Yard Work, Sneakers & Cookies Rule!

About this episode

The hosts discuss their love for yard work, sneakers, and cookies in a lighthearted grab bag episode.

We’ve got another grab bag episode here, or rather, three very different bags: one’s a big paper bag full of dead leaves and grass clippings, another from a shoe store, and the third is from a bakery. This week we’re unpacking our love of gruelling manual labor in the hot sun to make our yards look nice, the timeless appeal of wearing athletic shoes all the time for completely unathletic activities, and cookies. Which are like crackers, but sweet, or cakes that are small and flat and hard. Look, you know what all those things are, just listen to the show. Intro contains clips from King of the Hill, a shoe store commercial, and Friends.

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Altano, Max Scoville

Topics covered

• yard work
• sneakers
• cookies
• manual labor
• athletic shoes
• leisure activities

Keywords

• yard work
• sneakers
• cookies
• manual labor
• athletic shoes
• leisure

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: King of the Hill, Friends

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