Operation: Have a Conversation
Society & Culture
About
Entrenched in a time where true conversation is lacking, a brave group of young men work to change this.
Episodes
- OHAC 69: Bean Juice On Ice
In episode 69 of Operation: Have a Conversation, titled "Bean Juice On Ice," the hosts delve into niche technology topics. Discussions include the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program and personal experiences, with the hosts engaging in diffe…
- OHAC 68: New Depths of Misunderstanding
Operation: Have a Conversation episode 68, titled "New Depths of Misunderstanding," covers Introduction and Follow-up, Corner Case Corners, Work Trips, and Hot Takes. The episode is 1 hour and 39 minutes long and includes rambles, anecdote…
- OHAC 67: Incredibly Consistent but Confusing
The podcast episode OHAC 67 reflects on yearly themes, discussing 2025 goals for fitness and athletes, alongside reflections on the past year and lessons learned. It also touches upon technical issues like iOS 26 bugs and explores concepts…
- OHAC 66: You Think You Know a Guy
In OHAC 66, hosts Jack, Mikhail, and Mark revisit their podcast journey and delve into the technicalities of real-time cursor sharing in text documents. They also reference various digital tools and services, including Google Chrome, Firef…
- OHAC 65: All the Other Prism Slop
This episode of Operation: Have a Conversation features discussions on adopting a bean, a Colemak keyboard corner case, and belief in magic. Show notes mention various apps and technical documentation.
- OHAC 64: They Provided the Tissues
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- OHAC 63: Terms and Conditions
By listening to this episode of Operation: Have A Conversation (the “OHAC”), you (the “Listener”) agree to the following terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) and accept the knowledge (the “Mental Burden”) of being aware that M…
- OHAC 62: Push the Red Button
You find yourself on a podcast listening platform. The software seems fairly well maintained and the episode you are considering seems pretty interesting. Exits are: Play the episode OR leave. Sticking around seems like the right choice, a…
- OHAC 61: It’s Hard to Clone a Harmonica
Ding dong, Skype is dead. In the wake of such a momentous passing, Mikhail, Mark, and Jack discuss some adult topics like immunization records, tax returns, and photo organization, so [clears throat] LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH . Subscribe on…
- OHAC 60: I’ll Meet You Guys At the Pommel Horse
For those of you who have been waiting for the other shoe AirPod to drop, this will be one of the episodes of all time. Jack pranks himself into a crash-reboot cycle, Mikhail gets mad at empty cars and sports streaming, and Mark’s robot va…
- OHAC 59: Paranoid About the Cloud
This podcast will shock you. Or, at least, it did Jack, who daydreams of putting his electrical engineering degree to use; Mark performs a technomagic ritual to summon the fabled reliable wifi printing; and Mikhail asks really nicely if he…
- OHAC 58: In the Very Recent Future
Hello and welcome to this episode description. The overview of this description is as follows: First, an introductory statement constructed in a cleverly self-referential thematic format. Second, an intentionally vague list of what Mikhail…
- OHAC 57: I Refuse to Understand It
Take a deep breath and strap in for an episode description that is 100% written by a human. In this episode of Operation: Have a Conversation , join three meat-space acquaintances, Mark, Jack, and Mikhail, as they flounder around the philo…
- OHAC 56: Put It On a Flashcard
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- OHAC 55: Where Buttons Go to Die
Look! Look, with your unpersonalized Vision Pro eyes! It’s another episode where Jack, Mikhail, and Mark make memes, make convoluted code, and make varying levels of nuanced takes on the state of VR/AR. That’s right, it’s corner case corne…
- OHAC 54: Crowd-Sourced Rube Goldberg Machine
Alright, let’s tighten this up. On this episode, Mikhail, Mark, and Jack are arguably responsible adults and face the harsh truth they never tell you growing up: the levels are never leveled. Themes are shared, plans are made, and good one…
- OHAC 53: Bagpipe of Fiddles
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- OHAC 52: A Bike Full of Numbers
