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This week, we talk Houston, Stephen King, Modern Etiquette, Star Trek, & more. RIP Walter Becker.

Please consider donating to the following hurricane relief organizations:

The Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund of Houston's mayor, Sylvester Turner, which is administered by the Greater Houston Community Foundation.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston is opening its doors at no charge this week, and offering extended hours. To donate, visit its website.

Houston Food Bank and the Food Bank of Corpus Christi are asking for donations.

The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center has posted an updated list of donor locations. Call 210-731-5590 or visit its website for more information.

Carter BloodCare covers hospitals in North, Central and East Texas. To donate, call 877-571-1000 or text DONATE4LIFE to 444-999.

To help animals, visit the Houston Humane Society or the San Antonio Humane Society. The Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has set up an animal emergency response hotline (713-861-3010) and is accepting donations on its website.

The Texas Diaper Bank in San Antonio is asking for diapers and wipes, which can be dropped off in person or mailed to 5415 Bandera Road, Suite 504, San Antonio, Tex., 78238.

The United Way of Greater Houston flood relief fund will be used to help with immediate needs as well as long-term services like minor home repair. Visit its website to donate or text UWFLOOD to 41444.

The L.G.B.T.Q. Disaster Relief Fund will be used to help people "rebuild their lives through counseling, case management, direct assistance with shelf stable food, furniture, housing and more."

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends checking with the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster for a list of trusted disaster-relief organizations in Texas.

This episode, the CO goons talk about food, foodie culture, food science, weird food related hobbies, and more. It's a regular comida of errors!

Links to some of the stuff mentioned in this episode:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/business/energy-environment/14borlaug.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/sep/14/chilli-hot-food

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/highlights/010730_chillies.shtml

http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2012/issue131b/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2I6Et1JkidnnbWgJFiMeHA

Many factual errors are made in this episode, so feel free to sprinkle it liberally with "it isn't", "he didn't", "she didn't", "they didn't", and "it wasn't", as needed. Channel your inner Ron Howard. :)

-Ed

Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.

Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.

We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.

We will be united in our common interests.

Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.

We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.

And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:

"We will not go quietly into the night!

We will not vanish without a fight!

We're going to live on!

We're going to survive!"

Today, we celebrate THE RETURN OF CONSOLE OBSCURA!!!

We didn't want to have to do another one of these. Certainly not so soon. But... COME ON, MAN...

LIVE FROM LANFORD ILLINOIS, It's Console Obscura: Roseanne!

Pour a few fingers of prewar hooch, crack an ice cold Gwinnett, and join the boys in the wastes of Fallout 4 for a Fallout Fireside Chat.

Here's a little summer vibe preview for ya from Seattle's 206 BOYZ

We're back. Welcome to the party, pal.