With the future and their inevitable demise on their minds, the bearded bros turn to Calypso by David Sedaris to make them realize what's important in life (or something like that).

While Ben emits wisdom and Erik sputters demonic nonsense, the two discuss The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell and how it relates to life, the cosmos, and Star Wars.

Will the bearded bros be right in thinking that the lightest object in the universe is love? Will Ben actually enjoy the zombie apocalypse? And will The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele be worth the read? Find out this week on....BEN & ERIK'S BOOKSTORE!

While in human form (rather than bugsy), Ben and Erik discuss humanity's predicament in today's world, guided by the backsummaradvert of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.

In their quickest -- yet most in-depth -- discussion yet, the bearded brothers take on Recursion by Blake Crouch as well as their embarrassing romantic episodes.

In their second episode away from each other, Ben and Erik tackle the mythological tale of Circe in...well Circe by Madeline Miller.

The bearded bros return after life just kinda kept on happening to discuss Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes, baseball mummies, and how not to make a new sport.

After Ben introduces Erik to the Godmobile, the duo discusses why, in Sarah Fox's Wine and Punishment (Literary Pub Mystery #1), a small town in Vermont holds so many pumpkin-spiced mysteries.

Will Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe sufficiently suffice the sincere duo's sprawling expectations of smart fantasy?...Or will they just talk about time travel again? Who knows!

As the dudes tackle the romance(?) genre in Meagan Spooner's Sherwood, they create new ice cream flavors, unravel time travel paradoxes, and discuss how incredible this retelling of a classic could be.