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Nothing like an Adley HR against BOS the first day of spring training to spike co-host conflict, er, cause  us to demonstrate how one should behave in civil society. Patti’s vocabulary lesson is “pillow contract” in the context of Belli and Tim. Hosmer retires leaving behind a range of feels. Tim Mayza’s fantasy league punishment may send our FBBL all sorts of questionable ways. It’s always a challenge to pick HOU bfs, but Pottymouth finds much to praise about Jake Meyer’s off-season mental focus and Patti wants to have a beer with Grae Kessinger’s grandfather. For the Brewers, Pottymouth selects Jackson Chourio, who finds a way to set an example even at his young age. Patti picks recent O, now Brewer, Joey Ortiz, and lies with exact figures about following his minor league career. There is so much to say about pants, from fashion to labor, to modesty concerns. Patti gets to hold Marty Barrett’s bat, and Pottymouth gets to keep it. We end with an excerpt from John Updike's essay about Ted Williams’ last game. Join us over at Patreon for a tag-team reading of the whole, beautiful tribute.

We say “We are a coup-free fantasy league,” “pants is a labor issue,” and “So many letters at this time of beer.”

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In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Jonathan Clarke. Jonathan is a contributing editor of City Journal, he’s a critic and essayist. A lawyer by training and profession, Jonathan has spent more than twenty years working in the New York offices of two large firms. A sprawling interview about literature and culture, topics covered include the rise of crime in NYC, the demise of the shared literary experience, the decolonization of literature, technology's influence on reading, the power of literature to overcome depression, and modern therapeutic culture. Authors discussed include David Foster Wallace, Norman Mailer, John Updike, and Cormac Mccarthy. 

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Theme Song: Dreamdrive "Chase Dreams"

"You can't just use me for social media." Jada Pinkett-Smith/Will Smith video

"Dread Carpet," Bill Maher on 2020's Depressing Oscar Best Pics

"I spoke up against sexual violence—and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change." Amber Heard Opinion piece (WaPo)

"Julia Louis-Dreyfuss's Last Fuckable Day" 

"The Things I'm Afraid to Write About," by Sarah Hepola (Atlantic)

"Jena at 15: A Childhood in Hollywood," by Nancy Rommelmann (LA Weekly)

Read by Dave Luukkonen

Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

On this week's episode of Eat Your Words, Cathy welcomes guest Ashley Warlick, author of The Arrangement. The new book is a work of historical fiction about legendary food writer M.F.K. Fisher, who John Updike referred to a “poet of the appetites.” In Raymond Sokolov’s 1982 review of Fisher's As They Were, he wrote: “In a properly run culture, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher would be recognized as one of the great writers this country has produced in this century.” Through writing The Arrangement, Warlick hopes to introduce a new audience to the hungry, sensual, stubborn character who was M.F.K. Fisher.