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Jul 2024
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193: Book Club 29: Straight Outta Dublin

Evan English
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At long last, we have returned. And this time around we have a book club for you hot off the presses. We read Dubliners by James Joyce and talk all about it here.


Additional topics include: what we've been up to lately, some sacred movies for us, and more Mad Max.


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