Description: We don't have a Patreon. Josh returns from a vacation to southern California and returns to work work work. Mike completes wedding season with minor misadventures, and survives an election. Musings on male loneliness, online friendships, and TTRPG corner. Josh knows his audio is garbled, apologizes, and strives to be better.

(Recorded November 15, 2025)

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Show Notes: Travel: Elephant Seal Rookery at Piedras Blancas https://elephantseal.org Comedian: Lara Beitz https://www.instagram.com/larabeitz Travel: Joshua Tree Retreat Center / Institute for Mental Physics https://jtrcc.org Book: Michael Crichton, Travels https://bookshop.org/p/books/travels-michael-crichton/6cb926710a882b70 Mike gets published: Red Wheelbarrow Poets, RWB 18 Launch https://redwheelbarrowpoets.org/2025/10/12/photos-from-rwb-18-launch/ Article: Derek Thompson and Adam Mastroianni, Are You Afraid of Talking to Strangers? https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-are-we-so-afraid-of-talking-to Commenter: Prof G – Scott Galloway https://www.profgalloway.com Book: Scott Galloway, Notes on Being a Man https://bookshop.org/p/books/notes-on-being-a-man-scott-galloway/2947952030f521b0 Book: Andrew Ross Sorkin, 1929 https://bookshop.org/p/books/1929-inside-the-greatest-crash-in-wall-street-history-and-how-it-shattered-a-nation-andrew-ross-sorkin/923106f6e82cd81e Article: Tracy Durnell, Two Modes of Internet Use https://tracydurnell.com/2025/09/28/two-modes-of-internet-use/ Periodical: Pencil Magazine https://pencilmagazine.bigcartel.com Periodical: Paris Review https://www.theparisreview.org Book: Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot https://bookshop.org/p/books/monk-and-robot-becky-chambers/21752517

Music Corner: Music: Raynes, Goldfish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQs7Yhpcqqs Music: Desolation Horse, Everyone Was Incredible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDZOGRHyIOM Music: The Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/the-sunset-tree Music: The Mountain Goats, Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/through-this-fire-across-from-peter-balkan

TTRPG Corner: TTRPG System: Lancer https://massifpress.com/lancer TTRPG System: Monsterhearts https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts YouTube: Mystic Arts, Multiple GMs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejw6N-nMr4I