We have a very important question for you, but first let’s start with “how do you do?” Good, we hope. Now, let’s skip “what’s new?” And instead ask how do you to-do? With things to remember and projects to pursue, what is the way that work…
- OHAC 51: A Number-Go-Up Guy
So I know we’ve had a lot of fun today, but we need to talk about checking in. It’s important to do every once in a while. So, how’s it going? Seen any good movies lately? Have you drank enough water today? How’s that book you’ve been read…
- OHAC 50: A Scenic Alleyway
We’re in for it folks. That’s right, this description is gonna use semicolons . Cuddle up with your favorite niche punctuation and get ready because Mikhail critiques his inconvenient encounters with international tax laws and inatten…
- OHAC 49: Hot Air Balloons Are Magic
Scrolling so stoically, the podcast peruser parses a perfectly prosaic pandect packed with platypodes. Inexplicably all about alliteration, Mark, Mikhail, and Mack make mirthful scrutiny of somewhat silly thoughts and timely topical topics…
- OHAC 48: There’s Been an Error
This podcast will damage your phone. You should move it to the Trash. Save yourself from having to hear Jack, Mikhail, and Mark prattle on about bank accounts, data migration, statistics, and that meme. You know the one. You don’t want to…
- OHAC 47: Doctors Hate Them – Extremely Legal Tactical Journaling
Strap in your earbuds and get ready for 2:19:47 of episode featuring a 4-door scooter, 6 feet of Mark, and a singular joke. Get a load of these 3 idiots, Mark, Jack, and Mikhail, who didn’t even know the title of this episode the entire ti…
- OHAC 46: What a Horrible Idea. I Love It.
This episode depicts the gruesome fate of Mark, Jack, and Mikhail, three lost technology enthusiasts trapped in an unending corner case corner by menacing locals who harvest human frustration. As the time of Mark’s baseball game nears, the…
- OHAC 45: The Pan-Canadian Rogers Network Cock-up of 2022
You know that corner of the room where you just kinda dump stuff? That picture frame you keep meaning to hang up. That t-shirt you won at an intramural sports tournament. The set of hex-wrenches you pulled out of the toolbox weeks ago with…
- OHAC 44: Love Triangle of Concerns
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- OHAC 43: The History of Muncy’s Founding
You are you, a person with a ton of free time and a rubik’s cube you will never finish. You are bored out of your mind and have run out of things to do. You decide to listen to a podcast. “Operation: Have A Conversation”. You figure it wil…
- OHAC 42: In the Non-lethal Way
Time is an illusion, the year 2021 doubly so. Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the standardized end of the decentralized arm of the Internet’s plumbing lies a really simple protocol for syndication. Clinging to this is a mostly harml…
- OHAC 41: Into the Pods To Eat the Bugs
This is your final chance. After this, there is no un-reading this description. You stop after this sentence—the story ends, you go on with your life, blissfully unaware of what follows. Or, you read to the end—to learn about how Jack, Mik…
- OHAC 40: Some Feeling About Some Feelings
What a year to stay inside. Get cozy and join Mikhail, Jack, and Mark as they discuss indentation buttons, cloud syncing services, IP theft, and answer the age-old question: Who needs the great outdoors when VR disc golf exists? Oh, they a…
- OHAC 39: 💩, 100% of the Time
Whoops. This one’s all Corner Case Corner. Join Mikhail, Jack, and Mark for a truly precedented number of bizarre tales from the periphery of situations our modern society has been equipped to handle that will boggle your mind and make you…
- OHAC 38: The Excretion Folder
Having fun isn’t hard when you have an ereader and online access to your local library’s collection of ebooks. Join Jack, Mark, and Mikhail for an extended discussion of keyboard shortcuts, books, and MacBooks with a healthy sprinkling of…
- OHAC 37: UPS is the Arbiter of Truth
After a long period of neglect, Mikhail, Jack, and Mark finally get around to responding to the backlog of listener feedback. Climb on in to hear yet another discussion of various popular Linux audio back ends, the efficacy of foldable bac…
- OHAC 36: Dot and Dot Dot
Tick tock, dot, and dot dot. On this episode of OHAC, Mikhail, Jack, and Mark each give breaking updates on developing Corner Case Corner stories, Jack and Mikhail dink about in a clock of Mark’s imagination, and, in an unprecedented turn…
