...in which Rex and Paul chew the fat about feeling the pressure to get home from church in time to see the Cowboys game, difficulties staying up till midnight on New Year's Eve, Rex's adventures doing press relations at the Cotton Bowl, his best Christmas stocking gift ever, the old Alps Restaurant, the old Baker Hotel in Dallas, former LSU coach Charlie McClendon and Rex's boyhood refusal to shake his hand, Rex's coverage of other bowl games, freezing at the Liberty Bowl, Paul's viewing of the second Ali-Frazier fight while AWOL from the Navy, Pete Fountain in New Orleans, legendary Forrest City sportswriter Raoul Carlisle at the Kentucky Derby with Red Smith, how Lou Holtz messed up E.J. Junior's name, Rex's near-death experience swallowing a bay leaf at a restaurant in the French Quarter, the need to go to Northeast Arkansas while the leaves are off the trees, George's Fish Market in Marvell, and getting caviar and tamales in Helena.

...in which Rex and Paul chew the fat about Thanksgiving in Imboden, Paul's famous three-turkey plan, the glories of fried turkey, oyster dressing, trmmings, pies, pecans, the Baucum Nut House in North Little Rock, Rex's mincemeat pie frenzy, hunting mince, Rex's wife Melissa's fruitcake pecan frenzy, Burge's in Little Rock, fruitcake sales in Arkadelphia, the Civitan Club and the hierarchy of civic club attendance, the absence of such clubs in Imboden, Paul's brief but exciting magazine-selling career, Rex's mania for magazine subscriptions, Argossy fantasies, Red's and Woody's News Stands in Arkadelphia, sales of questionable magazines, Pete's News Stand in Pocahontas, Rex's souvenir from Woody's last day in business, highway joys on the way to Imboden, Walnut Ridge, Amagon, Weiner, Brinkley, Cherry Valley, country ham, Paul's memories of food in Spain, Baptist prayer traditions and Paul's moment of panic, Rex's eccentric great aunts and their bad influences on him, Royal Ambassadors and the ban on reciting short passages of Scripture, naps, football, and why holidays are great.

...in which Rex is out of town, so Paul begins a conversation with Jan Austin, his patient spouse, whom Paul often mentions in the broadcast, as they talk about Helena, Jan's suspicions about Paul's admiration for vinegar pie, pecan pie, mincemeat, butter the secret to pecan pie and life, Paul's convenience-store chicken livers, Paul's decision to take Jan home to meet the folks, Paul's and Jan's accents, their competing theories about the relative virtues of Delta and hill folk, gun-toting mosquitos, Paul's uncle's farm, the disappearing art of making candy, Paul's aunt's remarkable diary, her staunch union loyalty, Lawrence County the "mother of counties," Paul's declaration of ASU as the Harvard of Arkansas, changes on campus, Imboden and its attractions for kids, church and school the source of social life in the town, the resultant scrutiny of teenage behavior, Paul's admirable seriousness as a student, fun at the races, Oaklawn burgers, corned beef, pizza, and Jan's expert theories about picking race horses.

...in which Rex is out of town, so Paul begins a conversation with Jan Austin, his patient spouse, whom Paul often mentions in the broadcast, as they talk about Helena, Jan's suspicions about Paul's admiration for vinegar pie, pecan pie, mincemeat, butter the secret to pecan pie and life, Paul's convenience-store chicken livers, Paul's decision to take Jan home to meet the folks, Paul's and Jan's accents, their competing theories about the relative virtues of Delta and hill folk, gun-toting mosquitos, Paul's uncle's farm, the disappearing art of making candy, Paul's aunt's remarkable diary, her staunch union loyalty, Lawrence County the "mother of counties," Paul's declaration of ASU as the Harvard of Arkansas, changes on campus, Imboden and its attractions for kids, church and school the source of social life in the town, the resultant scrutiny of teenage behavior, Paul's admirable seriousness as a student, fun at the races, Oaklawn burgers, corned beef, pizza, and Jan's expert theories about picking race horses.

...in which Rex and Paul chew the fat about Thanksgiving, which Rex calls the ultimate men's holiday because of its lack of expectations on males, the love of leftovers, Paul's two-turkey philosophy, smoked turkey gumbo, turkey soup stock, dressing sandwiches, the critical role of side dishes at Thanksgiving, the prominence of pie, the impossibility of having too many potatoes, casseroles as the symbol of Southern Protestantism, Baptist camps, duck camps, shooting skeet, hunting rabbits, squirrel cook-offs, the loss of Thanksgiving Day football games, the Battle of the Ravine, a turkey snack Paul invented, the Wings over the Prairie Festival in Stuttgart, the Des Arc alumni reunion, Paul's mom's deck and his excellent contributions to its construction (mostly imaginary), how weird weather ruined Paul's plans for a toasty Thanksgiving Day fire, Razorback-LSU games, the Miracle on Markham, and juggling dove hunting and football.

