Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon! I hope you’re excited to hear the contest draw and find out who won the Personal Podcast Contest! Until then, we have the strange: Ian posits a fictional character to be an actual historical personage; the odd: some alternate podcast commercials; and the usual: free advertising for non-paying companies. (As someone once said, we’re terrible at promotion.)

We also have: hairiness; horrifying Lou Grant epiphanies; Dave’s guide to shaving; our Netflix recommendations: glowing: Dark, effusive: Black Lightning, mildly enthusiastic: Dirk Gently; Dave has trouble with jokey-joke books, and Ian has trouble with jokey-joke TV shows; there are problems with The X-Files; there are problems with Kong: Skull Island; Vancouver is crazy actor hot spot; Dave gets show-mnesia; Ian has more things to say about cereal mascots; he explains his Bam-Bam theory; Dave reads a heavy, but heartening Tweet thread; you should read to your kids; you should talk to your kids; your kids are smarter than you think; questions about the dwarf fatality index; the Personal Podcast contest goes badly; a long segment we’ve titled: “It’s a small world, but minds are even smaller”; and, finally, Dave says he’s wrong.

Thanks for listening.

And thanks to all our great listeners for taking part in our Personal Podcast contest. Sorry if you didn’t win, but we appreciate all the great questions and topic ideas!

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