Episode 13: I Know What I Did This Summer

Jake saw this painting, “Little Ghost Eating Bread,” at MOMA.

Rebecca Brown joins Jake Rummel and Christopher Frizzelle in the podcast studio to talk about two books she’s read this summer, one by Brandon Taylor and one by… JD Vance?!

And she talks about going to Washington DC, what she found there in the airport. It’s Kamala-related.

You know who else has cool Kamala swag? Kathryn Rathke. Check it out.

Rebecca also talks about the new Colman Domingo movie Sing Sing.

Jake talks about his first trip to New York City, and the importance of benches in art museums. His favorite thing at MOMA was Meret Oppenheim’s painting Little Ghost Eating Bread.

Jake also loved

April Bernard

’s columns for Book Post on Elizabeth Bishop—check out that four-part series right here:

• Part 1

• Part 2

• Part 3

• Part 4

And he talks about Five Minutes to Live! at the Beacon, a movie theater in Columbia City.

And he has a correction about something he said last episode.

To listen to our previous episode, click here.

Christopher’s summer trip to Italy took place after we recorded this episode, but he’ll be sharing details of it in Creative Sparks, which starts Monday night.

Hercules is involved.

Hercules battling a centaur at the Uffizi in Florence.

Get him, Hercules.

He also talks about listening to Stephen Fry narrate Heroes on Audible.

And the Creative Sparks writing class he’s leading, starting Monday.

Let’s be in a writing group together. Five weeks, five prompts.

And the Flannery O’Connor book club he’s teaching with

Brian Bouldrey

starting Oct 5.

The Flannery O’Connor book club starts two Saturdays from now.

As you will find out if you sign up for Flannery, we’re all reading the short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” before our first meeting.

Jake and Rebecca as seen from Christopher’s seat on the day this episode was recorded, Sept 3, 2024.