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The Problem: It’s fine.

(Recorded on October 12, 2026.)

The Problem: John can handle any eventuality.

(Recorded on October 5, 2026.)

The Problem: John has never welded.

(Recorded on September 21, 2026.)

The Problem: John doesn’t instill enough fear in people.

(Recorded on September 14, 2026.)

The Problem: The child is the father of the horse.

(Recorded on August 24, 2026.)

The Problem: Trees can’t eavesdrop.

(Recorded on August 17, 2026.)

The Problem: That type is Eric.

(Recorded on August 10, 2026.)

The Problem: We’re living in an earnest time.

(Recorded on August 3, 2026.)

The Problem: Gateway to Recreation

(Recorded on July 27, 2026.)

The Problem: They’re all iconoclasts.

(Recorded on July 13, 2026.)

The Problem: John tries to see the people who are singing.

(Recorded on July 6, 2026.)

The Problem: You can still save this.

(Recorded on June 29, 2026.)

The Problem: John could tell by his hair.

(Recorded on June 22, 2026.)

Talking Heads - Live in Rome (1980)

The Problem: Merlin’s education is somewhat spotty.

(Recorded on June 15, 2026.)

The Problem: Nature is healing.

(Recorded on June 8, 2026.)

👔 You can buy some of Roderick’s garments via eBay.

The Problem: Most of us don’t think of ourselves as a project.

(Recorded on June 1, 2026.)

The Problem: The top bunk is the worst bunk.

(Recorded on May 25, 2026.)

The Problem: Loved ones are always the weak point.

(Recorded on May 4, 2026.)

The Problem: I don’t like the way you are.

(Recorded on Monday, April 27, 2026.)

The Problem: An abundance of respect and caution.

(Recorded on Monday, April 20, 2026.)

The Problem: Merlin also finds himself elusive.

(Recorded on Monday, April 13, 2026.)

The Problem: That’s fighting the last war.

(Recorded on Monday, March 30, 2026.)

The Problem: It was like fighting a dumb bear that thinks you’re playing.

(Recorded on Monday, March 23, 2026.)

The Problem: John didn’t have his good glasses on.

(Recorded on Monday, March 16, 2026.)

The Problem: John didn’t make it this far because there was any plan.

(Recorded on Monday, March 9, 2026.)

The Problem: By the time the world comes around, you’re not in charge of it anymore.

(Recorded on Monday, March 2, 2026.)

The Problem: You can’t assign specialness.

(Recorded on Monday, February 23, 2026.)

The Problem: We were slender then.

(Recorded on Monday, February 16, 2026.)

• “Against the Wind” — Bob Seger (1980) — “What to leave in? What to leave out?”
• Dave Nanian — Mastodon post about his original ’81 copy — the friend who sparked the dB’s conversation
• The dBs — “Black and White” (Repercussion, 1982)
• Don Dixon — “Girls L.T.D.” — solo track from the guy who co-produced early R.E.M.
• Sneakers (band, ~1975) — early NC power pop band featuring Dixon, Easter, and Stamey before they were famous
• Movies with Mikey — “But, did you knowwww?”
• Richard Hugo — “Degrees of Grey in Philipsburg”
• Candide — Voltaire (1759) — third episode running where Merlin has mentioned Cunegonde
• Claudine Longet — French singer who shot Olympic skier Spider Sabich; married to Andy Williams
• “Spicks and Specks” — Bee Gees (1966) — Merlin: “one of the purest pop songs ever written”
• “You Give a Little Love” — These crazy kids and their pies. From Bugsy Malone (1976)
• Marshall Brodien’s TV Magic Cards — Merlin bought his trick cards at Walgreens
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) — Roderick cites Cameron Crowe on the film’s tragic subtext about being pressured to lose virginity
• Groundhog Day (1993) — “what a fucking great movie”; Ned Ryerson as “one of the all time great character actor appearances”
• Nut Tree (Vacaville, CA) — roadside attraction with amusement park and small airport; Roderick and his dad flew there in a small plane

The Problem: cats are not afraid to send a message.

(Recorded on Monday, February 9, 2026.)

The Problem: John took an impact

(Recorded on Monday, February 2, 2026.)

The Problem: John had to enter the order portal.

(Recorded on Monday, January 26, 2026.)

The Problem: John doesn’t see an apple.

(Recorded on Monday, January 19, 2026.)

The Problem: They just want you mad.

(Recorded on Monday, January 12, 2026.)

The Problem: His family was run on guilt.

(Recorded on Monday, January 5, 2026.)

The Problem: There are people who always want to know things.

(Recorded on Monday, December 29, 2025.)

The Problem: it was the nadir of hand chocolate.

(Recorded on Monday, December 22, 2025.)

The Problem: All the people with taste died.

(Recorded on Monday, December 15, 2025.)

The Problem: John is the most left-alone person in the whole region.

(Recorded on Monday, December 8, 2025.)

The Problem: You can feel the sheep.

(Recorded on Monday, December 1, 2025.)

The Problem: They’re already having enough trouble getting the shrimp out of the rice.

(Recorded on Monday, November 24, 2025.)

The Problem: John wasn’t made to leave it.

(Recorded on Monday, November 17, 2025.)

The Problem: It felt like a future dream.

(Recorded on Monday, November 3, 2025.)

The Problem: John was in dignity emergency mode.

(Recorded on Monday, October 27, 2025.)

The Problem: There’s no there there.

(Recorded on Monday, October 20, 2025.)

The Problem: It was like sitting on two Reubens.

(Recorded on Monday, October 13, 2025.)

The Problem: John is more than a large cat.

(Recorded on Monday, October 6, 2025.)

The Problem: John has a very curious tongue.

(Recorded on Monday, September 29, 2025.)

The Problem: You don’t expect it to be sharp where it is.

(Recorded on Monday, September 22, 2025.)

The Problem: He had eaten all the cool.

(Recorded on Monday, September 8, 2025.)

The Problem: John had one child.

(Recorded on Monday, September 1, 2025.)