So pleased to have found this podcast (and all your others!). I've only started reading Wolfe in the last few years, and perhaps more than any other writer, he's one I want to talk with someone about as soon as I finish a piece, so your thoughtful discussions have been an absolute blessing. One little piece in support of the "David" reference-- the names Daw and Wad, apart from being obvious mirror images, could be combined to form D-W-D, i.e., the Hebrew/Semitic consonantal spelling for the name "David". I don't know what to do with that, but I immediately read Daw-wad as "David."