Episode 22 - The Phantom Of The Opera's Friend (Short Story by Donald Barthelme)

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To be a friend of a phantom is to be a rain on your wedding day, to be a free ride when you've already paid, it's to be the good advice that you just didn't take. This week: The hypocrisy of the Phantom and the irony of a narrator is dissected with nuanced analysis and, of course, laughs. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Us A Coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @PhantomOfThePodpera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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