In this episode from Season 1, Ben tries to convince Brian that culture is worth its weight on spacecrafts. 

Alice Grove is a webcomic by Jeph Jacques:

https://www.questionablecontent.net/alice1.html

Schlock Mercenary is a webcomic by Howard Taylor. It actually concluded between recording and publication of our episode. Congratulations to Howard Taylor! 

https://www.schlockmercenary.com/archives/

Mother of Demons is a novel by Eric Flint, which you can find wherever you get your books.