This week, Julie and Ashleigh step away from screens to do some birdwatching, baking, and cross-stitching. We check in with sales marketing assistant manager Logan Balestrino to talk about video games and otome boyfriends. Senior editor Sarah Peed interviews Max Brooks about his upcoming novel, Devolution, and how his work teaches important lessons about survival.

Our audiobook except this week is from Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett, read by Tara Sands.

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