Episode 16: Consumption
b'Today we discussed fiction for the second time:\\xa0Hunger\\xa0by Kerry Donoghue. You can read the story before or after you listen to the podcast, but: SPOILER ALERT; you will hear us discuss all of the major plot points!\\n\\xa0\\nHello and welcome to Episode 16 of our podcast! Today we discussed fiction for the second time:\\xa0Hunger\\xa0by Kerry Donoghue. You can read the story before or after you listen to the podcast, but: SPOILER ALERT; you will hear us discuss all of the major plot points!\\nKerry Donoghue once launched a falcon from her arm so it could snatch a pigeon head in mid-air, which seems really random to mention to you right now, but when you\\u2019ll read the story you\\u2019ll see: she\\u2019s obsessed with consumption: what we put in our mouths, all the different infidelities we allow. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, her little girl, and a distressing capacity for cheese (See? It\\u2019s all connected.) \\xa0We know you\\u2019ll want more of Donoghue, so we\\u2019ve made it easy\\u2013The Pinch, The Louisville Review, The South Carolina Review, Potomac Review, and\\xa0Harpur Palate.\\n\\nWe loved the way that Donoghue was able to paint such misguided, inept characters without\\xa0judgement. From Buick\\u2019s competitive eating to Glory\\u2019s obsession with childbearing, the story held enough elements of reality for us to\\xa0believe\\xa0in and truly care about these characters. Sex, food, beauty salons, brothers, baby shampoo, and tricep dips\\u2013the visceral details here drive this piece. If you read it, you will immediately want to share it\\u2013just like us!\\nWe then decided to fully rip off one our favorite podcast\\u2019s, (Pop Culture Happy Hour) and Kathy asked each of us what\\u2019s been making us happy. Tim mentioned that he\\u2019s re-reading George Orwell, while Caitlin brought up the\\xa0Spider Man/Deadpool\\xa0Marvel comic, and so her happiness dealt with anticipation. (Once again making us love the diversity of our staff\\u2019s minds.)\\nJason is loving\\xa0former PBQ author\\xa0Kristen Dombek\\u2019s book, \\u201cThe Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism,\\u201d and admits that his currect gulity pleasure is the Netflix series,\\xa0Stranger Things. (\\u201cReason to watch=Winona Ryder.)\\nKathleen ended the podcast with a call for memoirs written by people under 30 who are not celebrities and have not suffered huge life tragedies. Do any exist? Let us know on our event page!\\nAs always, let us know what you think\\u2014of the story, our conversation, or the podcast in general, on our Facebook page! Don\\u2019t forget to\\xa0rate and subscribe\\xa0if you like what we\\u2019re doing!\\nRead on!\\n\\xa0\\nPresent at the Editorial Table:\\nKathleen Volk Miller\\nTim Fitts\\nJason Schneiderman\\nCaitlin McLaughlin\\n\\xa0\\nProduction Engineer:\\nJoe Zang'