The number 13.

Known for being unlucky.

Famous for being

counterintuitively lucky.

Nobody thinks much about it, so let's have some fun.

Let's find out why the number 13

is secretly incredibly fascinating.

Music Hey there, folks. Hey there, Cephalopods. Welcome to a whole new podcast episode, a podcast all about why being alive is more interesting than people think it is. My name is Alex Schmidt. And my buddy Katie Golden is out this week. As you may have heard recently, she's expecting a baby, but I'll let her share any news. It's her news if there's any news. And I'm joined by a wonderful returning guest.

He's an amazing comedy writer, podcaster, and novelist. His new book just came out now as a

starred review on Publishers Weekly. It's called I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200.

Please check it out. I will kill your imaginary friend for $200. I really loved it. And our guest

today is Robert Brockway. Hey, Robert. Hey, thanks for having me. And for eager listeners of

secretly incredibly fascinating, Schmitty himself makes an appearance in the book. And

does get murdered.

So it's the coolest thing because you very kindly asked,

hey, would you like your name to be the name of a character who dies?

And I was like, yes and yes, please.

Like, of course I want to be named in and die.

And so then I got to read it and it was tremendous.

Thank you. Yeah, I mean, you don't, you never want to be a character and die. And so then I got to read it. It was tremendous. Thank you.

Yeah. I mean, you don't, you never want to be a character in a horror book that survives. Like, I don't, I don't know, kind of weirdo would say yes to that. You're one of the boring ones that doesn't. Right. Like the convenience store employee who just sells them bugles and then they continue fighting demons.

I mean, I guess if he's also going to be the guy that warns them not to go into the woods, that's pretty good. Oh, ominous warning character is good. That's true. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, otherwise you're like the d-a-cobbred cop or something. I don't know. I don't know who the other characters are. I guess the final girl could have been Schmitty. Schmitty, the final girl. Yeah, Schmitty can be a lady's name. Yeah.

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