I let this one ferment a while... and now it's funky. Dag's mic sounds like shit, but Melanie (@fruitcontent) is a great time. Melanie shares with us about finding cooking for herself, balancing creative work and making a living, as well as sharing her cooking through Rabbit Year Kitchen (sign up for the recipes and the adorable zine).

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Share your projects with other freaks and hang out in weekly happy hours, or just play Snow Runner with us. We've even got writing workshops and other active groups you can join!

The Adams catch up on racing, running and the joys of a nice freshwater fish tank. Victoria Scott (@mikurubaeahina; @victoriascott.bsky.social; vantimevictoria.com) joins us to talk about doing freelance work in car journalism and how you can make your hobbies a career. Using a lifelong passion for photography to document life, tell stories and find yourself in a world that can feel desolate. Read Victoria's excellent multi-part series on The Drive documenting her adventure traveling America in a 1995 Japanese Domestic Market Toyota Hiace. Check out her photobooks for sale on her site here. Photograph of Victoria by Forest Casey (@forestcasey). We mourn the loss of Adam's dear friend Ben, who we recently lost. Please keep his wife in your thoughts. Make any memorial donations in Ben's name to National Alliance on Mental Illness Durham. Experiencing a crisis? Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255). We love you. Hayden wants you to join Hobby Discord to hangout with him and the other members of Twitter hobbyist DMs and Discord servers in our ranks. Join the Discord server here.

Welcome to Hot Uncle Summer. The Adams are riding high and in a good mood as warm weather hits. We talk getting back into an exercise habit, Adam (@damiataman) becoming a running guy and taking Styrofoam coolers to the Indy 500. Adam disappears once again as Dag (@brother_dag) catches up with Chris (@kwandarykitten; @theskyhookpod; @CHGO_Sky) about making it on Jeopardy, Chicago area bowling alleys, his Chicago media league softball nemeses The Reader and coaching roller derby.

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The Adams catch up on the past few weeks and mourn the loss of Adam's (@damiataman) bowling alley. Adam disappears with a mysterious illness as Dag (@brother_dag) chats with Charles (@charlesraustin; @E1podcast) about not being so precious with your creative outputs, investing time in multiple creative avenues and how Adam missed his chance to add to his legend with a podcast flu game.

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We're joined by the wonderful Maggie Hendricks (@maggiehendricks) to catch up on her busy weekend at the NCAA Women's Final Four and how quilting + sewing help her recuperate. We discuss finding community, how to help yourself get started in any hobby and finding your own hobby auntie or uncle.

The Adams talk about taking your hobby too seriously and what to do when you're not letting yourself enjoy what you love anymore.

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The angel of car and tool chat, Hayden (@milslurp), joins us to talk about sandblasting, sign painting, working on Dodge trucks, finding solace in his garden and provides free advice on where to find cheap motors.

The Adams wonder where the hobbies end and the bits become reality and discuss hobbyists seeking clout and getting lost in the grift vs enjoyment of hobby.

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Our good buddy, and guitar teacher, Colin Poulton joins us to talk about playing piano at home as an escape from working in Nashville as a professional musician. The Adams share a laugh about Matt Walsh's wife rinsing him on the timeline about his failed hobbies and his repeated theft of hobbyist valor.

Colin is available for guitar lessons or bookings at https://colinpoulton.com and is actually our guitar teacher, not a bit or spon.

The Adam's catch up on their projects and lives and discuss avoiding the fixation on productivity what you love find joy in what you do. Tony (@wordisbond) of the Minion Death Cult Podcast (@miniondeathcult) joins to talk daily driving project cars, Supreme branded Dutch ovens, sourdough baking and sharing what you love with others.

We get this barge launched and talk about our reason for this project, what we're working on, what we think keeps people from enjoying their hobbies and about painting Warhammer mini figs for 100 days with @JaneOst_.