Episode 91: Mother's Book Club

Prompts: Hell, Gray, 106, Baby Blue

This week's episode starts out with a joyous exclamation by LT that she is FREE from classes for the summer! Well, at least she thought so, but that'll be on next week's episode. Neal then recounts babysitting his two nieces with his wife, Colleen, and how quickly caring for your nieces can turn expensive. We've all been there right? Anyone? Bueller?

Since Neal pulled Chance last week, he's up first, and he discussed Hell of High Water the 2016 neo-noir Western crime drama with great performances from Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, and Gil Birmingham. Neal takes the time to talk about the film's themes of economic collapse and predatory banking, the moral gray areas of the film (no true heroes or villains) and how generational struggle affects small-town America. He then turns the discussion over to an exploration of Taylor Sheridan, the film's writer whose career has absolutely blown up and taken Hollywood by storm.

LT takes the mantle and gushes about a book she's recently read called Catabasis by R.F. Kuang, a dark academia/fantasy/horror that's inspired by Dante and mythology and absolutely enraptured her. The story follows two grad students who travel to hell to retrieve their dead professor for a recommendation letter of all things. LT talks about the themes of language, math, and magic and gives us the tea on her "Mother's Book Club" which actually isn't called that.

Oh, and Chance is definitely in a dark and brooding mood.

Next Week's Prompts: Beast, Emerald, 9

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