On this episode, Benjamin Gorman gabs with Riley McLeod, editor and co-founder of Aftermath.site, about baking, bikepacking around DC, cults, climate change, and the joys and challenges of starting a small business.

Today’s secret word is: perseverate

Find Riley McLeod’s writing and editing work at www.Aftermath.site

And find Riley on on twitter at @rcmacleod

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Mentioned on the show:

Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1 by Marcel Proust: https://bookshop.org/p/books/swann-s-way-in-search-of-lost-time-volume-1-marcel-proust/9340268?ean=9780300185430

This Other Eden by Paul Harding: https://bookshop.org/p/books/this-other-eden-paul-harding/18515399?ean=9781324036296

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-bee-sting-paul-murray/18789047?ean=9780374600303

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai: https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-have-some-questions-for-you-rebecca-makkai/18490223?ean=9780593490143

The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison: