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• "The Hour of the Star" by Clarice Lispector [Audiobook]

  The Hour of the Star deals with the problems of the rural Northeast versus the urban Southeast of Brazil, poverty and the dream of a better life, and, of an uneducated woman's struggle to survive in a sexist society. The novel was published in 1977.Lispector is the author of other novels "Near to the Wild Hear" and "The Passion According to G.H.".Support the show

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• "Letter From a Zombie" by Pallettown [Audiobook]

  A zombie writes a letter to his loved ones.Support the show

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• I bet you didn't think I could talk for 24:38 about peanut butter (world record)

  Well, I did it. Take that haters. What’s your favourite thing about peanut butter?Support the show

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• "What if We Stopped Pretending?" by Jonathan Franzen [Audio Article]

  This article was was published in The New Yorker in 2019. It provides a shift in perspective on the climate dilemma.Support the show

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• "Why Bother?" by Jonathan Franzen [Audio Essay)

  "Why Bother?", originally published as "Perchance to Dream: In the Age of Images, a Reason to Write Novels", is a literary essay by American novelist Jonathan Franzen. It is often referred to as "The Harper's Essay". First published in the April 1996 issue of Harper's magazine, the essay concerns the persistence of reading within the context of technological growth and distraction. Franzen recounts his meditations on the state and possibility of the novel form, often against the backdrop of his personal experience, eventually concluding that the novel still has potential cultural agency in the United States, and often gains it by paradoxical drives of both culture and author. (Wikipedia)Support the show

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