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Apr 2018
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Episode 3: So... What Are You Going to D...

Lindsay Sheedy
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Episode 3 explores the question that is as familiar to me as my own face: So... What are you going to do with that? In this episode, I discuss what career options are available to someone brave (i.e. crazy) enough to pursue a degree in art history and take a certain Aunt Carol to task... 
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