In honor of Pulitzer day 2017, this week's episode of the Awlcast is about The Awl's most important piece of service journalism, possibly ever: theawl.com/why-does-this-one-c…o-much-2fd9e4c7ce77

Anna Hezel joins us to talk about her very short affair with a sofa named Peggy, her customer-service experience with West Elm, and the months-long journey she took to discover that the rapid dissolution of her coveted midcentury modern symbol of adulthood and joint income was not a metaphor for her relationship—it was just a bad couch.