Happily.

Behold, the first episode based on drawings, rather than words.  Drawings which I am too embarrassed to reproduce, but which are described herein.  Part 2 will be up next week.

Well, this one has been a long time coming.  Nancy Rogo Trainer of Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates joins me for a discussion of the ur-pairing.

Danny is back for another conversation, this one recorded face-to-face at the Abelson Company world headquarters in Manhattan.  Just as the last time we spoke, you can hear a barking dog in the background.  Trivia:  different dog.

I swear this isn’t a retread of “Jewish & Goyish.”  What it is, though, is the 50th episode of Necessary & Sufficient, marking one full year on the podwaves.  Enjoy!  Fay’s essay, with recipes, is here.

Jesse Ross, the birdman of Bay Ridge, is back for another episode.  I’ve been watching a lot of the Big Bang Theory lately, and I sincerely hope that Sheldon et al wouldn’t take too much offense at the liberties we take with physics-ese.

I think I’ve mentioned a few times that, while I don’t consider myself a geek, I am completely intrigued by geek culture.  I wish I was a geek.  Maybe I’m a geek geek, or a geek groupie, but this conversation is right up that particular alley.