Lunch Box Podcast

This week, John confesses that he has given up writing in favor of flower gardening, and explains why he is too lazy to get the lawnmower fixed, but not so lazy that he won't dig up 300 square feet of sod over four days. Ed explains the origins of Steely Dan's name and shares some favorite rock and roll movies, and the story of the drunken Christian intruder is told, as well as the tale of the zombie car.

In the wake of a podcast so grim that they didn't even bother to air it, Ed and John are back to discuss Amazon customer comments, dancing babies, the proper pronunciation of "GIF", why all songs should ask questions, why Syria is turning Ed into a vegetarian, and some new book recommendations.

Ed and John settle in for a nice long chat about John's tendency to enter into interpersonal conflicts and the quirks of his teenage children. Ed explains why you get mad when you bump your head, and then shares a little country wisdom. He also performs a dramatic reading of the Hibbards' Corner Community Center summer music schedule.

Alice Bolin returns to the show to talk with Ed and John about nail art and other handicrafts, the dangers of flirting with nerdy boys, when not to help a girl who has fallen on the sidewalk, having librarians for parents, pressure cooking, and how to properly dislike things.

Ed and John crumple newspaper whilst discussing situations made just for you, the Mikado, the difficulty in killing a man, horsey money, and the difference between Flannery O'Connor and Bil Keane. Then they analyze the comics and Ed changes a diaper.

Ed and John are back after a travel hiatus and get back into the swing of things with a conversation about dinner parties good and bad, cheeselike shreds, pipe smoking, the Phelps family of Topeka, KS, literary sanctimony, and more.

This week Ed takes John on a tour of the latchhook art in his house; then they discuss John's recent essay on Salon.com suggesting that contemporary literature is boring, and that young writers should read less of it, and watch more TV instead. Also, John talks about feeling sentimental after a rock show, and Ed describes his dream wherein a statue is erected in honor of his failure and he is called an "untalented blimp."

This week Ed and John are joined by Jeremy Holt, guru of knife care, pressure cooking, and seventies soft rock.

This week Ed and John are joined by Jeremy Holt, guru of knife care, pressure cooking, and seventies soft rock.

Ed and John hit an important kiriban with episode 25 and celebrate by talking about books on tape, wide shoes, gala dining, brunch, brupper, and the proper ingredients for the Tardy Leprechaun (sloe gin and pickle juice).