Obscure with Michael Ian Black
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Subscribers: 437
Reviews: 4
Episodes: 241
JL
Jul 5, 2022
Simultaneously irreverent and respectful re-reads of classics. MIB, veering from deadpan to open frustration with the material, makes it enjoyable and rewarding to follow along. Perfect for walks, or the wind down hour before bedtime.
Doug
Aug 6, 2019
I've thoroughly enjoyed this. Michael's insite into the characters is wonderful. I vote he does another book.
Jul 22, 2019
Delightful. If you're an English major, past or present, this one's for you.
May 30, 2019
fantastic!
Description
It's a book club, but funny!
Comedian Michael Ian Black is tackling a great work of literature: Wuthering Heights.
Join Michael's weekly book club as he reads aloud from a classic and asks people like Jen Kirkman, Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and even his teenage kids to weigh in with their perspectives.
Season 1: Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. The book is bleak, but Michael does a lot of accent work.
Season 2: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's alive, and it's just a big buddy. Also, more accent work.
Season 3: Wuthering Heights. It's a love story? Who knows
Season 4: American Tragedy. Also a potential title of this podcast
Support this show and access bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/michaelianblack
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S4 Episode 38 - A Bearded Dragon
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 37 - Hayseeds!
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 36 - This Little Muskrat
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 35 - In the Shrinking Room
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 34 - A Literary Do-Si-Do
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 33 - With a Norman Wain Anecdote Enclosed
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 32 - The 60 Year Old Bellhop
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 31 - A Bowl Filled With Vicodin
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 30 - Boxcar Clyde
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 29 - I Don't Care About the GD Boat Launch
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 28 - Fykkn Wykeagy
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 27 - What a Mook
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 26 - Hit and Run!
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 25 - Incessant Pouting and Jibber-Jabbering
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 24 - Hortense Curves
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 23 - A Flock of Crows
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 22 - Some Kind of F'ed Up Gift of the Magi Situation
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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S4 Episode 21 - A User, An Abuser, Perhaps One Day A Boozer
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 20 - A Little S&M
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 19 - Getting Lucky
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 18 - God Damn, Can't Anything Work Out
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 17 - Panic! At the Taco Bell
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 16 - She Might, Ultimately, Favor Him
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 15 - An International Tragedy
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 14 - The Bean
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 13 - Tay-Tay!!!
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 12 - A Terrifying Bit of Extravagance
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 11 - A Peach of A Lookin' Girl
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 10 - Sex is Bad
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 9 - The Hop Bench
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 8 - Boston Garters at the Haberdashers
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 7 - Clean Under Your Fingernails and Behind Your Ears
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 6 - Everything's Up To Date in Kansas City
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 5 - In Defiance of God and Woman
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 4 - Esta Busta Move
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 3 - Mostly About Eating
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 2 - Dioramas in His Head
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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S4 Episode 1 - Our American Journey Begins
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 67 - A Wrap-Up
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 66 - Racing to Beat the Edibles
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 65 - I Mean, What Is He, An Ion?!? (Good one, Michael)
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 64 - When I Call You Stupid, I Don't Mean Anything
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 63 - What the Hell Are We Doing Here?
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 62 - Arrivederci
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 61 - Aspects of Abstracted Silence
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 60 - Zillah, What a Pillah
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 59 - Like Being Colorblind
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 58 - Up, Up, and Away
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 57 - Chestnuts on Window Sills
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 56 - James Dean, Why're You Being Such a Dick?
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 55 - It's the guns, stupid
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 54 - At long last, "Wuthering Heights" the song
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 53 - Tainted Love
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 52 - Happy New Year
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 51 - Two Devils at Play
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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S3 Episode 50 - You Can't Alter What You've Done
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 49 - A Miami Mystery
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 48 - Dickheads
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 47 - Doin' The Robot
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 46 - Strongman
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 45 - Buried Child
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 44 - 90% of Everything
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 43 - Supine
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 42 - Rude Bred Kin
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 41 - On the Road to Penistone Crag
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 40 - Molto Bene! (Non sto bene)
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 39 - An Elegant Term
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 38 - Treasure is f'ing awesome
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 37 - Buonasera
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 36 - Magic Time!
