In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk marketing trauma, cultural decline, and the pluses and minuses of the silent treatment. Also, Sarah goes on a date to WalMart, while RJ tries real hard to be the shepherd.

• Click here to read Ellen Cushing's article "The Brands Are Very Sorry About Your Trauma."
• Click here to read Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture? by Spencer Kornhaber.
• Click here to read "Deafening Silence" by Sam Bush on Mbird.
• Click here to read David Marchese's interview with Ocean Vuong in the NY Times.