Ep 216: Atheist Sip & Paint, Pt. 1
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
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The Fatima Sun Miracle: Much More Than You Wanted To Know by Scott Alexander
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Night by Elie Wiesel
I Spent Years Searching for Magic—I Found God Instead by Tara Isabella Burton
Hail Satan? (2019)
Brats (2024)
Reverse Cowgirl, Raving, and Love and Money, Sex and Death by McKenzie Wark
I'm very into you: Correspondence 1995-1996 by McKenzie Wark and Kathy Acker
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Brian: @BPlatzer
Cameron: Minor Tiresias
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