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 35 - The Tell-Tale Hearts
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 34 - An Act of Civil Disobedience
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 33 - Postcard from Edinburgh
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 32 - Goofus and Gallant
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 31 - Happy Birthday, Emily
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 30 - Name. That. Virus!
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 29 - Taking an Epistle
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 28 - A Whole Other Reality
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 27 - Damn You, Society!
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 26 - Madness & Mania
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 25 - La Bella Vita!
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 24 - At My Breakers Point
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 23 - Train Garage
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 22 - Repeal the 2nd Amendment
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 21 - And Then Comes Heathcliff
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May 31, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 20 - Not A Great Couple
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May 24, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 19 - Scalawags, One and All
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May 17, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 18 - We'll Do It Live!
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May 10, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 17 - New Pants!
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May 03, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 16 - Sincerely, Michael Ian Black
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 15 - This Episode is NOT An Ad for Diet Coke
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 14 - Now What?
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 13 - Our Own Huckleberry Finn
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 12 - Dirty Boy
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 11 - The Wife Who Shall Not Be Named
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 10 - The Wife Who Shall Not Be Named
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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A Stern Motherf'er
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 8 - Injury and Incident
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 7 - An Old Pot of Coffee
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 6 - A Little Hitlerian Coiffery
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 5 - A Heavy-Headed Cudgel
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 4 - The Woman With Too Many Names
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 3 - Christmas Complaints
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 2 - A Heap of Dead Rabbits
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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S3 Episode 1 - ...And Just Like That
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Introducing Season 3
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 57 - Time to Die
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 56 - The Penultimate Episode
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 55 - Waiting at the Spoooooky Bus Stop
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 54 - I Have the Power!
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 53 - The Frankenstein Ultimatum
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 52 - A Great and Sudden Change
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 51 - Death and a Maiden
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 50 - From Sultry Savannah
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 49 - Don't Be A Dick, Vic
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 48 - What Do I Love
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 47 - Life Review
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 46 - Unsettled
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 45 - In It for the Long Haul
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 44 - Karate Massacre Graduate Ending
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 43 - Our Father
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 42 - Something From Nothing
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 41 - An Unidentified Episode
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 40 - Contact Dermatitis, Ennui, and Doubt
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 39 - A Gorgeous Day (and Host)
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 38 - My Annoying Cat
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 37 - News from the Jill Schwartz Memorial Library
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 36 - WTF?
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 35 - Wobbling on Pillars
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 34 - Big Shoes
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 33 - My Mistaken Spanish Invasion
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 32 - A Gamble!
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 31 - Beat 'Em and Boost 'Em
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 30 - How Bizarre (Bazaar)!
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 29 - Complaining About My F'ing Brain
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 28 - A Stranger Knocks
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May 25, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 27 - Happy (but not the song by Pharrell Williams)
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May 18, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 26 - Is A Chicken Nugget Still Chicken?
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May 11, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 25 - The Big Buddy Blues
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May 04, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 24 - The Daemon Speaks!
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 23 - Pain & Gain
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 22 - Enthusiastic Hackery
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 21 - A Volume Closes
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 20 - Rueful Gods
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 19 - Meth Head
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 18 - This Podcast is Terrible
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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S2 Episode Episode 17 - A Monster on the Loose
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 16 - A Nervous Fever
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 15 - The Big Buddy Blues
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 14 - Butt Stuff
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 13 - Going from Point A to Point X
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 12 - Working the Poll
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 11 - The Outlook is Cloudy (and Grim)
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 10 - ORGY
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 9 - In the Bubble
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 08 - The Full Leno
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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S2 Episode 7 - Bissy, Bicy, Bishy, Bitch
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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S2 Episode 6 - Brother, Sledge
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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S2 Episode 5 - Here They Be Daemons
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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S2 Episode 4 - Like A Hit of Heroin
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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S2 Episode 3 - Clearing the Tree
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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S2 Episode 2 - It's Still Alive
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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S2 Episode 1 - It's Alive
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Obscure Season 2...It's Alive
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Episode 75 - The End.
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Episode 74 - In Need of a Eulogy.
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Episode 73 - Weddings Be Funerals.
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Episode 72 - If Misery Can Know Happiness.
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Episode 71 - Kill Your Own Flame.
