# Quickfire: Whistling Vivaldi, peanut butter, and Star Wars

- **Episode:** [158](https://agents.truthliesandwork.com/episodes/158.md) (2024-12-31)
- **Type:** other
- **Tags:** quickfire, whistling-vivaldi, star-wars
- **Time:** 58:02–60:59 (start 3482s)
- **Listen:** [https://truthliesandwork.com/158?t=3482](https://truthliesandwork.com/158?t=3482)

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[58:02] Leanne Elliott: What a soundbite to leave that on. My goodness. I mean, before— I do have a very couple quickfire questions. Close eye on the time, so I'm gonna rattle through these. John, what is your favorite book?
[58:13] Al Elliott: Oh, um, I have to go with Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele. It is right here. It's a brilliant, uh, it's a brilliant book on stereotype threat
[58:25] Leanne Elliott: Is peanut butter better in the US or the UK?
[58:29] Al Elliott: Oh, it doesn't matter where you get it. Peanut butter is better when it's unhealthy versions rather than the healthy version. My sister only has the healthy version in her house and I will not eat it. Whereas I, once a month probably, buy a big jar of like Skippy or Jif. It does not matter, which is, I do believe mostly sugar and I eat it with a spoon
[58:53] Leanne Elliott: Crunchy or smooth?
[58:56] Al Elliott: Always smooth, because this is, this is not about— look at the gaps in my teeth. I can't afford to eat the crunchy. I'll end up with those things in my teeth for the next 3 weeks. So it's got to be the smooth
[59:06] Leanne Elliott: If anyone hasn't watched Star Wars, not mentioning anyone in particular, but what watching order would you recommend?
[59:13] Al Elliott: So you always start with A New Hope. I know it's the middle technically of the trilogy, but always start with A New Hope. And you'll meet R2-D2, this bloke here. You'll see lots of grownups waving around lightsabers. It's epic. Start with A New Hope and don't listen to the people who tell you that Star Wars has been ruined. Just remember that the first original Star Wars, they were designed for kids. And with each generation of them, it's not always designed for those of us who were kids back then. But I think it's bringing something. Even the ones I did not like, like anything with Jar Jar Binks in it, even the ones I didn't like, they are bringing something to a new generation of people who, who realize that rebelling against great evil is always worth it
[60:02] Leanne Elliott: John Amaechi, thank you so much. What an incredible joy. Thank you. It's, it's, yeah, it's been phenomenal
[60:08] Al Elliott: Thank you. Such a pleasure
[60:10] Leanne Elliott: I hope you enjoyed that. I know I sure did. There were some very Spicy thoughts about Jordan Peterson there that haven't been aired before. I'm sure we'll react to that in the new year on LinkedIn. Um, please do join us on Thursday for part 2 of our predictions episode. If you missed part 1, scroll back to Boxing Day, December 26th, and have a listen. It's a good one. Um, or don't, be a rebel and start with part 2. Why not?
[60:35] Al Elliott: My prediction is you will not start with part 2. That's us. We're gonna go and have a glass of wine, a glass of bubbly, and celebrate the new year even No, we're not, because we're pre-recording this, so it's nowhere near New Year now. But we will definitely be having a glass of wine at this time when you're listening. We will see you on Thursday. Is it— was it Thursday predictions, Leanne?
[60:53] Leanne Elliott: I don't know, it's— I'm at this point, it's like Christmas time, who knows what day it is. We'll see you next time. Bye-bye