This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by Daniel Levin Becker, Senior Editor at McSweeney's and editor of Dear McSweeney's: Two Decades of Letters to the Editor from Writers, Readers and the Occasional Bewildered Consumer, which is published, of course, by our friends at McSweeney's.  Topics of conversation include the reasons why people write and read, shoring oneself against oblivion, a hissing armadillo named Andrew Jackson, raccoons, chicken nuggets, Michael Crichton, writing economically, Hanif Abdurraqib, and much more.  Copies of Dear McSweeney's: Two Decades of Letters to the Editor from Writers, Readers and the Occasional Bewildered Consumer can be purchased here with FREE SHIPPING.