...in which Rex and Paul chew the fat about the Battle of the Ravine and Rex's continuing attempts to get ESPN's Game Day broadcast to come to Arkadelphia for the annual football class between Henderson State and Ouachita Baptist, how Rex talked essentially non-stop for seven and a half hours during a recent football Saturday, pleasant college campuses in Arkansas, old Arkansas college mascots, the rise of cricket teams at Southern Arkansas University, how there used to be polo matches at Wilson, how William O. Darby's knowledge of polo got him friendships with important military leaders, the Wilson Café and nice developments around town, the Delta School, the Southern Barbecue Trail, Dixie Pig sauce, the Cream Castle in Blytheville, the jumbo pig sandwich, Rex and Paul's unholy quest to consume five pig sandwiches in one day, Paul's visit with Sidney Moncrief, comparing notes on barbecue places with Sidney, improvements in U.S. Highway 67 on the way to Imboden, and the remarkable apparent confirmation of one of Paul's usually crackpot theories by an independent observer (Jim Shenup), this one having to do with the claim that Hall of Fame baseball player George Kell was really from Imboden, not Swifton, as often said.

...in which Rex and Paul talk about coaches and broadcasters of college and high school football and baseball, Bill Johnson, Bennie Ellender, Bill Burgey, the Slovak Oyster Supper, Freddie Lisko and his fame as a punt blocker, Clovis Swinney, the old ROTC requirement at ASU, President Reng's prediction that making it optional would not decrease the size of the ASU cadet corps (wrong), Rex's ROTC sharpshooter award at Ouachita, the gloriously named Sergeant Major Penanganang, Paul's plentiful Army ROTC demerits and dismal service in the Arkansas counter-guerilla unit, which contributed to his decision to join the Navy, Estes Stadium in Conway, the effects of 9/11 on college football, Rex's strenuous preparations to broadcast games, Jeff Root, Vin Scully and the L.A. Dodgers, the decreased celebrity of radio play-by-play announcers in college football, Paul's claim that Detroit Tigers great George Kell was really from Imboden, the 1968 World Series, the first time a Sloan-Hendrix High School basketball game was on the radio, the Witt brothers, the Memphis Chicks on WREC, announcers who recreated baseball games for radio broadcast, Jim Elder, and Paul and Rex's plan to attend the NEA basketball tournament, provided food can be worked into the trip.

...in which Rex and Paul talk about Halloween, especially how big a deal it was in Imboden, the Halloween carnival at Sloan-Hendrix High School, similar doings in Arkadelphia, the good trick-or-treat neighborhoods, the scary but fascinating Sturgis house in Arkadelphia, the beyond-creepy gym dressing room at Sloan-Hendrix, hijinks of older kids, water-balloon wars, running from the police, who only pretended to chase the kids, Imboden's car-less sheriff, how Arkadelphia's police chief got so excited about the opening of Interstate 30 that he drove the wrong way onto the freeway in an Arkadelphia police car, trick or treating at the museums and the zoo in Little Rock, Jan's Helen of Troy costume and Paul's unfortunate but prize-winning contest entry, the fuzzy monster Rex encountered in D.C., Jan and Paul's Top Gun-themed costumes, and Halloween movies.

...in which Rex and Paul talk about a new book on the Arkansas Grand Prairie, duck hunters, Craig's barbecue and Murray's catfish places in DeValls Bluff, master cook Stanley Young, the old Journey's End, Dondie's in Des Arc, the Tamale Factory in Gregory, the old Sportsman's One Stop in Des Arc, the old Rice Motel and the Paddy restaurant in Gillette, the old W.O.'s Riverfront in Brasfield, fresh-water caviar, the old Little Chef and Pam Pam Club (a class joint) in Stuttgart, Spradlin's Dairy Delight in England, rival claims of inventing the Frito chili pie, the Dairy Bar in Portia, the old Georgetown One Stop, Gene's in Brinkley and his 22-year streak of never closing, the Grasshopper in DeValls Bluff and its "Arrive grumpy and leave happy" sign, the old 11-70 Club in Hazen, KAAY, ASU's work on rockabilly music and U.S. Highway 67, Newport and Swifton music joints, the Silver Moon, Walnut Ridge's visit from the Beatles, the Parachute Inn, Williams Baptist College, Mena and the upcoming movie about Barry Seal, the Cave Court in Cave City, Airline Highway in Louisiana, the old Holidomes and Paul's crisis at a conference in New Orleans when they ran out of plates, fire ants floating around in the water, the old Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference, the University of the Ozarks, Coach Jack Holley and his cyclops interpretation of sports officials, UCA's surprise victory over ASU in football, the time Rex essentially abandoned Melissa (his brand-new wife) for six hours at a football game he had to broadcast at UCA, and Rex and Paul's amazement that she has stuck with him nonetheless.

...in which Rex and Paul Rex and Paul tell about how olive loaf lost its charms for Rex, Vienna sausage, fried bologna, the old Po Boy Supper at Coy, Chicken Jeans, the wrong (Yankee) pronunciations of Southern foods, Spam, dangers of slicing things, kinfolks from off, Rex's Kansas cousins and their confusing drink requests, the bourbon in Rex's grandmother's pantry, Paul's dad's World War II buddy, "nickel-beer" joints, wet-dry elections, blue laws, Altus wineries, Grape Fest at Tontitown, Wiederhehr, grape stomping, how the New York Times ran a story on fried chicken gizzards at the convenience store at Marvel, calf liver, wild "goat," barbecued goat, McClard's in Hot Springs, Craig's in De Valls Bluff, and the shocking revelation that Rex and Paul can be bribed with food.