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Oct 2017
39m 38s

I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats, Epi...

Night Vale Presents
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NOTE: This is the only episode of I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats that we will post on the Alice Isn't Dead feed. If you'd like to continue listening, please subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.  John Darnielle and Joseph Fink discuss the role in their lives of art, faith, and satan with John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and the up ... Show More
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