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Mar 2020
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The Lesson of a Plague (Cory Doctorow, N...

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Introducing a new kind of current events podcast. An island in a storm of bad headlines. An experiment in public anxiety. Let's get through this year together.

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Written and produced by Joseph Fink

"Don't Look for the Helpers" by Cory Doctorow

"Social Distances" by Nisi Shawl 

The song "This Too Shall Pass" by Danny Schmidt 

All other music by Joseph Fink

Logo artwork by Jessica Hayworth

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