78. Food III
November 29, 2021
The long awaited and final episode in our three-part food series is served: Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson (2012) vs An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage (2009).
77. Food II
November 22, 2021
Part two of our three part food series continues with Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat (2017) vs Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton (2011).
76. Food
November 15, 2021
On the first episode of our three part food trilogy we chat about Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain (2000).
75. Levels of the Game
November 8, 2021
On this abbreviated episode we chat about Levels of the Game by John McPhee (1969).
74. Books About Books
November 1, 2021
Joe's weekly in memoriam, child labor ideas for Audible, and a tell-all interview with the car that hit Stephen King. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (2016) vs On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (2000).
73. Ghost Writers
October 25, 2021
Happy spooky season! The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (2007) vs Nancy Drew, The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene (1942).
72. LGBTQ History Month
October 18, 2021
Fall weather, ribs and blatant pandering on this weeks episode. The Age of Anxiety Poem by W. H. Auden (1947) vs The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011).
71. National Book Month
October 11, 2021
Happy National Book Month! This episode we feature previous National Book Award winners. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer (2013) vs The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom (2019).
70. Learning New Skills
October 4, 2021
Nick becomes a plumber in real-time, Big Mama Jamas, and we finally learn what a crawdad is but not really. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018) vs Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (2018).
69. Georgette Heyer
September 27, 2021
Many, many Creed references, we discover it's all about the journey, and we enter the Argarian Era. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer (1952) vs Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer (1932).
