Your Aleatoric Reality
A show about randomness in all its forms, especially what has been termed ”Random Reality,” the use of randomness in real-life applications, including decisions, leisure activities, creativity, and problem-solving. Your hosts Misha and Damon take you on a literally random journey, exploring many topics and themes through the lens of chance. P.S. ”Aleatoric” is a synonym for ”random.”
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Episodes
Wednesday Jun 25, 2025
Wednesday Jun 25, 2025
Misha and Damon discuss applications of randomness and pseudorandomness in comedy, with a detour into the world of avant garde art movements.
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Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Welcome to Season 2! Damon and Misha spend the whole episode discussing what they might talk about on this episode.
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Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Your intrepid hosts discuss ways to defeat the traditions of chess; Misha bookends the season with another Q&A for Damon.
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Sunday Mar 09, 2025
Sunday Mar 09, 2025
In which Damon discusses the process of designing, casting, and finishing custom dice.
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Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Misha and Damon "borrow," or "perform a tribute to" (but definitely don't "steal") the format of one of their favorite podcasts, Behind the Bastards. And if Robert Evans wants to come on the show and accuse us of being bastards, we'll be happy to have him!
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Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Damon outlines the various ways, both standard and innovative, that random number generation is used by video game makers.
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Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Misha and Damon try to determine whether one of them is a murderous robot, and whether they would even know if they were robots.
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Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
Tuesday Feb 11, 2025
We discuss the Oblique Strategies deck, a collection of prompts created by producer and ambient music pioneer Brian Eno. The Oblique Strategies deck is our first example of a formal creativity tool which uses an element of randomness.
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Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Misha and Damon spend the show arguing or something.
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Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Misha and Damon discuss randomness in music, sometimes known as aleatoric music.
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