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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Episode 70 - The Obscure We See Eventually.
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Episode 69 - Sodden with Booze.
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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Episode 68 - Ashes to Ashes.
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Episode 67 - Every Period Is Unsettled.
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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Episode 66 - Nobody’s Nuthin’ to Me.
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Episode 65 - Wild, Wild Horses.
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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Episode 64 - Forgive and Forget?.
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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Episode 63 - Our Marriage Is Not Cancelled!.
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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Episode 62 - Who Were We to Think We Could Act as Pioneers?.
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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Episode 61 - Death, Death, Dammedable Death.
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Episode 60 - Without Faith. Without Hope. Without Direction.
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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Taking a Breather.
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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Episode 59 - Done Because We Are Too Menny.
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Episode 58 - No Room at the Inn.
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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Episode 57 - Christminster: Returning to the Seat of His Dreams.
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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Episode 56 - Charming the Charmer.
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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Episode 55 - Finding God and Losing Religion.
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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Episode 54 - A Smear Campaign.
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Episode 53 - They Were Happy for Two Paragraphs.
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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Episode 52 - Are You My Mother?.
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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Episode 51 - Well! Quite a Piece of News!.
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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Episode 50 - A Low-Passioned Woman.
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May 31, 2019 |
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Episode 49 - Two Dissatisfied Ones.
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May 24, 2019 |
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Episode 48 - A Town Divided.
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May 17, 2019 |
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Episode 47 - The Friend Zone.
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May 10, 2019 |
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Episode 46 - The Last Breakfast.
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May 03, 2019 |
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Episode 45 - Stepping Blindly into the Quagmire.
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Episode 44 - Coming Out of the Closet.
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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Episode 43 - The Steel Trap of Belief.
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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Episode 42 - Just Do It Already.
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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Episode 41 - The Piano Is Like a Heart.
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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Episode 40 - No Country for Obscure Men.
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Episode 39 - You Have My Good Wishes, Mrs. Phillotson.
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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Episode 38 - Three's Company.
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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Episode 37 - The Business of Giving Her Away.
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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Episode 36 - Runaround Sue.
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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Episode 35 - Leave the Door Open a Crack.
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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Episode 34 - She's Just Not That Into You.
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Episode 33 - Going Through the Spanking Machine.
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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Episode 32 - Don’t Be Such a Wet Noodle.
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Jan 18, 2019 |
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Episode 31 - I’m a Negation of Civilization.
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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Episode 30 - Take Off Those Wet Clothes.
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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Episode 29 - Anything Can Happen Here.
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Dec 28, 2018 |
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Episode 28 - Now Don't Be Such A Silly Boy.
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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Episode 27 - There's Nothing Wrong With Community Theater.
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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Episode 26 - Jude the Hack.
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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Episode 25 - Jude Is No Jack Reacher.
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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Episode 24 - Jude: The Walking Dead.
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Nov 23, 2018 |
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Episode 23 - One Thing We Know about Triangles, They Have Pointy Sides.
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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Episode 22 - Never Meet Your Heroes.
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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Episode 21 - Jude the...Psycho?.
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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Episode 20 - Jude the Stalker.
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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Episode 19 - Good Jude Hunting.
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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Episode 18 - Dreaming Tree.
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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Episode 17 - You Have Arrived at Your Destination.
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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Episode 16 - Recapping with Ruthie.
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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Episode 15 - Lonely Days.
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Episode 14 - Laying the Lard on Thick.
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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Episode 13 - JB Twisting the Knife.
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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Episode 12 - Secret and Lies.
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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Episode 11 - Putting the Bread in the Oven.
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Episode 10 - Love in the Time of Pig Guts.
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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Episode 9 - Cruising.
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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Episode 8 - The Knob of His Stick.
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Episode 7 - Hoity-toity!.
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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Episode 6 - Jude, Buck Up!.
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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Episode 5 - A Little Manliness.
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Jul 06, 2018 |
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Episode 4 - Prayer and the Wicked Jew.
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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Episode 3 - Jack-Jack.
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Jun 22, 2018 |
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Episode 2 - A Clapper to the Ass.
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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Episode 1 - To Begin.
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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Introducing Obscure
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May 22, 2018 |