NB: I mistakenly say that Robin Williams killed himself in 2015. In fact it was in 2014. Also, I don’t have COVID, but my sinuses are congested. Sorry for sniffing on mic so much.

Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– My opinionated little brother

– My beautiful, charming wife saw me writing these notes and requested this item verbatim.

– The Alt-Right

– Joe Biden!

– Austin Allen’s essay Hard Line Politics: On the Myth of Free Verse

– Chess.com’s hilarious new promotional gimmick

– Dead Poets Society vs. World’s Greatest Dad

– Chris M. Arnone’s article How Poetry Made my Corporate Job Awesome

– Randall Jarrell’s poem Next Day

– David Yezzi’s poem The Chain

Music by ETRNL

Art by Daniel Alexander Smith