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Oct 2023
11m 20s

Taylor Swift Music for the End

Erica Heilman / Rumble Strip, Erica Heilman
About this episode

My friend Kelly Green is a defense attorney who represents people accused of murder. She spends a lot of time reading autopsies and driving around talking with witnesses and worrying. She’s got a lot going on at the moment. A couple weeks ago she asked me if I wanted to go to the opening of the new Taylor Swift movie in Barre. I did. This is a show about it.

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