Episode 39 of This is Not a Rebuild is the one in which we acknowledge and confront most fully two things:

1. Each other, for we are live, half-drunk, and sitting around a table for the first time in podcast history; and

2. The fact that it really and truly is a rebuild.

Much is discussed within, but especially the Cubs' difficult trade deadline decisions, the ups and downs of their first seven games out of the All-Star break, and Tarn-X. Thanks, Tarn-X!