Owen Beiny is Founder & CEO of The Points Partner, where he advises people everywhere on the world of credit card points, miles, and free travel through his online course FLY FREE ACADEMY as well as personal consultations. Owen is also an old friend of the Dishwasher Diaries family, where he is affectionately known as "Oven Pants" and infamous for naming his two dishwashers ("Susan" and "Patricia"). We're also joined by Gaye, another friend of the show with some very strong opinions on loading the dishwasher — and the perfect Blue Cadillac Margarita.

Simon Friend is the prolific West End producer behind hit shows including LIFE OF PI, the winner of 5 Olivier Awards, including Best Play; Florian Zeller's highly acclaimed THE FATHER; THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, BAD JEWS, THE GRINCH MUSICAL!, and many more. Simon has recently moved into film and television with the film version of THE FATHER, which won Oscars for Best Screenplay (Florian Zeller) and Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins). Simon and I discuss the challenges of creating stage versions of books that were first adapted as movies; bringing those LIFE OF PI animals to life on stage; bringing LIFE OF PI to Broadway; Simon's most memorable theatre experiences; feeding the baby (live!); and, as always, loading the dishwasher.

Jeff Bleich is Chief Legal Officer of self-driving car company Cruise. His multifaceted legal and political career includes service as U.S. Ambassador to Australia; Special Counsel to President Obama; Chair of the California State University Board of Trustees; partner at both Munger, Tolles & Olson and Dentons; and law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Jeff and I discuss autonomous cars, the current state of the Court, the January 6 Capitol attack, and more — including, of course, loading the dishwasher. Following my conversation with Jeff, members of the Dishwasher Diaries gang chat about everything from dishwasher loading to hotel robots.

Dahlia Lithwick — Slate senior editor, Amicus Podcast host, and all-around SCOTUS maven — discusses the direction of the Court and some of last term’s most important (and very troubling) decisions. Ms. Lithwick also explains how the host of this very podcast orchestrated a Lithwick family dishwasher loading intervention.

A broad ranging interview with Jenny Lumet, Co-Creator and Executive Producer of STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS and THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH and screenwriter of RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, covering her creative work; her extraordinary family, including her grandmother, the legendary Lena Horne, and her father, acclaimed film director Sidney Lumet; the current state of the Me Too movement; telling stories about black women, and being a black woman, in Hollywood; and, of course, loading the dishwasher — a subject on which Ms. Lumet has some rather unique experience.