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Cheater

In episode 1 Jonathan Wright tells the story of Enron and takes a trip to Vietnam to ask what Enron's disgraced CFO, and Jonathan, can learn from the spirit of the cheater.   Sources Lauren Muskett, "First Person: Andy Fastow and Me", CFO Magazine, https://www.cfo.com/corporate-finance/2019/04/first-person-andy-fastow-and-me/ Sharron Watkins, "The corporate conscience", The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/business/2003/jun/21/corporatefraud.enron Emily Primeaux, "Numbers manipulator describes Enron's descent", Fraud Magazine, https://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4294991880 

Windows

In this episode Jonathan Wright confronts OCD and his fear of death, telling the stories of a lawyer who bounced against windows and a near-death experience for Jonathan’s son.

Sleep to Dream Her

You probably hate Dave Matthews Band. We don’t blame you. But Dave knows what it takes to create. In this episode Jonathan Wright tells the story of one particularly terrible DMB song and also bares his soul about what it took to write his novel.   Sources David Fricke, "Everyday", Rolling Stone, https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/everyday-251759/  Sal Cinquemani, "Review: Dave Matthews Band, Everyday", Slant, https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/dave-matthews-band-everyday/ Christopher John Farley, "And the Band Plays On...", Time, http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2047891,00.html  David Browne, "Everyday", Entertainment Weekly, https://ew.com/article/2001/02/26/everyday/ David Marchese, "In Conversation: Dave Matthews", Vulture, https://www.vulture.com/2018/05/dave-matthews-in-conversation.html  Ray Waddell, "An American Band", Billboard, https://books.google.ca/books?id=xg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=%22When+five+guys+in+Charlottesville,+Va.,+started+making+a+joyful+noise+in+1991,+the+Grateful+Dead+was+still+a%22%22&source=bl&ots=hq8dDrlpNk&sig=ACfU3U3xMEghVNqQurbRPTDenhCVEqKcRw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3577K1JL6AhU4GjQIHdj1DPMQ6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false

Good Lost/Bad Lost

What do the TV Show Lost and Jonathan’s dating history have in common? In this episode Jonathan Wright watches the first 10 episodes and last 10 episodes of Lost (why??) and also delves into his extremely anxious dating history to answer the question of whether it might, sometimes, be good to get a little lost.   Sources Chris DeVille, "Lost Was The Best Before It Was The Worst", Deadspin,  https://deadspin.com/lost-was-the-best-before-it-was-the-worst-1635804502  Jen Chaney, "No, They Weren’t Dead the Whole Time", Vulture,  https://www.vulture.com/article/lost-series-finale-oral-history-the-end.html

The 6th Dalai Lama

A monk sees footprints in the snow. He follows the footprints, belonging to his teenaged religious leader, to the home of his forbidden lover. Buddhist Tibet explodes. In this episode Jonathan Wright tells the history of his favourite Dalai Lama and reads his old notebooks to try and answer the question of how we tell our life stories.   Sources Mark Tatz, "Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama", The Tibet Journal, https://www.jstor.org/stable/43300034 Geoffrey Waters, "White Crane: Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama", White Pine Press, https://www.amazon.ca/White-Crane-Songs-Sixth-Dalai/dp/1893996824