Chuck and I and our producer Jeri got to do something really cool recently; we created our first spoken-word album out of thin air. One day, no spoken-word album; a couple weeks later — poof! — there’s an SYSK spoken-word album on the economy and economics. What’s cool about the spoken-word album label is that there’s a Grammy category for such things. I’m just saying.

I’ve always viewed spoken-word albums as the kind of thing that’s put out by guys who wear heavy wool cardigans with suede elbow patches — as uncomfortably mellow as those gents in the recent Burger King commercials for their mushroom-and-Swiss burgers. True, Chuck wore one of those sweaters a lot while we recorded, and I would be lying if I said I didn’t eat mushroom-and-Swiss burgers until I couldn’t move without assistance, but listening to the Super Stuffed Guide now it’s clear that this had little impact on the final result.

Aside from the hour-long format, what differentiates the Super Stuffed Guide is the cost. SYSK podcasts are free; our spoken-word album is not. It’s priced pretty reasonably, we think, at — let me check — $3.99. It covers exactly what mechanisms are at work right that led to the global economy landing squarely at the toilet and how economics will ultimately bring us out of it (sorry, I just spoiled the plot twist). It’s up on iTunes right now and there’s a promo for it in the top of the Audiobooks home page on iTunes today. You can also find it pretty easily by typing in “super stuffed” in iTunes’ handy search bar.

Check it out, won’t you, so we can put out more guides in the very near future? Also, Chuck’s, Jeri’s and my careers are riding on it, so there’s that, too.