Episode 56: Chuck Klosterman!
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On this week\\u2019s show, I talk to the essayist and novelist Chuck Klosterman,
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Plus John McCaffrey discusses Leo Durocher\'s\\xa0Nice Guys Finish Last.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
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NOTES
\\nOn July 9th, Mattew Peters will read prose at\\xa0There Will be Words\\xa0in Downtown Orlando.
\\nSee our\\xa0kickstarter\\xa0campaign to travel to Weeki Wachee Springs to interview Lu Vickers about Florida literature and the world famous Weeki Wachee mermaids. We reached our goal on day 1, but we welcome your continued contributions to keep the show going strong!
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The Drunken Odyssey Deeply Recommends
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When I complained that Britney Spears was in\\xa0Esquire\\xa0back in the early paleolithic days of 2004, I confess I didn\'t dwell sufficiently on what\\xa0Chuck Klosteman\'s article\\xa0said about her cognitive dissonance, although his words were competing with Britney Spears\'s anatomy at the time.
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On May 14th, 1988, Atlantic Records held a 40th Anniversary Concert during which, in my infallible opinion, and it pained me to say this, Debbie Gibson outplayed Led Zeppelin. Want to disagree? Watch the footage:
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\\n\\nFor the record, Jason Bonham was drumming, although I don\'t this Hindenburg of a performance can be blamed on him.
\\nAccording to a\\xa0Times profile, Alice Munro is retiring.
\\nAccording to\\xa0The Guardian, Neil Gaiman is writing a new Sandman series.
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