JL;DR SUMMARY This episode of Unorthodox features conversations with writer Bill Deresiewicz, who discusses his book "The End of Solitude" and the impact of the digital age on our ability to be alone, and with author Julia Whelan, who talks about her new book "Thank You for Listening" and her experience as an audiobook narrator. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

• At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
• This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
• Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
• But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
• And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.