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This week we discuss our first listener pick, Sophie Calle\u2019s \u201cThe Address Book,\u201d which was suggested by Will Howard. Also: lots of \u201cSuccession\u201d talk (including a couple of potential spoilers), John McPhee\u2019s inscrutable diagrams, more Chekhov, the kids\u2019 music these days, whether we\u2019d want to be address-booked, what we\u2019d say about each other if it happened, Elena makes up a song about the 1985 Chicago Bears, and more! (Also, send us your favorite essays of 2021 for Pushcart nominations.)

Some things we mention:

Sophie Calle\u2019s The Address Book:\nhttp://sigliopress.com/book/the-address-book/\xa0

David Searcy\u2019s book of essays, Shame and Wonder: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/221652/shame-and-wonder-by-david-searcy/

The Jeremy Strong profile from the New Yorker:\nhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/13/on-succession-jeremy-strong-doesnt-get-the-joke

JM Tyree\u2019s The Counterforce:\nhttps://www.fictionadvocate.com/product/the-counterforce/\xa0

The sad and strange case of the Wanda Tinasky letters, which apparently were not written by Pynchon:\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_Tinasky\xa0

The \u201cClaw of Shame\u201d episode of Nathan for You:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRxAkNvnxhI\xa0

John Vaillant\u2019s book The Tiger:\nhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/182226/the-tiger-by-john-vaillant/

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