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Music
We hear Valentine My Funny by Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm from the album Tag Eins Tag Zwei.Notes
This idea came to me a long time ago while researching an old episode. I read an extraordinary article from the 1890s that hung with me, particularly the notion of folks writing in to try to become sideshow attractions.Episode 60 (400,000 Stars)
Episode 59 (Harriet Quimby)
Episode 58 (Shadowboxing)
Episode 57 (I'm Still Alive)
Episode 56 (The Rush of the River and the Roar of the Falls)
Episode 55 (O, How We Danced)
Episode 54 (Origin Stories)
Episode 53 (Guinea Pigs)
Episode 52 (Six Stories)
Episode 51 (Giants in Those Days)
Episode 50 (Fifty Words Written After Learning That the Arctic Bowhead Whale Can Live up to 200 Years)
Episode 49 (Dreamland)
Episode 48 (Picture a Box)
Episode 47 (The Rise and Fall of Rising and Falling) *NOTE: semi-adult language in this one.
Episode 46 (After Party)
Episode 45 (Heard, Once)
Episode 44 (Distance)
Episode 43 (Far Below Lake Michigan)
Episode 42 (What They Saw)
Episode 41 (Mary, Mary, and Mercy)
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