NB: Oops, I forgot about 2.5, which is the extremely brief wedding scene, which includes both R & J but which is also only barely a scene and which thus is very easy to forget.

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!

– Let me know if you’d like a review copy of my forthcoming chapbook The Soft Black Stars: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com

– Romeo and Juliet

– A Midsummer Night’s Dream

– Macbeth

– Hamlet

– Twelfth Night

– & Juliet

– Romeo and Juliet (1996)

– Romeo and Juliet (1968)

– Ep 224: Broadway Omnibus

– Grendel by John Gardner

– Micah Mattix

– Noises Off by Michael Frayn

– Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

– Endgame by Samuel Beckett

– Fargo (1996)

– Barton Fink (1991)

Frequently mentioned names:

– Joshua Mehigan

– Shane McCrae

– A. E. Stallings

– Ryan Wilson

– Morri Creech

– Austin Allen

– Jonathan Farmer

– Zara Raab

– Amit Majmudar

– Ethan McGuire

– Coleman Glenn

– Chris Childers

– Alexis Sears

– JP Gritton

– Alex Pepple

– Ernie Hilbert

– Joanna Pearson

– Matt Wall

– Steve Knepper

– Helena Feder

– David Yezzi

– Victoria Moul