Filed by KOSU News in Art & Life.
November 18, 2011

We’ll be taking Thanksgiving week off, so this is the week when we cover our turkey topic. In our case, that means exploring what side dishes improve a pop culture turkey — in other words, the small things that improve the bad things. Bionic ears! Vampire camp! Lots more!

But first, we spend some time on memoirs, kicking off from Darrell Hammond’s unusual new book. The importance of tone, the problems with swagger, and the blessings of generosity all come into play. And Glen, for one, is not sure that he even likes memoir as a form.

We hit a quick round of corrections where we all apologize for recent slips, and then it’s time for what’s making us happy this week. (Trey’s happiness can be found here.)

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