Tom and Scott spend three days in the Catskills, and marvel that the mountains never close or have scaffolding, and that you can keep your window open in your room at a Victorian inn, because you’re underneath the large wraparound porch. Plus, we speculatively uncover the lost Underwater Catskills from two million years ago, where they still played shuffleboard.

Scott goes back to a movie theater for the first time since March 2020 and wonders if the Welcome Back on the marquee is specifically directed at him. Plus, our idea for introducing the jaunty stroll competition in the Olympics, with compulsory steps and the always exciting freestyle walk. And finally, we take on the grammar establishment in an unprecedented way.

It’s a day in the life of Tom and Scott, which starts with a disappointing museum visit. Instead of sitting on the curb, and wailing “Boo Hoo!”, they pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and embark on a high seas adventure. And in doing so, they “discover” a new island!

Tom faces an ethical dilemma. Sneak into the trailer of Reporter 1 on a local film shoot, and possibly win an Oscar, or simply walk on by and earn the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Scott thinks that award should be competitive, with ads in trade publications.

In our ongoing salute to The Pedestrian, we revisit Sidewalks Across America, our plan to connect both coasts with giant sidewalks. And we once again breathe a collective sigh of relief(which is the best kind), that we need not submit a walk plan for our daily strolls.

As the young man hawking newspapers in the 1930’s would bellow, “Read All About It. Tom and Scott Visit the High Line.” Thrill to their true life adventure, as they both tell the same story. In their own words!

We love quaint old small towns, with Mom and Pop shops, many of which are not owned by Moms and Pops, but by Moms or Pops instead. And we revisit our time machine, which is only missing the part that enables time travel. But the most important part is the comfortable reclining chairs, and that we’ve figured out.

Starting today, we’re changing our schedule to two podcasts a week, after having done seven a week for 10 months , and five a week for six months. Why the change? To give you the gift of time. The greatest gift of all. Take a week to enjoy the two episodes, or use the other days to catch up on some of the 415 you might have missed. The choice is yours!

The sultry, tropical July air in Manhattan makes us feel like we’re on a Caribbean island. Tom says we just need to plant palm trees, preferably with hammocks. Scott suggests “Hammocks for the World”, and hopes this diplomatic gesture will give him a better chance of being elected Secretary General of the UN.

Tom’s stay at a wildly eclectic, romantic and boldly designed inn makes Scott recall the antithesis of that. The 1975 Holiday Inn tag line. “The best surprise is no surprise.” We prefer the element of surprise over the soulless conformity of a uniformly designed box.