A show recorded at the American Writers Museum should rightly have a lot of literary allusions and pontification on the American narrative. Hey, we got it covered! Thanks so much to International Tom Hanks Day for setting up this collaboration and providing such excellent inspiration for the pieces you're about to hear!

This episode, enjoy:

• Cover Stories: Whiskey in the Jar
• Eric Garneau: On Road Narratives
• Jesus Monroy: Anxiety, Failure, and Burnout
• Will Hindmarch: School Bully
• Andrew Bentley: That Guy at the Party
• Cover Stories: Pretty Woman