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b'This week\\u2019s episode is a slew of firsts: a five-essay, four-microphone, three-guest, two-part show we recorded (mostly) outside on Elena\\u2019s patio. In Part 1, your co-hosts welcome regular guests David, Bonnie, and Arlo to discuss selections from Best American Essays 2003, a volume Elena happened upon in her neighborhood little free library. We talk about Atul Gawande\\u2019s essay \\u201cThe Learning Curve,\\u201d Ian Frazier\\u2019s \\u201cResearchers Say\\u201d--both first published in the New Yorker--and the Rachel Cohen essay \\u201cLost Cities,\\u201d originally from Threepenny Review. Also, David makes a 2003-specific cocktail, we discuss where we were in 2003, and more.'