The crew may be down a few regulars but that didn't stop us from checking out John Scalzi's popular novel Old Man's War! We discuss the nature of the mysterious CDF, diversity of the aliens, political commentary and more! 0:00 Intro 1:38 Plot Summary 6:05 Old people enlistment twist 12:18 CDF's mysteriousness 27:16 BrainPals 32:18 Alien diversity 41:35 Political commentary 55:43 Contest: How would you convince Earthers to join the CDF? 1:00:00 Best thing, worst thing 1:06:25 Outro and next book announcement