I’m so glad that I could get Seth back on the podcast so soon.  Last time, he complained that I picked a topic from his murky past.  This time, I throw him a meatball, right over the plate.  Sports metaphor!

Maria takes us to school.  Grad school.  As is usually the case when talking to academics, I was pretty far out of my depth here.  Some good words happened, though.

Rebecca “Doctor” Stonger is in the final throes of cooking up a baby in her middle, so I was so happy that we could record this before things got completely out of hand.  I’ve known Rebecca for about ten years now, but only in a very limited context.  Well, two, if you count the Coop.  Anyway, it was great to have her on the podcast.

Sorry this is a day late—I was too nervous to put the finishing touches on the episode, what with the polls.  But all’s well that ends well, right?  Enjoy.

This was so fun.  Josh is one of my new favorite people.  Bonus points for being way into Lego.  Nice work, Josh.

How psyched was I to have Jesse Thorn on the hundredth episode of Necessary & Sufficient?  Billion, with a “b.”

Megan returns for another round of Necessary & Sufficient hardball.  Look out for soft-pitch music recommendations at the end of the episode!

Erik asked me, quite reasonably, why I had picked these words for him.  I must admit that I have no answer to that question.  Sometimes you just get a feeling about someone, am I right?

More technical mumbo-jumbo with Stephan.  But I’m not going to make excuses.  Why are you here, if not for technical mumbo-jumbo?

Today’s episode of Necessary & Sufficient was not kayfabed, but conspiracies abound, of course.