Author and Illustrator Dustin Resch is familiar to everyone who listens to the other trivia podcasts, but he makes his Tangents debut this week - just in time for the official release of his new children’s book Octavio. It’s been available for pre-order for a bit, but starting 1/1/26, you can get your hands on it at most online and brick-and-mortar booksellers. Be sure to listen to this episode to hear the real story about the octopus that inspired the book! For the game itself, he was in search of questions on Aaron Sorkin TV, MCU Films, Classic Rock, Grunge Music, Ocean Creatures, and Animals. Surely something from those categories came up…right???

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What has he been up to?

Getting his new book Octavio published after an 8 year journey and working on new projects. It hits shelves on January 1, 2026 and you can find it at any of the places below:

• Amazon

• Barnes & Noble

• Bookshop.org

• Target

• Walmart

What does he recommend?

Podcasts like Trivial Warfare, Triviality, Throwback Trivia Takedown and other stuff he’s been a guest on. And children’s books like This is How You Know: How Science Happens by Kristen W. Larson and Illustrated by Cornelia Li.

Where does he quiz?

Mostly online quiz leagues, and also Wednesday nights at a microbrew bbq house called Six Capital Brewing.

Thanks, Dustin!

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