RTB172: Ikea trip and scouting trip! Dom and Melanie get a weekend free for some home improvement; Melanie reads a Japanese novel about words and life; Dom cooks baked ziti and a white bean soup; and John the Baptist enters the picture. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Listen to this episode and follow at YouTube. Help us continue to offer Raising the Betts. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Pasta al Forno (Baked Ziti) | Orsara Recipes * Slow-Cooker White Bean and Tomato Soup | Cook’s Country * The Peripheral (The Jackpot Trilogy Book 1) * Rogue Protocol: The Murderbot Diaries * Heroic Hearts (including Jim Butcher short story “Little Things”) * The Great Passage, by Shion Miura * Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Melanie’s blog: The Wine-Dark Sea * Dom’s blog: Bettnet * Join the conversation at the StarQuest Facebook page. * Send us your feedback or comments at [email protected] * Be part of the StarQuest Discord community at SQPN.com/discord Want to Sponsor A Show? Support StarQuest’s mission to explore the intersection of faith and pop culture by becoming a named sponsor of the show of your choice on the StarQuest network. Click to get started or find out more.