Shoe brands? Really? Yes, we wanted to dig in with this one. Shoe brands are a real "thing" for so many people so we wanted to find out what made the top list. We figured we would know some of the usual suspects but is it possible we know all of the brands in the ⁠Shoe Top 10⁠? Join us as we discuss the merits of yet another top list!

Driving across the country is the perfect time to listen to albums in their entirety. But where should we start? Which album is touted as number 1? Well we decided to check out what Rolling Stone had to say about this and discovered we have some listening to do!

While on a cross country drive where fast food is a necessity, Glenn and Jonah discuss The Merits Of the Top 10 Fast Food restaurants according to thetoptens.com. Of course the usual suspects were part of the list but there were a couple of surprise inclusions and one that Jonah didn't even know had food! So does the list have merit?

Here's a link to the Top Ten list we used - https://www.thetoptens.com/restaurants/best-fast-food-joints/

Recorded in the car during a cross country trip, Glenn and Jonah discuss The Merits of "The definitive ranking of all household pets from worst to best" according to joe.ie. Let's just say number 1 was unexpected...

Some links from this episode:

Book - Watership Down - https://www.amazon.com/Watership-Down-Novel-Richard-Adams/dp/0743277708

The list! Don't peek till after you've listened. https://www.joe.ie/life-style/the-definitive-ranking-of-every-household-pet-from-worst-to-best-622265

From our new Wiki It segment. Spoiler alert! Scroll down to links.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig#cite_note-36

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Monkeys

Recorded in the car during a cross country trip, Glenn and Jonah discuss The Merits of "The 15 Best Cities in the United States" according to Travel and Leisure. Jonah was persistent in wanting to pull from a list that was broad and simply said, "best cities" rather than, best cities to vacation in, or best cities for food. Did the list have merit?

Here's a link to the list we discussed.

https://www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best/best-cities-in-the-united-states-2022

And here's a link to the list we referenced but thought was terrible.

https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/best-cities-us

Recorded in the car during a cross country trip, Jonah and Glenn discuss The Merits Of "The 10 Most Followed Celebrities on Instagram In 2023" as posted on marieclaire.com.

https://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a23863/most-followed-celebrities-on-instagram-in-2016/

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