Ep. 276 – Measure Once, Cut Twice

About this episode

The hosts discuss various topics including an April Fools check-in, film adaptations, and U.S. politics.

The hosts discuss Erik and Dennis’ April Fools check-in, then Dennis recounts spending over an hour cutting a few quarter-round trim pieces while flipping a house due to repeatedly orienting the angles wrong. Erik describes seeing the Ryan Gosling film adaptation of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary in Spain in an English-language showing with friends and praises how the movie captured his favorite novel, leading to a broader talk about adapting books to films versus miniseries, including Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America. They shift to analyzing HBO’s DTF, including a scene highlighting Floyd’s compassion and speculation about whether the death was a suicide rather than Carol or Clark. The conversation turns to U.S. politics, criticizing Trump over oil and projects at the White House, then ends with Erik’s note about a former schoolmate astronaut launching soon and Dennis’ fishing and erratic weather, followed by a sung outro.

People in this episode

Hosts: Erik, Dennis

Topics covered

• April Fools
• film adaptation
• U.S. politics
• HBO DTF
• home improvement

Keywords

• quarter-round trim
• Ryan Gosling
• Project Hail Mary
• Philip Roth
• The Plot Against America
• HBO's DTF
• Floyd's compassion
• Trump
• astronaut launch
• erratic weather

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Project Hail Mary, The Plot Against America, DTF

Places: Spain, U.S.

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