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Feb 2024
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182: Big January Wrap-up 2024

Evan English
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We're back at it with a new wrap-up episode. Happy February one and all! Celebrate the beginning of the new month with a wrap up of what we read and watched in the month of January 2024. Enjoy !


Episodes Featuring movies/books we talked about here:

4, 75 : PlayTime (1967)

24: Oldboy (2003)

82: I Married a Witch (1942)

112: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Book)

124: Prisoners (2013)

132: Thirst (2009)


Also, The Daily Is Eight!


Thanks for listening, and have a great February !

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