In this episode we talk with family friend, former-Raleigh-resident, Courtney Buchan. Also, we dive into Africa via one of my favorite books of all time, Mating by Norman Rush. Get some!

In this episode we talk with a reader to put us all to shame, former Raleigh resident, Dana Burch. Also, we read the first five pages of Freedom by Jonathan Franzen. Nailed it!

In this brief episode that isn't, I call one of my very best friends, Askia Dobson, about not doing a podcast. Also, we read Max Ehrmann's "Desiderata". Getting crushed by buildings!

In this episode, we read O. Henry's “The Gift of The Magi” and interview my very good friend, Ben King.

In this episode I sit down at a Starbucks with my older brother, Keba Baldwin, after frying a couple of turkeys on Thanksgiving. Also, we explore John Updike's "The Coup". It's real! Hip-hop! Hip-hop!

n this episode Kristin and I sit down at the dining room table with our babies and talk children's books. You can make a quick trick block stack!

In this episode I interview my father, Whiteville, NC resident, Lawrence Rouse, Sr, and read from the Gospel of Matthew. Amen!

In this episode we interview my father-in-law, Raleigh resident Richard Holmes and read from Balthasar Gracian's The Art of Wordly Wisdom. I know, Dick! I should be putting up crown moulding! (Also, I was mistaken: I never saw Eric Sloan's death on Twitter. 1985!)

In this episode we interview Fayetteville, by way of the Pacific Northwest resident, Hunter Hetfeld, and read from Anthony Trollope's 1864 novel, Can You Forgive Her? Also, we discuss my shameful addiction!

In this episode we interview Winston-Salem resident and my best friend from high school, Cedron Spaulding, and read from Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart. Here in 1992, we present. . .