Ep. 281 – Through the Screw Hole

The hosts discuss Erik and Dennis catching up on their busy weeks, including Dennis’ band gig at the Old Dog Tavern with a big, energetic crowd, and Erik’s packed weekend in Spain: seeing a play in Bilbao, playing a rainy low-tide beach golf tournament, and joining a long muddy forest hike outing with lessons about oaks, beech trees, and holly seed germination via birds. Dennis describes home projects sealing and adding a recycled door under a deck, plus mishaps with a drill tearing their shirts. They share odd body experiences like cramps cured by pickle juice and Erik’s disorienting wake-up “teleportation” feeling. Erik previews a Portugal conference and a no-frills “sleeping box” hotel, recommends Apple TV+’s “Widow’s Bay,” and Dennis praises HBO’s “Half Man.” They then critique Trump-era corruption, tariffs, foreign posturing, GOP succession talk, eroding support, and the need to curb executive power, before ending with Dennis singing and a friendly sign-off.