Ep. 276 – Measure Once, Cut Twice

The hosts discuss Erik and Dennis’ April Fools check-in, then Dennis recounts spending over an hour cutting a few quarter-round trim pieces while flipping a house due to repeatedly orienting the angles wrong. Erik describes seeing the Ryan Gosling film adaptation of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary in Spain in an English-language showing with friends and praises how the movie captured his favorite novel, leading to a broader talk about adapting books to films versus miniseries, including Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America. They shift to analyzing HBO’s DTF, including a scene highlighting Floyd’s compassion and speculation about whether the death was a suicide rather than Carol or Clark. The conversation turns to U.S. politics, criticizing Trump over oil and projects at the White House, then ends with Erik’s note about a former schoolmate astronaut launching soon and Dennis’ fishing and erratic weather, followed by a sung outro.