Chris Neely is an Austin City Hall reporter for Community Impact Newspaper whose bylines have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, and USA Today and he joins the show to discuss the lost art of writing with fountain pens, the modern relationship between growth and heritage in the city of Austin, and his current projects covering affordable housing within the city.

Outro track for this episode is "Moth to Flame" by The Mammoths from their 2017 EP "Golden Spell" available now on Spotify

Alex and Andrew discuss their favorite and least favorite Super Bowl ads from this past Sunday, a rapper stealing Andrew's podcast name, and the logistics of starting their own cult aptly named "The Pantsless"

Outro track for this episode is "Shiny Coat" by Street Fighters of Burbank available now at all fine streaming outlets

Adam Littman of Mamahawk and Alex Chod of Street Fighters of Burbank and Left Turn Only Productions join the show to discuss eating as a potential power move, the various aspects of creative collaboration, and the music video for Mamahawk's new single Brain Invaderz! available now on YouTube

Ending track is Brain Invaderz! by Mamahawk available now on Spotify

Andrew does an episode riding solo dolo and rambles about time travel preferences, murders perpetrated by hippopotamuses , cereal aisles, and plays the episode out with Otis the Destroyer's new single "Red Witch" out now on Spotify and Apple Music

Andrew does an episode riding solo dolo and rambles about time travel preferences, murders perpetrated by hippopotamuses , cereal aisles, and plays the episode out with Otis the Destroyer's new single "Red Witch" out now on Spotify and Apple Music

Christina Vargas is the Literary Editor for Latinx Spaces, a new platform that showcases work from unpublished, new, and well-known Latinx writers, musicians, and filmmakers. She stops by the podcast to discuss why she prefers old school books to Kindles, the relationship between art and politics, and the new initiative at Latinx Spaces where writers are welcome to send in essays, poems, and short stories focusing on the topic of family and child separation at the border which will be submitted to various heads of state and representatives nationwide.

The song at the end of the episode is the title track to Chicano Batman's 2017 LP "Freedom is Free" available now on Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, and Bandcamp.

This episode is sponsored by Vinyl Me Please and Freshbooks

Luke Dalton is a musician, Houston sports fanatic, and Andrew's younger-yet-taller brother and he joins the podcast to discuss their childhood karate fights, what a Fred Durst/Sisqo/Scott Stapp-fronted band would sound like, why the ocean is a horrible place to swim, and his new podcast "Scoff Topic with Luke Dalton" launching this week on Soundcloud and Apple Podcasts.

The ending song for this episode is "Gemini" by The Warplanes off their 2015 EP "Epigenesis" available now on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, and Google Play

This episode is sponsored by Vinyl Me, Please and Freshbooks

Gabriel Maldonado and Cassie Wilkins are currently half an hour away from ground zero of Volcan de' Fuego which erupted on June 3rd in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas mountain range in Southwestern Guatemala. They join the podcast via skype to discuss the current recovery efforts on the ground and the Tropicana Volcano Disaster Relief Fund which can be found through Facebook and Gofundme.

Beat at the end of the episode is "Toby Kadachi" by Melogold

J.P. Welsh returns to the podcast to discuss classic children's books, couples who wear matching shirts, and the show his band Summer Fires is playing this Friday at Stubb's Austin with Swimming With Bears and Midcentury

The song at the end of the episode is called "Wait Wait Wait" by Summer Fires off their debut record "Without a Word" available now on Apple Music and Spotify

This episode is sponsored by Vinyl Me Please and Freshbooks

Joe Sparacino aka Dr. Joe fronts an Austin, Tx based piano rock n roll outfit of the same name and he joins the podcast to discuss nightmare road gigs, what kind of cop movie Andrew would film and star in if he won the lottery, and hype the show Andrew and Joe are both playing this Saturday night May 26th at Stubb's indoors.

Ending track is a live version of "Tell Your Mama" by Dr. Joe off a record currently in the works out later this year

This episode is sponsored by Vinyl Me Please and Freshbooks