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Part two of our three part food series continues with Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat (2017) vs Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton (2011).

On the first episode of our three part food trilogy we chat about Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain (2000).

On this abbreviated episode we chat about Levels of the Game by John McPhee (1969).

Joe's weekly in memoriam, child labor ideas for Audible, and a tell-all interview with the car that hit Stephen King. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (2016) vs On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (2000).

Happy spooky season! The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (2007) vs Nancy Drew, The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene (1942).

Fall weather, ribs and blatant pandering on this weeks episode. The Age of Anxiety Poem by W. H. Auden (1947) vs The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011).

Happy National Book Month! This episode we feature previous National Book Award winners. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer (2013) vs The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom (2019).

Nick becomes a plumber in real-time, Big Mama Jamas, and we finally learn what a crawdad is but not really. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (2018) vs Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (2018).

Many, many Creed references, we discover it's all about the journey, and we enter the Argarian Era. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer (1952) vs Devil's Cub by Georgette Heyer (1932).

The world's longest book titles, action items and Joe says yes. The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction by Matthew Crawford (2014) vs Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes (2015).

Hard science: What is it and where does it come from? We explore this completely new topic on this weekend episode. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (2011) vs Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds (2000).

Shed those pounds on this week's episode - Happy Labor Day! Grand Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery (2014) vs What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami (2007).

In our final Road Trip Series episode, Nick and Ian present to Joe the 22-hour audiobook Moby Dick by Herman Melville (1851).

In our first ever anti-recommendation episode Ian and Joe pan the 4-hour audiobook The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (1988).

Welcome to our end-of-summer Road Trip Series featuring some of our favorite audiobooks. This week is the 8-hour audiobook Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck (1962).

Ian and Joe share their super hero origin stories, Joe reads his entire book and Nick at one time owned a Buick. From a Buick 8 by Stephen King (2002) VS Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut (1982).

We laughed, we cried, we discovered Nick is the Devil. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande (2014) Vs A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1859).

Bust out your homemade swords, large grey beard you've been growing for decades, and sexy specs for this week's episode on Sir Terry Pratchett. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (1983) vs Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (1990).

Another breakout theme in the books this week as we present two new books this week: The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green (2021) VS Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees (1926).

Ian, Joe and Nick achieve their collective maximum potential on this week's episode. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua (2011) vs Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman (2012).

In this abbreviated episode we celebrate the 4th of July by celebrating Canada Day with of course Canada by Mike Myers (2016).

Willy Wonka is the greatest villain ever, Wheelers, and the campaign to make Arnold Schwarzenegger the next Vice President begins. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl (1972) vs The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1904).

Finical advise from two high school English teachers, two more Nicks and name-dropping friend-of-the-show photographer Russel Wong. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (2013) vs The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925).

Dr. Dre health updates, 12-word books, and detailed instructions on how to make a sharp knife. Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (1913) vs Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (1974)

Hip youth words, terrible pirate metaphors and the sailing the high seas of the Jersey Shore on this episode. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) vs Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie (1911).