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Episode summary: Jar Jar Binks, the human side of online harassment, restorative justice, the Friends writers room, solidarity with UPS, what life looks like in the creative gig economy after your show has won an Emmy. Dylan Marron (Ted Lasso, Welcome to Nightvale) joins us for a sprawling, poignant...

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Episode summary: Episode 89: Fascinating Things II: A Conversation With Craig Morris, Director of the Western Wheat Quality Lab - WA Grains

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Episode summary: 2010s online activism, the Reddit blackout, antitrust, academic data access, Newt Gingrich, enshitifcation. We brought scholar/activist Dave Karpf on to talk about his work leading fellow academics to fight for data access standards, and we ended up with a Reimagining greatest hits....

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Episode summary: The owner of the Comedy Cellar shares his views on the evolving comedy scene.

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