Beef was the common ingredient this week, Rob using a ground beef, and Ryan sliced roast beef. Acknowledging Woolf's sentiment that a good meal is of great importance to good talk, the guys talk about their sandwiches: Rob, with his ground beef, Swiss, craisin and spinach on baguette (ENTICE score: 26), and Ryan, with his roast beef, tzatziki and water chestnut sandwich (ENTICE score: 23). The guys also muddle through Woolf's series of lectures "A Room of One's Own," attempting to extract, in Woolf's own words, some "nuggets of pure truth."

Beef was the common ingredient this week, Rob using a ground beef, and Ryan sliced roast beef. Acknowledging Woolf's sentiment that a good meal is of great importance to good talk, the guys talk about their sandwiches: Rob, with his ground beef, Swiss, craisin and spinach on baguette (ENTICE score: 26), and Ryan, with his roast beef, tzatziki and water chestnut sandwich (ENTICE score: 23). The guys also muddle through Woolf's series of lectures "A Room of One's Own," attempting to extract, in Woolf's own words, some "nuggets of pure truth."

Ham was the common ingredient for self-proclaimed sandwich impresarios Rob and Ryan this week, and much experimentation led to some encouraging results. Despite the advice of Sun Tzu, the guys were completely forthcoming about their sandwich-making process, Rob with his habanero ham, mozzarella balls, tomato and spinach sandwich with a few extra mozzarella balls (ENTICE score: 22), and Ryan with his Hawaiian-inspired croque monsieur on English muffins (ENTICE score: 29).The guys also discussed Sun Tzu's The Art of War. In the general's own words, "those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take." After this episode, we're certain that you will be ENTICE'd to try a bring-to-work sandwich this week.

The guys took on eggs as their common ingredient this week, Rob frying his up and Ryan pickling his. They discuss their finalized scoring system, "ENTICE," which combines the elements discussed in Episode 1 to make for a 35-point scale on which their bring-to-work sandwiches will be judged. They put their egg sandwiches through the ENTICE ringer: Rob's fried egg, Gouda, Canadian bacon, and spinach entrant (21 points), and Ryan's hard boiled egg, sweet pickle, carrot and sriracha mayo (23 points). Finally, they have a blast distilling Edgar Allan Poe's misconception-blasting essay on how writing is accomplished, and the process by which he created his poem "The Raven."

The guys took on eggs as their common ingredient this week, Rob frying his up and Ryan pickling his. They discuss their finalized scoring system, "ENTICE," which combines the elements discussed in Episode 1 to make for a 35-point scale on which their bring-to-work sandwiches will be judged. They put their egg sandwiches through the ENTICE ringer: Rob's fried egg, Gouda, Canadian bacon, and spinach entrant (21 points), and Ryan's hard boiled egg, sweet pickle, carrot and sriracha mayo (23 points). Finally, they have a blast distilling Edgar Allan Poe's misconception-blasting essay on how writing is accomplished, and the process by which he created his poem "The Raven."

Turkey is today's theme, and Rob Hanna and Ryan Morrison discuss their takes on the lunchtime staple. After talking out the elements of what makes a good bring-to-work sandwich and how their turkey creations stack up, the guys tackle an even meatier subject: Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Self-Reliance."If you like sandwiches or wisdom, join us as we try to discover some of both.