HPR4726: Trurl's intro show
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HPR4726: Trurl's intro show

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 14, 2026

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Introduction & Setting : Recorded on a sunny August afternoon in a Merton garden with Trurl exploring a wide-ranging philosophical and analytical journey through mathematics, games, and literature. Literary & Sci-Fi References : Stanislaw Lem : Discussion of the robot character Trurl from The Cyberiad , who alphabetically creates everything before reaching the letter "N" for "nothing" and destroying everything. Learn more about Lem on Wikipedia . Vladimir Nabokov : Analysis of The Luzhin Defense , a novel exploring chess obsession, psychological breakdown, and the "horror of chess." Explore the book on Wikipedia . Edgar Allan Poe & Thomas...

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This is Hacker Public Radio episode 4726 for Monday 14th September 2026. Today's show is entitled, Trill's intro show. It is part of the series How I got into tech. It is the first show by new host Trill, and is about 39 minutes long.

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It carries a clean flag. The summary is, Trill talks to Lee about some of his interests. was called Troll and he destroyed everything, including himself. He went through everything alphabetically and created everything one after another, starting with things beginning with

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the letter A. But the problem occurred when he reached the letter N and specifically when he got to the word nothing. It was then obliged to create nothing. ain't nothing. The only way to do that was destroy everything. That's unfortunate.

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