Have you ever considered changing your first name? Do you love an epilogue that is too cryptic to mean anything to you? Has a description of a desert ever moved you to tears? Then let's discuss Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian".

0:00 - cold open

11:08 - intro

14:55 - Cormac McCarthy bio & context

21:25 - plot summary

28:00 - category #1 - the Monty Python Bridge of Death Answer Me These Questions Three category

1:23:12 - category #2 - the Donkey from Shrek “I like that boulder, that is a nice boulder” category

1:30:07 - category #3 - The Mr. Browning from Inception “References are something of a speciality for me” category

1:36:56 - category #4 - song roulette: Bodysnatchers by Radiohead and Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace by The Mountain Goats

1:41:02 - category #5 - Caren from Mean Girls “Yeah but he’s my first cousin”

1:45:28 - outro