Do you get excited when Ghostface Killah yells at you? Do you enjoy short chapters and lists? Can you handle facetious remarks about actually serious subjects? Then let's discuss Joan Didion's "Play It As It Lays".

0:00 - cold open

8:58 - intro

11:34 - Joan Didion bio & context

14:05 - plot summary

24:38 - category #1 - the Monty Python Bridge of Death Answer Me These Questions Three category

57:24 - category #2 - School of Rock Style You Wanna Talk to Me About Style category

1:04:09 - category #3 - Do Yourself a Favor and Flush It Out category

1:20:05 - category #4 song roulette: Alone Again Or by Love, and Saint of Lost Causes by Justin Townes Earle

1:23:50 - category #5 - Karen from Mean Girls Yeah But He's My First Cousin category

1:27:38 - outro