Greg Comstock, semi-official foreign travel correspondent, recounts his recent trip to Cuba, a country in transition. Andrew reviews the new movie The Jungle Book and St. Lucia lands on Heavy Rotation for the week.

A Star Wars special! Is Rey from "The Force Awakens" Obi-Wan Kenobi's granddaughter? Should the original expanded universe be jettisoned from the canon? Is the ring theory true? All this and more - including C.S. Lewis for Required Reading and the latest album from The Oh Hellos.

What are the rules about what you can and can't joke about, what you should and shouldn't say? Andrew and Karl discuss jokes and language in general, as well as review listener feedback and the music of firekid.

With April comes Major League Baseball! Tigers fan Alex Brown chats with Karl about their predictions for the season (especially the AL Central), Bryce Harper and the Nationals, and baseball's changing culture. Other topics - April Fools and a review of the new Batman v Superman movie.

The tenth episode is dedicated to one of the show's biggest podcast influences, the delightfully insightful and ever-infotaining compendium of curiosities, Futility Closet. Mirroring their format, Karl and Andrew share listener feedback and try their hand at lateral thinking puzzles.

The Malcolm Gladwell to our Bill Simmons, Alex Duke makes his debut on the podcast with a firestorm of thoughts on film, culture, and criticism, including a talk with Andrew about the recent Oscar winner, Spotlight. Also, Karl shares about the Spring 2016 Field Notes release.

Kristy Pyke shares about the weighty work of International Justice Mission, and joins Karl and Andrew to fawn over "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck. Also, from Karl's Heavy Rotation, "Folk Hop N' Roll" by Judah & the Lion.

In the first "Postcards From Far Away" segment, Karl sits down with Jose Peñaherrera to discuss his home country of Ecuador. Andrew shares the music of Sleeping At Last from his Heavy Rotation, and both Andrew and Karl plead for a cessation of the madness of Donald Trump.

Are storms and disruptions always inherently bad? Andrew and Karl take on Walter Percy's theory that "hurricanes" can be positive events in our lives. Also, the first round of listener feedback and a review of the based-on-real-life movie of British Olympic ski jumper "Eddie the Eagle".

The topic everyone has been waiting for - FIELD NOTES! Dive into the world of “honest memo books, worth fillin’ up with GOOD INFORMATION", as Karl talks about his preferred notebook brand in detail. Also, discussion and reviews of Marilynne Robinson's novels and the movie Hail, Caesar!