If you're in search of the perfect combination of poetry and meanness, look no further! Earful is back, and we're deep into cross-textual analysis: in addition to a typically incisive analysis of a YGM chunk (Joe Fox shakes a fence, Kathleen re-ups on tea), we crack open multiple additional texts‒first diving deep into the themes of Ernst Lubitsch's "The Shop Around the Corner", then plunging into the work of Miklós László's "Parfumerie", and finally reading the back cover summary of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". But don't worry: we still have plenty of time to analyze the chair management at Cafe Lalo's (with more detail than any other competing podcast). Also featuring the popular sements "We Taste-test Skittles Dips" and "We Write An Email" (AKA "Email Time").