First half of the episode: Our hosts give some updates on whats been happening since August. 

Topics include:
-Books they've suggested/read
-Shows they watched (big Andor fans!)
-Justin's competition results
-Jon's querying journey
-Friend of the podcast landed an agent!

Second half of the episode: A few live-readings

-First, Justin shares one of his first short stories, originally drafted back in 2020, called "The Man Who Knew Everything"

-Jon then reads one of his essays from "Carseat Conversations" called "A Note to the Babysitter"

-Finally, Justin reads a very raw first draft of a new intro to one of his competition short stories, "Live Bait"

Justin and Jon discuss their reactions to each of these pieces, and even do a little workshopping together on the last one.