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Aug 2013
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Episode 215: Eva Mendes, Julia Sweeney, ...

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This week: One of our favorite episodes!  Eva Mendes decodes “The Place Beyond the Pines” (which just came out on DVD)  and hieroglyphics… Writer and “SNL” vet Julia Sweeney answers your etiquette questions from the fetal position… New Orleans indie rockers Generationals spin a sweet-and-sour soundtrack… Science writer Mary Roach takes us on a field […]

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