In this episode: The magic of Seattle, pumpkin love, McSweeney's decorative gourd season m***********s, Admirable restraint, why do turtles leave?, Jimothy the short king, clever chimpanzees, loose zoo standards, big news from Science Daily, the Last Ditch Bar N95 mask drama, unsafe mediators, to backlash, hypernarrow focusing, the scourge of Lime Scooters, long-hemmed skirts, possibly good news out of the Cascadia subduction zone, the prettiest place in America, Science News, cowlicks, colic, cowtow, kowtow, and cholera, a fallen muff, Jane Austen, produce optimism, Jackson, the Grand Canyon, library fine waiver news, unimpeachable choices, the soft middle, Pop!, a very slow escape, an Americana Idol murderer, Minnesotan or Washingtonian?, The Best Quiz Show Ever, no apparent OSHA standards at the Taipei Zoo, Legendary Prep Academy and Team Moms: Baseball, Hip Hop Barbeque, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives drama, local rabid bat news, a very mean man throwing rocks at a cute seal, Julia Stiles and Dancing with the Stars, Local Seattle and Minnesota Drama, meaningless Yacht Rock, where does Momtock go from here?, and everything else best you could imagine with our first ever and best very special guest co-host, Charles Sipos!