This episode was recorded at the beginning of December, so apologies for all the nonsensical temporal references to ‘last week’, and stuff that ‘just’ happened. Something fresher soon, if all goes according to plan, but in the meantime please enjoy the sounds of us waxing on and off about:

• The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
• Jacob Rubin’s article on Slate.com, The Death of Titles
• The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2011
• Gridzbi Spudvetch/Boom! by Mark Haddon
• The woman who sued over the trailer for the movie ‘Drive’
• Wes Anderson. A lot.
• Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding
• My Kid Could Paint That
• Toronto couple raising a child without gender restrictions
• Christopher Guest
• Jonathan Tropper