Manny has gone missing and may have fallen into enemy hands. While they wait for proof of life, the Troubled Men call in the reinforcements and forge ahead. Once more unto the breach! René is joined by Troubled alumnus Jeff Treffinger as they make a house call on real estate baron and poet warrior Brendan Gallagher. He's fresh off a brush with death and happy to be back in New Orleans singing with his longtime compatriots the Geraniums. It feels like the Holy Spirit, but it might just be the booze.

Topics include firsthand testimony, institutional corruption, a pole dancing teacher, the self-immolating Left, Anthony Weiner wallpaper, Brendan's return to the living, going quantum, the holiness of music, ego sacrifice, podcast therapy, childhood loneliness, the Lastie brothers, Raising Tourette's, the Brain Tuner, a stuttering cure, praise for nurses, and much more.