Eric and Hunter discuss Needtobreathe, focusing on The Heat and Rivers in The Wasteland. Includes a special medley by Hunter on the Ukulele.

In the first part of this episode, Eric and Hunter discuss Linkin Park and the non-meaning of life.

Eric and Hunter discuss two low budget but loveable movies.

El Mariachi: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104815/

Future Folk: https://futurefolk.com/

Eric and Hunter discuss three different stories by classic Russian authors. They also listen to an opera about a nose.

The Nose by Nikolai Gogol: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602381h.html

Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/600

Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/985

In this episode Eric and Hunter fanboy over Tolkien, discussing the influence of his work on their lives, as well as the first two episodes of the Rings of Power.

Discussed article: https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/its-time-to-remember-tolkien-again 

Tolkien's letter to Milton Waldman: https://www.tolkienestate.com/letters/letter-to-milton-waldman-publisher-1951/ 

Not explicitly discussed, but a great read by Tolkien himself on "fairy stories": https://archive.org/details/on-fairy-stories_202110/page/n1/mode/2up 

In this episode, Eric and Hunter discuss their favorite books of all time, how they came to love them, and favorites that they are currently reading. This episode also features a special recording of "Follow Me, Sancho," an original song written by Hunter featuring Eric on upright bass and background vocals.