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Aug 2023
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149 | Moving On and the Wisdom of Stephe...

MEG LEFAUVE & LORIEN MCKENNA
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**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EPISODE WAS PRE-RECORDED & PRECEDED THE 2023 WGA STRIKE.**

In today's TSL epsiode, Meg gets personal about her lava, and how a recent production of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George is helping her to rethink the beauty of moving on from a creative project.

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