Weekly Roundup: “Hunt, Gather, Parent,” Recent Earworms, and Under Pressure

Here's what we're reading, recommending, and revisiting this week.

Catherine's library find is another of the parenting books we love to hate (or at least find fault with). It's called Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans by Michaeleen Doucleff. Mentioned: Similar "other cultures have this figured out" books on French, Danish, and broadly Scandinavian parenting.
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Terri's random recommendation is a few earworms she generously shares with us: First, a song about pronouncing Rob McElhenney's name (mentioned on our Lost recap two weeks ago), for which we can thank Ryan Reynolds; "Ben Franklin's Song," by the Decembrists from Hamildrops; and "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road," by Loudon Wainwright III. Mentioned: A New York Times article about McElhenney's show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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In the archives, we checked in on an episode from 2021 on life's many pressures.

Next week's lineup: 

• Lost S3 E 10, “Tricia Tanaka Is Dead,” on Tuesday, August 5
• The Gilded Age S3 E3, "Love Is Never Easy," on Wednesday, August 6
• Weekly roundup on Thursday, August 7

Until then (and anytime you're in need), the archives are available.

This episode was recorded before a live studio audience ... of dogs.