In the words of Mel Brooks, "Politics! Politics! Politics! Politics! Politics!" Make sure you get out and vote November 8th. In the meantime, let us entertain you with light-hearted books about assassinations and crumbling marriages. Seriously, we have a lot of fun on this episode. Plus—what is tickling our fancy this week.

Vote Already

• the works of Pat Paulsen
• Dangerously Funny: The Unconsored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour by David Bianculli
• History of the World, Part 1
• Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
• The Incredibles
• Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History by John Dickerson
• The Best Man
• The West Wing
• The Candidate by Lis Wiehl
• The War Room
• Weiner

Tickling Our Fancy

• Wolfcreek
• Black Sheep
• Cavern of Anti-matter
• Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
• "Jonathan Lethem on His New Novel, Cultural Appropriation Controversies, and Dylan's Nobel" by David Marchese

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