The Last Best Thing

The Last Best Thing

Each show is a conversation centered around one question, "What is the last best thing you've eaten, watched, listened to, or read?". I ask this question because people love sharing whatever they’re enthusiastic about recently, and I love hearing about it.

Episodes

January 31, 2022 64 mins

Andy - Gunpla/The Best Cup Of Coffee

Andy joins me to talk about Gunpla, Fancy Legos, Zen activities, doing something with your hands AND then the conversation shifts to coffee and there's a LIIIIITTLE bit of coffee snob talk but it's all very fun.

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Liz - I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

We Talk about Rachel Bloom's book but also about Elder Millennials writing books/making shows, The Nanny, Mental Health, "That Thing You Do" both the song and the movie, Inner children, Learning to listen, measuring our age by songs, and Sad Beige Babies...and so much more!

Liz's women's wrestling podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-basics-guide...

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Roberto Jose Andrade Franco joins me to talk about Benjamin Alire Saenz's "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe"

Roberto's Capirotada piece can be read here: https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2020/april/for-me-capirotada-is-the-taste-of-dancing-and-singing-at-home/

and this piece by him in Texas Monthly is one of my favorite things I've ever read: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/you-can-...

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Liz joins me to talk about "Plus One"! This is Liz's podcast: The Basic's Guide to: Women's Wrestling


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Joseph joins me to talk about the Clone Wars Finale and a whole lotta Star Wars!

Joseph's podcasts: Takeunder Level Exchange The Basic's Guide to Women's Wrestling Viva Yagu


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Eric joins me to talk about Insecure, Born a Crime, James Blake, and his Home made Tex-Mex Burrito. Really fun!


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Cesar joins me to talk about a show I've been avoiding like the plague, and actually kinda convinces me to give it a second chance.


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Kristin joins me to talk about "In The Fields" by Willow Aster! Her podcast is named "Dizzy for Dizi" and you can find it here: https://podnews.net/podcast/1458446862/listen


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Ashley joins me to talk about Little Women! Her podcast is named "Dizzy for Dizi" and you can find it here: https://podnews.net/podcast/1458446862/listen


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Adrian joins me to talk about Half-Life:Alyx and we go into all sorts of game/puzzle/VR related rabbit holes. Enjoy!


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Esteban joins me to talk about the last best everything he's enjoyed. We talk about Basketball and Other Things, Better Call Saul, Mac Miller's Tiny Desk Concert, and Charbroiled Cauliflower.


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Another "Since middle school" special. Raul joins me to talk about "In Search of Greatness"


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David and I have been friends since middle school, in this episode he joins me to talk about the last best book he's read.


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Tommy is software engineer for one of the most popular apps on the app store, who is into all sorts of cool nerdy things including social magic. In the episode he talks with me about the last best thing he’s eaten. We talk about going out of your comfort zone to eat new things, food places having disciples, and little things like how a place not having seats really creates a unique dining experience.


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