I let this one ferment a while... and now it's funky. Dag's mic sounds like shit, but Melanie (@fruitcontent) is a great time. Melanie shares with us about finding cooking for herself, balancing creative work and making a living, as well as sharing her cooking through Rabbit Year Kitchen (sign up for the recipes and the adorable zine).

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The Adams catch up on racing, running and the joys of a nice freshwater fish tank. Victoria Scott (@mikurubaeahina; @victoriascott.bsky.social; vantimevictoria.com) joins us to talk about doing freelance work in car journalism and how you can make your hobbies a career. Using a lifelong passion for photography to document life, tell stories and find yourself in a world that can feel desolate. Read Victoria's excellent multi-part series on The Drive documenting her adventure traveling America in a 1995 Japanese Domestic Market Toyota Hiace. Check out her photobooks for sale on her site here. Photograph of Victoria by Forest Casey (@forestcasey). We mourn the loss of Adam's dear friend Ben, who we recently lost. Please keep his wife in your thoughts. Make any memorial donations in Ben's name to National Alliance on Mental Illness Durham. Experiencing a crisis? Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255). We love you. Hayden wants you to join Hobby Discord to hangout with him and the other members of Twitter hobbyist DMs and Discord servers in our ranks. Join the Discord server here.