In this episode, we talk about commencement speeches and what they’re even for, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ted Lasso as a means to discuss homosexuality on television and TV parent tropes in general. Also: questions for Catholics.

* This Is Water David Foster Wallace Commencement Speech (YouTube)

* Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Wikipedia)

* Once More With Feeling (Wikipedia)

* Ted Lasso (Wikipedia)

* Apocrypha (Wikipedia)

Intro and outro music by Serpiente Negra Ensamble, (“Musurgia Universalis” and “Düzensiz Meksikali”) from their album El Murciélago. © 2021 Serpiente Negra Ensamble. Used with permission.