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It took Steel three weeks to get this episode edited (which explains all the Valentine’s Day references in early March) but we’re back! This week Dave and Steel make a new induction to the OTC Hall of Fame (congratulations public libraries!), give you some new topics to discuss in another installment of Small Talk, praise two everyday heroes, shared six great songs from Esmé Patterson, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Saintseneca, Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam, Dr. Dog, and Keaton Henson, and drop some book wisdom by the satirical French novelist David Foenikos.
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OTC Hall of Fame
This week we’re inducting the public library into our Off the Chain Hall of Fame! The greatest idea in the history of Western civilization? The last bastion of pure idealism in the United States? Yes and yes. We think you’re great, public libraries. Thanks for everything!
Small Talk
- Stem cells from your fat reserves might be able to help you combat the ultimate disease: male pattern baldness [Dave]
- Folktopia! The youtube channel you need to follow. Back yard maker stuff, mostly, all planned and shot by Steel’s coworker David Macasaet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD5rDHxU3NY [Steel] - A man in Hong Kong built a robot which looks exactly like Scarlet Johansson [Dave]
Everyday Heroes
- Bike Batman, this otherwise pretty boring normcore guy in Seattle who confronts bike thieves and returns the bikes to their rightful owners [Steel].
- Scott Mills, the man who stood inside the U-Haul truck while we emptied my house and somehow found a way to fit all of my family’s possessions inside this truck [Dave].
Unchained Melodies: Songs for each other
Book Wisdom
Steel read a passage from David Foenikos’ hilarious satirical novel The Erotic Potential of My Wife [thanks to Ewa Miernowska for the recommendation!].
Featured image by Jan David Hanrath 