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Jun 2023
38m 15s

Snakes On The Vain

Peach Fish Productions
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TC Boyle’s new novel, Blue Skies, is about a twenty-something social media influencer who brings Burmese pythons into the picture. What can go wrong? It’s TC Boyle, so the answer is, “Almost everything.” Plus SCOTUS on WOTUS and unions. And the basics of supporting Bud Light and Chick-fil-A.


Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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