Our book club continues as we take a hard look at the first quarter or so of Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story gets dark, Hemingway plays to his strengths, and we dive deep into the nature of duty and the morality of labels.

We wrap up our gratitude exercise and kick off a self-love exercise, which is basically a harder version of the gratitude exercise. Unless you’re a narcissist. Then it probably would be pretty easy.

Alaric brings us a self-improvement exercise that has been instrumental in his own recovery. We determine the ideals we would like to live by, and the ones we actually live by.

Alaric is writing a story in an unusual medium and Evaric’s girlfriend is starting a business. Meanwhile, the National Politics League approaches its Playoffs, a rogue planet makes us question what we know about mental illness, and Alex Jones gets deleted from the internet.

Closing out week one of the Crossroads podcast, we dive deep into science and philosophy. Alaric explains why you should always use generic drugs, while Evaric grapples with his core values.

Our first video game segment, in which we break down walking-simulator masterclass Firewatch.

We kick off our book club with Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls!

Following our self-improvement questions, we break down our first self-improvement exercise. Try this simple gratitude practice with us so we can compare notes next week!

Join us for our first self-improvement segment as we take stock of our lives.

Due to scheduling shenanigans, this part of the episode was recorded a month ago, making the news stories we talk about a little dated–but the discussions themselves are fairly timeless. Join us as we court controversy right out the gate by touching on Trump, universal basic income, and mental illness.