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Dec 2022
1h 34m

Episode 251: First Order, Then Chaos

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro
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David and Tamler wind their way through another Borges story - "The Immortal"- about a Roman soldier who seeks the secret of immortality and, much to his horror, finds it. Plus some thoughts on the utterly shameless ChatGPT.

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