Hello and welcome to episode eleven of the Situation Normal podcast! The podcast has the same vibe as the newsletter, but instead of reading, you listen to me tell stories to my friend Todd.

In this episode, we’re talking football in honor of America’s favorite holiday—Super Bowl Sunday. I tell Todd about Christina’s brilliant, outside-the-box idea to make football more entertaining to people who don’t give a shit about football. Then we talk about the time my dad changed the way we watch football on TV. It’s a super episode!

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After 11 episodes, the Situation Normal podcast is going on hiatus. That’s Latin for a break of an undetermined time. The show will come back, because I love doing it. But I don’t know when. I’ve got a few things in my life that need to take priority. This will be the last episode for a bit. Thanks for understanding.

Time to discuss👇

* Who are you rooting for? The Chiefs? The 49ers? Taylor Swift? Pizza?

* If you’re not gonna watch the Super Bowl, what are you doing Sunday?

* Kickers are easy scapegoats, right?

* What toppings were on your last pizza?

Hello and welcome to episode ten of the Situation Normal podcast! The podcast has the same vibe as the newsletter, but instead of reading, you listen to me tell stories to my friend Todd.

In this episode, I tell Todd about serving on 1.5 juries. This episode is the follow-up to a piece I recently wrote about wasting two days of my life on jury duty. On the one hand, jury duty is a miserable experience that any sane person should avoid. But on the other hand, it might just be the best thing this country has going for it, at least as far as the rule of law is concerned.

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Hello and welcome to episode nine of the Situation Normal podcast! The podcast has the same vibe as the newsletter, but instead of reading, you listen to me tell stories to my friend Todd.

In this episode, I tell Todd about a game I love losing: Music League. Back in November, I wrote about how I love playing Music Love with friends, even though I always lose. But a funny thing happened after I published that story: I started winning! Listen to the episode to find out what the hell happened and how the season ended.

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