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We ponder, did Shane Gillis bomb? No. Haters will be haters. But also, Shane didn't have to call to attention that he wasn't getting the laughs he expected. How do you handle a lukewarm crowd? And tha...

5 Mars 202454min

Sherman Alexie's story has the timing of the most professional stand up. It's hilarious; but it also reads like Greek Tragedy, fate of the worst kind that people simply cannot escape. Gives insight to...

28 Feb 202453min

Happy New Years! Our first 2024 episode. Busy with, well, life. Got to talk about a poem by one of my (Samuel Lee) favorite poet. Christian Wieman. It is a zen like poem, and in so many simple and cre...

5 Feb 202454min

You got to read this novella, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. The narrator/protagonist shows us her world which surprises, humors and humbles the "normal" worldview most of us adopt. We (Joy...

14 Dec 202332min

Is this comedy special title the perfect description of Nate? He looks average, speaks like an average American, a conversation you would hear at TGIF, but they are some of the greatest sets. How does...

4 Dec 20231h 1min

We go over Chekhov's short-real short-story, Rothschild's Fiddle, which is unlike his other stories, reads more like a fable, but does it work? And of course we chat over other important things you sh...

8 Nov 202351min

Discovered this wonderful essay, which doesn't read like an essay. Hit the link below and read it yourself. It's somewhere between prose poem and an essay, just like how perplexity is between terror a...

19 Okt 20231h

Joy is Engaged (Congrats!). And this week we read "Lady with a Dog" a short story by Chekhov about infidelity..hmm...or is it about "true love" and the society just getting in the way. It's post-moder...

11 Okt 202345min