- OHAC 35: A Font of Entertaining Anecdotes
As ever, Mark, Jack, and Mikhail round the infamous Corner-Case-Corner before diving head-long into a field of study in which none have training. On this episode of OHAC, you can hear their philosophizations on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs,…
- OHAC 34: Additional Nonsense
The I-am-an-adult switch has been activated. Prepare for adult topics such as personal organization, self-improvement, and mild cursing. On this episode of OHAC, Mark dives into the convoluted world of online curriculum program funding leg…
- OHAC 33: Smart Synk
Version 1.33.0: Small UI fixes and performance improvements. Mark, Mikhail, and Jack are now available offline. Retracted implications of extraterrestrial involvement. Introduced tautology in error messages. Fixed bug where Jack was actual…
- OHAC 32: This is a Family Show
Come one, come all, and bring your kids! This time on OHAC, Jack, Mark, and Mikhail have an uncharacteristically positive Corner Case Corner, discuss the implications of an intergalactic pancake, and learn the very important lesson that sp…
- OHAC 31: Somebody Explodes
The lights come on to reveal a digital time display which starts to blink. It’s counting down. The pressure is on as dramatic music slowly swells bringing the tension to ever greater heights. But don’t worry, it’s non-diegetic. Mark, Jack,…
- OHAC 30: I’m an Agent of Chaos
While the world outside is frightful, inside (at their respective places of residence) Mark, Jack, and Mikhail get insightful. In this episode, the boys see the long-awaited return of a dangerously bloated Corner Case Corner and a discussi…
- OHAC 29: Trust the Neural Net
We, the people who have listened to this particular episode of the Operation: Have A Conversation podcast and have read this paragraph of the show notes for the aforementioned episode where Jack, Mikhail, and Mark discuss games, semi-auton…
- OHAC 28: The Strain of Being a Creative
Go ahead. Poke the internet and watch the digital ripples cascade into the bustling information superhighway of data that is collected, collated, and geo-located into demographic information eventually resulting in a targeted pre-roll ad f…
- OHAC 27: Wetting the Bed
Ever had one of those dreams? With vaguely familiar classrooms, impossibly long hallways, and a creeping sense of déjà vu that makes you wonder if you’ve ever had one of those dreams? With vaguely familiar classrooms, impossibly long hallw…
- OHAC 26: Handball On Unicycles
After promising to “keep it short,” Mikhail leads Mark and Jack down a 40 minute rabbit hole into the weird and convoluted world of alternative keyboard layouts. Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app! Listen on Spotify! Listen o…
- OHAC 25: Two Thumbs Up
It’s a dark time for the OHAC coalition. Mark has begun dabbling in the dark arts of artificial intelligence. Jack was forced to make the harrowing journey back to the People’s Republic of Illinois. Mikhail’s lights now stay off the entire…
- OHAC 24: A Francophone Prankster in the Night
“I’m the bread from the oven and I want to have a life! I want to experience love and the joy of reading classic literature! I want to feel heartbreak and the frustration of pouring through poorly documented command-line tool manual pages!…
- OHAC 23: A Whisper of a Flavor on the Wind
The world may still be in lockdown, but that won’t stop Mark, Jack, and Mikhail from discussing the finer points of minor discrepancies in digital calculations. They also compare notes on habit tracking, haircuts, and the state of the podc…
- OHAC 22: Big Bidet
Strange times have befallen the world. Many are confined to their homes while others are still searching far and wide for but a single roll of toilet paper. But, because Mark, Jack, and Mikhail have been doing this through internet video c…
- OHAC 21: 18 Pounds of Meat in the Mail
The boys are back and getting in sync. Mikhail, Jack, and Mark once again discuss yearly themes as the much more practical cousin to the flaky and unreliable New Years resolutions. The themes discussed are eerily similar which was totally…
- OHAC 20: Domo Origato
Egads. This episode has it all: linguistic peculiarities, real fake hats, beta software issues, pending elopations, and call-backs out the wazoo. Mikhail, Jack, and Mark have done it again. But should they have? Yes. Get into it. Subscribe…