In this first of a two-part series, Joe and Dawson sit down to chat with veteran humanities instructor and cherished colleague, Joseph Cooper, to discuss the roles of the author and the reader when it comes to making sense of a story.

Joe and Dawson discuss dating apps and websites and then act like a couple of neurosurgeons, suggesting that a good movie or a good story is like a drug. If this is true, we are a couple of story addicts. Welcome to S.A. Oh, wait, it's not anoymous when our name is on it.

In their pilot episode, Joe and Dawson swap memories of growing up near, around, and in some cases under books and the influence that fiction has had on their development as literary geniuses disguised as barely-scraping-by English teachers. They also wonder about where the human "need" to tell stories comes from, but they never really answer that question.

Joe Tamel and Dawson Zimmerman discuss their hopes and dreams for a brighter future in podcasting and arrive at the stark realization they have none.