Welcome back to Jonah Asks. In this episode, meet Andy. I've been friends with Andy for as long as I can remember...as we grew up our families had dinners together. Andy is a compassionate, kind and funny human being. He loves knowledge and ideas. He's a thinker and a professor, a husband and a new father, a son and a friend. I always love our conversations. Because of our history, I'm almost immediately at ease and ready to laugh with Andy. Topics we discuss: *Joe Castiglione (voice of the Red Sox) *snow and winter *baseball and the changing of the seasons *mortality and COVID *our capacity for acknowledging and absorbing suffering *sports fandom around Boston *football and Trumpism *use of technology and the internet *being younger brothers -- impact on identity *Dr. Thomas Boyce "The Orchid and the Dandelion" *ritual weekday lunches (2012-2015) *choosing to have a child *dealing with the inner critic