Before we get to the show, I want to tell you about another podcast I think you'll like from

our friends at the Roosevelt Institute and the New Republic. It's called How to Save a Country,

hopefully hours, and it explores how a big part of the progressive vision for America's future is

economic. It digs into the concepts and conflicts reshaping our nation and introduces the thinkers,

doers, and organizers who are working to make the U.S. a more democratic and just place to live.

People who are connecting the dots between economics, law, and politics. Post Felicia Wang and

Michael Tomaski, both former pitchfork guests, bring you the good news and the big ideas that

point to a less fractured, more stable, more equal future. You can find How to Save a Country,

wherever you get your favorite podcast.

As our regular listeners might expect, really rich people like to collect things, you know,

expensive trinkets like fancy cars, houses, illegitimate children, and our benevolent

plutocratic overlord, Nikhan Howard's no different except what he likes to collect is ex-allweekly

journalists like me and my co-host for today's episode Paul Constant. Hello, Paul. That was probably

the best introduction I've ever had in my life, Goldie. Paul and I first met when we both worked

at the stranger where he was the books and sandwich editor, which makes him the perfect

stand-in or sit-in for Nick on this year's summer reading list episode. So, Paul, I'm sure the

audience wants to know what sandwiches are you eating this summer?

Well, if you're in Seattle, I always recommend Paseo, which is just a delightful sandwich.

Yeah, I had a column in the stranger, which is an alt-weekly in Seattle, where I did review sandwiches,

but more importantly for the purposes of this episode, I wrote about books every week for the

stranger, and then on my own site, the Seattle Review of Books, and I still write about books

pretty frequently for the Seattle Times. So, I am the, if you need something read quickly,

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