Devindra Hardawar

[laughs] Those are, of course, all vague and oblique references to the fact that today on the podcast we're going to be reviewing Hope.

Uh, and I know what you're probably thinking, "Hey, where's Devindra Hardawar?" Well, uh, due to scheduling reasons, he couldn't be with us for the whole episode.

Of course he was not gonna miss our Hope review.

He'll be on for that, and he'll also be on for part of what we've been watching.

Unfortunately, I must broach a rather controversial topic with this email.

This morning while I drove to my son to school, we listened to your remembrances of Dolly Parton, Peter Cullen, and Tim Curry.

I appreciated hearing how much Rocky Horror meant to Jeff in his young adulthood, and Devindra's recommendation of Dolly Parton's America, which I have been recommending this week.

The controversy arrives via Jeff's repeated mocking response to Dave referring to Tim's Cur- Tim Curry as the titular character It.

Thank you so much, Mike.

I cover technology here at ABC, and one of the defining stories of 2026 so far has been how expensive everything from smartphones to video games have gotten.

I want to bring in Devindra Hardawarth.

He's the senior editor at Engadget to talk about exactly how much we're shelling out for our tech.

Devindra, things are expensive.