For the last time in 2023, Lobo and Trash talk about books and ideas, and about what they enjoyed most this past year. And, of course, they have New Year resolutions!!!

Writer Jane Dykema is back in the studio and together with Lobo and Trash, she unpacks the different kinds of families we have, dreams about Toni Morrison characters, unloved traits we share with our parents, and how we emulate and kill our idols.

Anelise Chen -- So many Olympic Exertions

Sven Lindqvist -- Exterminate All the Brutes

TAL Water Bottle (and no, it's 64 ounces)

Last episode, Lobo and Trash never got around to talking about the books on their shelves, so that's what they're doing this week. And they discuss the war in Israel and Gaza and why it's so hard to talk about the conflict.

How do we order or select books? How do we read, keep, and move them? When do we sell them off? And episode that is about living with books and writing and storing them (and a lot more).

In this episode, Lobo, Trash, and guest John Wilkins take on the controversy surrounding Oliver Anthony's son "Rich Men North of Richmond," discuss social and political implications, and ponder the question why things go viral.

Dostoevsky -- The Idiot

Steely Dan -- Show Biz Kids

Unforgotten -- TV Series

Grauzone -- Album

This week, Lobo and Trash invite Mauricio Montiel Figueiras into the dark shadows and recesses of our world to discuss the occult in fiction, film, popular culture, and politics. Is there an Upside Down? And what will you find there?

Mary Stuart (1934), by Stefan Zweig. 

The Quiet Girl (2022), directed by Colm Bairéad, based on the novella Foster by Claire Keegan. 

The Crowded Room (2023), starring Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried.

Café El Popular Restaurante

Sergio Hernández

Sávila

This week, Lobo and Trash welcome poet Gillian Conoley and crime writer Domenic Stansberry in the studio. Together they talk about writing habits, politics in literature, San Francisco's North Beach area, and of course they brought recommendations.

Summertime

Wet Leg

Barbie

Raydrop Humidifier

This week Lobo is back from a trip to NYC, and he and Trash have invited Guillermo Manning to talk about the city in literature, film, and beyond. Immigration, Noir, or Horror -- we're in a New York state of mind.

The Bridge: To Brooklyn Bridge -- Hart Crane

Black Mirror -- all those early episodes

Mariana Enriquez -- Our Share of Night

This week, Tim is talking to artist Richard Lang about his work with plastic he has been collecting on Kehoe Beach for twenty-five years. Together they chat about how trash has changed over the years, the thrill of finding specific objects, and Richard's new show (with Judith Selby Lang) at Ft. Mason's Guard House. And don't miss the poetry jukebox!

Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang

Fort Mason Guard House Exhibition and more here

90:Ojime

Harold Morowitz -- The Emergence of Everything

Las Morillas de Caen -- here, here, and here

After a brief break, Lobo and Trash are back in the studio and welcoming poet and translator Denise Newman. They discuss how poetry can change our perception of an ever-crazier world, or provide solace when things get too heavy. And as Bard might put it, they talk about how literature is "a way to explore the human condition, challenge our assumptions, and make us laugh (at ourselves)."

Tractatus Philosophico-Poeticus by Signe Gjessing

alphabet by Inger Christensen

Zong! By M. NourbeSe Philip

Journey to Mt Tamalpais by Etel Adnan

Scala - Music

Ross

The Blackening - Movie

Past Lives - Movie