Ed\u2019s getting over a cold, John\u2019s sabbatical is over, and they reunite for a mildly glum conversation about death, death, country music, mushroom cookery, editorial etiquette, good books, movies about writers, and death. Follow links to Bjork\u2019s home studio, Ottolenghi\u2019s mushroom recipes, Hands Across America, Greensprings Natural Cemetery Preserve, Larry McConkey filming Goodfellas, Watchmen episode 3, Barefoot Jerry, John and Stephanie\u2019s country playlist, Blanco Brown, Sam Hunt, Marie-Helene Bertino, Audrey Schulman, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Juan Martinez, Mona Awad, and A Fine Madness.