| Dear friends,
Presenting your weekly Baffler, question edition.
In a salvo that will knock your socks off, Jacob Silverman pokes at the podcast bubble. What do you get when a couple of radio producers set out to document their quest for startup success and venture capitalists' cash? (Hint: It's either "a daring new brand of documentary journalism" or "a venture-capital road show.")
On the blog, here's Sady Doyle: What is Game of Thrones if not "corporate America in a codpiece"?
And may we suggest, from our latest issue, a poem by Caroline Knox, who asks, "Why would the Minoans fire the / clay tablets which they recorded their / everyday transactions on?" (Answer: "They wouldn't and didn't.")
Yours as ever,
The Baffler
p.s. Hey, we have a happy hour coming up. If you'll be in the Boston area on April 27, why not stop by and drown your sorrows in a bucket of Baffler? Charles Pierce of Esquire's Charles P. Pierce on Politics blog will be on hand to help. RSVP here. | 
