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Nov 2021
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Ep 503 - White Noise, by Don DeLillo

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DeLillo's award-winning breakthrough novel is a satirical rumination on the fear of death while living in a hyper-consumerist America inundated with information delivered by modern technology. Did we mention it was written in the 80s?

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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