Paul talks about being a feminist and how it's impossible to be a good one if you have a Y chromosome. Also, books.

Brust, Stephen. Jhereg. Ace: USA, 1983.

Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. The Riverside Shakespeare. Houghton Mufflin: New York, 1996.
                                                   King Lear. The Riverside Shakespeare. Houghton Mufflin: New York, 1996.
                                                   Macbeth. The Riverside Shakespeare. Houghton Mufflin: New York, 1996.
                                                    Merchant of Venice. The Riverside Shakespeare. Houghton Mufflin: New York, 1996.

Perez, Caroline Criado. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed For Men. Abrams: New York, 2019

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Hey, man, Paul's gonna look at, like, the book that kicked off the whole Beat Generation groove and made Jim Morrisson realize that, like, any cat can spout nonsense and call it poetry. Dig it!

Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. Viking: New York, 1957. 

Hey, man, Paul's gonna look at, like, the book that kicked off the whole Beat Generation groove and made Jim Morrisson realize that, like, any cat can spout nonsense and call it poetry. Dig it!

Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. Viking: New York, 1957. 

Paul reviews a movie he really wanted to see: The Northman! Can it possibly live up to the hype?

Eggers, Robert. The Northman. USA: Universal, 2022

In a world divided, shocked by murdered black people and murdered elementary students, Paul implores us to see the message from the greatest unifier in all of literature: Atticus Finch.

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: Hatchett, 1960. 

For Ramona, Janne, and especially Senia,

And for Gloria. She knows why. 

Paul talks Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize winner The Road, and how this grim, horrifying book still has a touch of love and hope. 

McCarthy, Cormac. The Road. New York, Vintage: 2006. 

Thos who like him, like him a lot!

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit. London: Harper Collins, 2010. 

Paul discusses the history of the adoption of the Maple Leaf, its history and the replacement of the Red Ensign, and why he's flying the latter in his yard these days. 

Inspired by current events, Paul wonders if the writers who knew war really needed war to create. He asks the age-old question: "War--unh--good God, y'all--what is it good for?" Spoiler: the answer is "Absolutely nuthin'!"

Lennon, John and Yoko Ono. "Give Peace a Chance." Give Peace a Chance/Remember Love Single.  Apple: UK, 1969.

Starr, Edwin. "War." from War & Peace. Motown: USA, 1970.