
Operation: Have a Conversation
Mark,Mikhail,Jack
Show overview
Operation: Have a Conversation has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 70 episodes. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 36m and 2h 3m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 weeks ago, with 3 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 10 episodes published. Published by Mark,Mikhail,Jack.
From the publisher
Entrenched in a time where true conversation is lacking, a brave group of young men work to change this.
Latest Episodes
View all 70 episodesOHAC 69: Bean Juice On Ice
OHAC 68: New Depths of Misunderstanding
OHAC 68: **PodcastEpisode.Description** OHAC Podcast <[email protected]> To: you Date of publication: 2026.03.21 Hosts: – Mark (Click here to select speed of text-to-speech) – Mikhail (Free upgrade in tolerance for black pepper) – Jack (Reluctant appreciation for greeting cards included) Contents: – Introduction and Follow-up     – Amount: 0:12:01 – Corner Case Corners     – […]
OHAC 67: Incredibly Consistent but Confusing
Look at this graph. Every time I do, it makes me gasp. How is it that those sets of points didn’t show? And where the hell did the purple line go?  iOS 26 has bugs, I’m so fed up. I think Apple should really fix it up. Maybe Mikhail should try something else. Open-source OS […]
OHAC 66: You Think You Know a Guy
It’s time to look back at the time we’ve spent together! Here’s your OHAC Recapitulation: What a journey we’ve had so far. Anyway, in this episode, Jack, Mikhail, and Mark deliberate the finer points of how to best accomplish real-time sharing of cursor location in a text document. Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast […]
OHAC 65: All the Other Prism Slop
Unlike the post-2020 MLB postseason, we’re gonna keep this short. Mark adopts a bean, Mikhail runs into yet another Colemak corner case, and Jack believes in magic. Enjoy. Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app! Listen on Spotify! Discuss this episode on reddit. SHOW NOTES Premium text-to-speech voices on Apple devices Mikhail’s blog post […]
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 Mark was wearing a baseball cup during this entire recording (the “Episode”). The OHAC is not responsible for […]
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, and besides, what else have you got to do today? Sit back, open your earholes, and listen as […]
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 iTunes or your favorite podcast app! Listen on Spotify! Discuss this episode on reddit. SHOW NOTES Skype […]
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 vacuum discovers a mirror dimension. Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s […]
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 can please stay in Canada for a bit longer. Cuddle up with your favorite SQL […]
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, Jack, and Mark discuss during the episode. And finally, an inside joke selected using “my process” to sound ridiculous, only becoming […]
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 philosophical backwaters of Artificial Intelligence usage in various situations, whether cloudified or groundstuck. Is AI the […]
OHAC 56: Put It On a Flashcard
Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app! Listen on Spotify! Discuss this episode on reddit. SHOW NOTES VOCOlinc FLOWERBUD SMART DIFFUSER Quick Start Manual Keychron Q10 Keyboard Keychron K10 Keyboard Kinesis Advantage 360 Professional Split Ergonomic Keyboard Microsoft Sculpt Keyboard CharaChorder One Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 | Wikipedia xkcd: Eclipse Coolness Total […]
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 corners all the way down. How can something be all corners and not vertices? Call the toll-free […]
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 ones are good. But, as a wise man named Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until you hit the character limi Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app! Listen on Spotify! Discuss this episode on reddit. SHOW NOTES Audio Hijack | Rogue Amoeba Whisper | Open AI Gong – Revenue Intelligence Platform Non-Lazy DMs use Obsidian for D&D | Nicole van der Hoeven Change a document’s page setup: pages or […]
OHAC 53: Bagpipe of Fiddles
[instrumental] Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app! Listen on Spotify! Discuss this episode on reddit! SHOW NOTES Vornado AVH2 heater fan Toronto Tool Library and TTL Makerspace Vestaboard Smart Messaging Display  AirPods Pro Service Program for Sound Issues Apple | Check your device’s coverage (and your CAPTCHA skills) A blurry image of Mikhail’s […]
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 works best for you? To take your thoughts and turn […]
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 reading? When’s the last time you’ve painstakingly analyzed […]
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 inattentive coders; Mark gets taken on an emotional rollercoaster in the search for his lost disc which might not be in Kansas […]