In this episode we go 9 hardscrabble rounds, and land a couple of massive haymakers...

Part 1 [01:31] - Loser! 

Part 2 [03:47] - Life Lessons and Library Cards

Part 3 [06:57] - Tobacco Road

Part 4 [10:07] - Powerball Culture

Part 5 [13:36] - Connect the Dots

Part 6 [16:58] - Libtards or Deplorables?

Part 7 [20:11] - objects in mirror are closer than they appear

Part 8 [24:48] - Practice, Practice, Practice

Part 9 [28:55] - The Wife and Kids

complete transcripts and links for this episode available on the website (betweenthelines.xyz): here

vocal reading of Hänsel und Gretel / das Brüderchen und das Schwesterchen (in German) by the great Jürgen Lexow

vocal reading of Episode 9 chapter titles by Anna Jacobsen

Music and sound Credits available on the website: here

special thanks to freesound.org for kristo's peanut gallery voices...

and to filmmusic.io for:

Bleeping Demo by Kevin MacLeod