Ep. 14: Azeem & Nazia Talk James Baldwin & Chicago's Culinary Superiority

This week, Scott & Blake are joined by Azeem Khan & Nazia Islam, both of whom are librarians--and that's just the start of how cool they are. Azeem vouches for Chicago's culinary scene on Devon Ave and helps Blake earn a W in the fake-regional-food-beef-that-maybe-won't-always-be-so-fake. (Look, Blake is writing this and lives in the Chicago area and it's under siege by the federal government b/c Trump has been big mad for a decade that this city rejected him after he launched his political career here from his eyesore of a skyscraper that people flip off with regularity. Give me this.) Book picks (purchase them at bookshop.org to support us!): Scott: The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Nazia: James Baldwin in Turkey by Sedat Pekay and James Baldwin's Turkish Decade: Erotics of Exicle by Magdalena J. Zaborowska Azeem: Piranesi by Susannah Clarke; The Home Recording Handbook by Martin Newell; Weathercraft by Jim Woodring Blake: Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir by Craig Mod Check out Nazia's podcast, Embracing Mystery! Check out Azeem's music at Bandcamp: Whalesound