This episode is about going to weed school.

Quinoa is a flowering plant in the amaranth family. The part we eat is actually the seeds of the plant. It's a gluten-free pseudo-cereal that's as healthy for you as it is difficult to spell. You'll find out more about quinoa today on this episode of the program.

Longtime friend of the program Lisa Hurwitz is back in town and joins Rick on the couch! She was here around this time a year ago for the screening of her movie The Automat. Find what she's been up to and watch them both talk for an hour.

On October 3, 1990, the German Democratic Republic was dissolved, five states were recreated (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia) and the new states became part of the Federal Republic of Germany, an event known as the German Reunification.

Oklahoma is a state in the South Central region of the United States. It's a relatively rectangular-shaped state, except for a 66 mile strip of land awkwardly poking out of its top left corner towards New Mexico. It quite literally sticks out like a sore thumb. It's also the first musical written by the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

What's that chair doing out there in the street?

There's an unexpected surprise on this episode of the program... Freddy the producer is here! If you've been following the last few weeks you know that he's been bedridden with back pain and sciatica! But he's back on his feet walking around and bringing a key downtown to let Rick into the studio! Find out how he cured his back issues on this episode of the program. Actually Freddy is only here for about 6minutes and then Rick has a normal episode of the program from that point on.