"Under the watchful eyes of Bob's Stratos and Apollo..."

This week Elton is asking the big questions: What do you do when the world ends, not with a bang, but with a sudden, awkward silence?

In this special crossover event, Elton is joined by the one and only Glen Nuzzle from the Nuzzle House podcast to unpack Jonathan Lethem’s post-technological fever dream, The Arrest.

Imagine the "Off" switch for the entire world was flipped. No internet, no cars, no planes—just a sudden, quiet return to a pastoral life. This is the world of Sandy “Journeyman” Duplessis, a former Hollywood script doctor now living a humble life in rural Maine, delivering organic rutabagas and trying to forget his past.

But the past has a way of showing up in a nuclear-powered, drill-nosed super-machine.

When Sandy’s old frenemy, the legendary (and legendarily ego-maniacal) producer Peter Todbaum, rolls into town in the "Blue Streak," he brings more than just forbidden technology—he brings the toxic baggage of Hollywood storytelling to a world that was finally learning to live without it.

• The Ultimate Rivalry: We dive into the petty, hilarious tension between a man who just wants to garden and a man who refuses to stop being the protagonist.

• Post-Apocalypse... with Vibes: Is it a dystopia, or just a really long camping trip? Lethem flips the script on traditional "end of the world" tropes.

• A "Nuzzle" Worthy Discussion: Glen Nuzzle brings his signature style to the table, helping Elton navigate the surreal landscapes and meta-commentary that only Lethem can provide.

"It’s a story about the stories we tell ourselves to survive, and what happens when those stories are delivered by a man in a giant metal mole-car."

Whether you’re a fan of high-concept literary sci-fi or you just enjoy hearing two guys talk about the absurdity of a nuclear-powered drill in a potato field, this episode is for you.

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Is your career in a tailspin? Have you been walking blindly from one career dead end to another? Let wealthy CEOs give you, what Fortune Magazine believes passes for advice! Sure it's not practical...or useful in most cases, but you'll feel better knowing that people who've never known real hardship have your best interests at heart--or not. Still, it makes for a good maniacal rant! Come listen to Elton's brain break!

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Imagine you're the person that could have bought Amazon stock for $18.00 per share or maybe Microsoft at $21 per share, better still, Facebook, Coca-Cola, and Apple at their initial public offerings. Now, imagine you could have bought into any of those kinds of PHENOMENALLY profitable companies BEFORE they went public. Finally, imagine you did just that, got in on the ground floor, and still...somehow...managed to come out on the losing end.

This is that story.

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