Hey, by the bookers, we have a book launch party on March 20th at 7pm that you're not going to want to miss.

It is for our new book, which is called How to Be Fine, and it is taking place at the legendary

Strand bookstore in New York City. For tickets, go to the strand.com or look at the show description

for this episode. The following podcast contains barnyard language and some adult content.

So, maybe listen on headphones if you're at work or around small children. Now, here's a show.

Hey, Kristen. Yeah, Jolenta. Do you know what my favorite food is? Oh, why yes. I fondue know what it is.

Boo! Boo. But yes, it is cheese. I think you mean blue! Blue cheese. Oh, please, kill me.

But seriously, what does cheese have to do with this show? Well, Kristen, would you believe me if I

told you there's a self-help book all about cheese that promises to improve our lives?

Of course I would, because I'm Kristen Meinser. And I'm Jolenta Greenberg. And this is By the Book.

Your life is going down the drain. You're in so much pain. You need some help.

Oh, self-help.

By the book. By the book. By the book. By the book.

By the book. By the book. By the book.

In each episode of By the Book, we choose a different self-help book to live by,

follow it to the letter and weigh in on whether or not it actually changed our lives.

And reminder, for this season, our sixth season, we're doing it all through the lens of history.

In each episode, we're going to focus on a different decade and a self-help best seller that

defined that decade. Reading and living by an original rather than an updated version of the book,

this means that in this episode and all other episodes this season, there might be some language

that sounds dated. This season began with the 1930s, and today we're hitting up the 1990s with

who moved my cheese by Spencer Johnson. Spencer Johnson was a physician and author who lived from 1939

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