Smoked Meats and Weekend Watches

About this episode

John and Federico discuss North Carolina BBQ and share their weekend TV show and album recommendations.

This week on MacStories Unwind, John schools Federico on the differences between Eastern and Western North Carolina BBQ before they both share several TV show and album picks for the weekend. Also available on YouTube here . Links and Show Notes BBQ School Eastern versus Western, NC BBQ Lexington BBQ in Lexington, NC Picks John's Pick: Margo's Got Money Troubles Nick Offerman at the show's premiere Joy Next Door by The Maine Federico's Pick: The Pitt , Season 1 Hacks , Season 5 Lose Your Self by Enter Shikari Unwind Deal A movie ahead of its time, Idiocracy is on sale in the TV app for $9.99 Leave Feedback for John and Federico MacStories Unwind Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky MacStories Unwind MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees Affiliate Linking Policy

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Hosts: Federico Viticci, John Voorhees

Topics covered

• BBQ
• TV shows
• music albums
• North Carolina BBQ
• weekend picks

Keywords

• BBQ
• North Carolina
• TV shows
• music
• weekend picks

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Margo's Got Money Troubles, Joy Next Door, The Pitt, Hacks, Lose Your Self, Idiocracy

Places: North Carolina, Lexington

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