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May 2022
20m 7s

Episode 196: In France or in Heaven

NATE DIMEO
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Music

  • Blithe Field does RD 1

  • O Venezia, Venuga, Venusia by Nino Rota

  • Carthage by Hayden Perdido

  • Nice Breeze, Isn’t It? from Simon Rackham

  • Mystere by amiina

  • Blithe Field also does Racing Backward

  • as well as Prelude

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