Scribado ties on his apron and fastens his bowtie for his return to early 20th century American capitalist food business book hell! Our Patron JC suggested this in our Patreon chat simply saying, "I really enjoyed the Orville Redenbacher story. Get ready to GRIND IT OUT with Ray Kroc!!"

Oh boy, are we grinding it out here. Every day, the sun rises on a new McDonald's.

Today's episode includes our usual barnyard language. TBC is an AI-free production. Audio by Oselka Sound.

Scribando tackles a rare author Patron's Choice this week which we tend not to do that often, since most authors and publicists just fire off an email to any podcast with the word "book" in it and want to be a guest on the show.

However, our Patron Jeff seemed to get what was going on here. When asked if he understood the show, he replied: "Honestly, after I had listened to a handful of random episodes both recently and a couple years ago, I think my book might just be on brand for your brand...the book is like an onion with layers and at its core it might be either sweet or stinky depending on your mood that day. I have attached one of the songs from the upcoming album I am going to release soon...after giving it consideration let me know if you want to tackle it."

Well, Jeff, it's an honest try - and you did join the Patreon, so technically within the bounds of patron requests!

In addition to our usual barnyard language, today's episode includes discussion of addictions of all kinds.

TBC is an AI-free production. Audio by Oselka Sound.

Sometimes you go to a pool party. Sometimes, that pool party also has a car with a trunk full of books. This was one of those books.

Resources & References:

• The Vampire Myth and Christianity by Dorothy Ivey
• Addictive Religion: Midnight Mass, Dracula, and the Prosperity Gospel by Alyssa Johnson

Important Show Update: This episode was mostly edited, but did not go through our final editing process because, most unfortunately, Scribando's laptop was lost in Canada yesterday. If any of you live in or near Montreal, we wouldn't mind some help retrieving it (seriously)! The show may need to take on a different character for a few episodes while we get our bearings to deal with this major loss of material. We were about to wrap up recording for the entire year in early June, so we may be faced with re-recording episodes or pivoting entirely for now and re-recording them later. In the meantime, we greatly appreciate your patience and sacrifices to Terriblo to remedy this.