This episode includes Mari and Laura discussing Academy Awards and related titles, an annual episode topic. Books discussed:

• "I Heard You Paint Houses": Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa -- by Charles Brandt
• Little Women -- by Louisa May Alcott
• The Pope: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World -- by Anthony McCarten
• Caging Skies -- by Christine Leunens