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Jul 9
40m 17s

Summer Five Senses Portrait

Kelsey Wharton and Erica Ladd
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What does summer what does summer look, smell, feel, taste, and sound like to you? That's what we're chatting about on the show today. From grilled hot dogs to legs sticking to hot vinyl car seats, we describe unique portraits of summer in our childhoods and in parenthood.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're talking about the sense sensations we wish we could forget about summer.

See full show notes on our website: Summer Five Senses Portrait

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