EPISODE · Feb 3, 2023 · 29 MIN
Thirteen Ways To look At a Blackbird
from Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show · host Dave Bowman
The fastest moving story in the world right now is the Chinese Spy Balloon over Montana. Of course, by now, it's probably over North Dakota. Given that we are the only nation ever successfully attacked via balloons, shouldn't we being doing a bit more than summoning ambassadors and twiddling our thumbs about it? For most of my life I have wondered how it is that two people can look at the same words on a page and see two polar opposite meanings? Back in High school my creative writing teacher told me how that can happen, but it took my Rabbi this week to remind me of it...
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The fastest moving story in the world right now is the Chinese Spy Balloon over Montana. Of course, by now, it's probably over North Dakota. Given that we are the only nation ever successfully attacked via balloons, shouldn't we being doing a bit more than summoning ambassadors and twiddling our thumbs about it? For most of my life I have wondered how it is that two people can look at the same words on a page and see two polar opposite meanings? Back in High school my creative writing teacher told me how that can happen, but it took my Rabbi this week to remind me of it...
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