The hosts open the show with an impersonation gag and note it has been a full decade since Buva and Nathaniel were both in the studio at the same time. They riff on reading habits: Nathaniel's half-finished books, the impossibility of finishing self-help books, and a viral 'read a book a day' claim they call a lie. They joke about writing a book of only chapter titles ('just read the chapter titles') and faking Amazon reviews.