Minutes of today's meeting: in the inaugural episode of this podcast, Nora and Jill talk about the inaugural episode of "Parks and Rec," their undying love for Amy Poehler, and the continuing irrelevance of Sarah Palin.

Nora and Jill apologize for the horrendous audio quality. They're working on it and next week's episodes will be way better.

Further reading: The A. V. Club reviews the pilot: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/parks-and-recreation-pilot-26414 They Might Be Giants covers "Tubthumping:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAAbuGX-qEY Sarah, Ted, and Kid Rock disgrace themselves (and our country): https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/us/politics/sarah-palin-kid-rock-ted-nugent-white-house.html Loudon Wainwright III's greatest hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu5hzc2Mei4 Write a letter to your Congressional representatives to continue funding for the NEA and NEH: http://www.congressweb.com/AAM/48