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Neal Stephenson is a best-selling author, futurist, tech geek and swordsman whose works include Cryptonomicron, Seveneves, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash. He has also co-written several other books and graphic novels which we discuss in this episode. His latest book, Termination Shock goes into depth and detail about Sikh martial arts, which he had to research during the Covid lockdowns.
Of course, Neal’s main claim to fame is that he wrote the preface to my own Swordfighting for Writers, Game Designers and Martial Artists.
We cover an enormously wide range of topics in this episode, from fountain pens to working with Jeff Bezos building rockets. If you want to find anything in particular, the timestamps and related links are listed below:
Elementary, my dear Windsor, with Dr. Ashley Polasek
Teaching horses martial arts with the Horsemen of Eire
Support Vector Machines are Cool, with Kari Baker
Movement Matters with Katy Bowman (Episode 54 repeat)
Fiore and the Dinosaurs with Erin Fitzgerald
Fire and Cauldrons with Ruth Goodman (Episode 44 repeat)
Finding your niche, with Mila Jędrzejewska
Tameshigiri Training with Asante Lawla
Combat Theory and the Incas, with John Lennox
Sword Business, with Jo York
Yoghurt Pot Armour with Kin Chan
Stretto and Surgery, with Elizabeth Scott
You’ve been holding your lightsaber all wrong, with Kyle Rowling
Training Nerds in the Desert, with Skye Hilton
Pain is the best teacher, ideally somebody else’s. With Steaphen Fick
What is a Round Table? With Elizabeth Champion
Synthetic Armour and Smithing in France, with Anthony Rischard
Smacking People in the Head… Gracefully. With Riri Nitihardjo
Is there anything Daniel Jaquet can’t do in armour?
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