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Episode 285: The Garden Album from Musica Sierra

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Episode 284: The Knuckleball with Chris Nowlin

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Episode 283: David LeBrun and His Memoir, Delirium Vitae

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Episode 282: South of the Yangtze with Flora Qian

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Episode 281: Melinda Blau and Her Wisdom Whisperers

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Episode 280: Oilfield Mysteries with Malvina Lerma

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Episode 279: Talking Music with The Tattletale Saints

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Episode 278: Two Novels with Christina Hoag

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Episode 277: Sarah Langan and her Novel "A Better World"

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Episode 276: Campus Protests and Free Speech

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Episode 275: Sam Hinton, Folk Singer, Scientist, and Amazing Person

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Episode 274: How To Write Better About Drugs

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Episode 273: An Appraisal of "Splinters"

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Episode 272: The Use of AI in Screenwriting

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Episode 271: April 27 Is Indie Bookstore Day!

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Episode 270: The Magic of Debi Derryberry

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Episode 269: Plea Bargains with Prof. Dripps

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Episode 268: Billy Galewood FKA Bushwalla

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Episode 267: Talking Trash with Rafi Kohan

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Episode 266: Having a Ball with Hullabaloo

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Episode 265: The Story of Botox with Dr. Eugene Helveston

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Episode 264: The Guest Book with Sarah Blake

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Episode 263: Book Bans and the PEN America Lawsuit

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Episode 262: Siskel and Ebert: Opposable Thumbs

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Episode 261: Our Deadly Streets with Jeff Speck

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Episode 260: Jennifer Jenkins Takes Us Into the Public Domain

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Episode 259: Censorship and Obscenities with Michael Adams

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Episode 258: News of Tom Lehrer with Jeff Morris

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Episode 257: Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

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Episode 256: The Mean Reds with Dale Bridges

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Episode 255: Shipwrecks! with Charles Beeker

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Episode 254: Brendan Ballou and "Plunder," His Book about Private Equity

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Episode 253: "Carefully Taught" by Cary Ginell

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Episode 252: John Julius Reel with My Half Orange

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Episode 251: Scary Songs

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Episode 250: The Mix Tape with Ben Vaughn

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Episode 249: Family Circus and Jeff Keane

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Episode 248: Animation Resources with Stephen Worth

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Episode 247: Books Shows Tunes & Mad Acts with Steve Boyle & Webb Wilder, Last of the Full Grown Men

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Episode 246: Going Analog with David Sax

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Episode 245: Education in Prison with Peter Fulks

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Episode 244: Rockin' with Jerry Williams, Jr., aka Swamp Dogg

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Episode 243: Getting Educated with IU Dean Van Kooten

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Episode 242: Lauren Leigh Martin, San Diego Songbird

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Episode 241: Thinking Together with Alex Chambers

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Episode 240: On the Trail of the Jackalope with Michael Branch

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Episode 239: How Exercise Helps Your Brain with Dr. Christiane Wrann

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Episode 238: Trina Robbins, Cartoonist, Fashion Designer, and Author

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Episode 237: The Walking Dead with Oleg Livits

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Episode 236: People from Bloomington with Tiffany Tsao

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Episode 235: Jeff Berkley Is Back!

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Episode 234: Sarah Blake and Her Novel, Clean Air

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Episode 233: Vampr with Josh Simons

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Episode 232: Free Speech with Suzanne Nossel

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Episode 231: Levi Vonk and "Border Hacker"

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Episode 230: Danny Nielsen and his New Book, Straight Flossin' and Other Stories of the American West

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Episode 229: How To Publish Your Book (If You're Not Famous)

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Episode 228: The Opus of William Stout

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Episode 227: Raising the Roof with The Wild Honey Foundation

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Episode 226: Enlightened with Dan Stalcup - Part 2

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Episode 225: Enlightened with Dan Stalcup - Part I

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Episode 224: Nerding Out with Michael Adams about Dictionaries

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Episode 223: Catching Up with Lisa Sanders

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Episode 222: How To Not Be Mad

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Episode 221: Reacher: The Book and the Series

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Episode 220: Getting Creative with Curio and Co

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Episode 219: Understanding Cast Iron with Ned Adams

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Episode 218: Eleni Austin, Music Reviewer and Walking Encyclopedia

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Episode 217: Ray Bradbury and The Center for Ray Bradbury Studies

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Episode 216: Reflections with Amy Rigby

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Episode 215: Paddington Bear and Michael Bond

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Episode 214: Hanging Out with Ben Vaughn

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Episode 213: Belle Gunness: Getting Away with Murder

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Episode 212: Rogue Dogs and their Wildlife Detection Work

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Episode 211: Consequential Strangers with Melinda Blau

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Episode 210: Christmas Music: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Episode 209: Michael Nesmith: We'll Remember You

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Episode 208: Vinyl!

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Episode 207: LuLaRoe with LolaGeek

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Episode 206: The Wild World of Music Promotion with Elliot Kendall

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Episode 205: Myths about Poverty with Mark Rank

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Episode 204: Prankster Alan Abel

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Episode 203: Music with the Michiganders

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Episode 202: Announcement of Name Change for the Show

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Episode 201: How to Make IT—and Work in General—Better

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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

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Was Robert Ludlum Consumed by his Own Brand?

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Teacher Pay for Performance

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All About Charter Schools

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The Great Believers: A Great Book

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Samuel Paty: A Teacher Killed for Doing his Job

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The Red Lotus and the Joy of Editing

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School Assessments: A Rigorous Look

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The End of October by Lawrence Wright

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Teacher Supply, Qualifications, Impact and Pay

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The Book of M or Good Writing Is Hard

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Public School District Financing

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A Couple of Contagions

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Teaching with Doug McKee

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Greg Bear: Blood Music and Darwin's Radio