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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

My Grandmaster Mom Sneaked in to a Chess Tournament in London

Anna Cramling

Ding Liren

Ding Liren is CHILLING
John Cena speaking mandarin with an ice-cream
Grandmasters being SAVAGE for 8 minutes straight
Gukesh Dommaraju
Judit Polgár

Amélie Mauresmo
Donald Justice
Lee Herrick
Ep 172: Less Human Than Human, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2
Matthew's poem Spontaneous Loss
Lying by Sam Harris

(and these things are mentioned in the secret show)

Philip Larkin, the Poet Laureate who never was
Gwen Harwood
James McAuley
That Mitchell and Webb Look: The Doctor and the Ice Cream Taster
Such Great Heights by The Postal Service
Winning Ugly by Brad Gilbert
Ken Bolton
Poetry Says Ep. 290 Australian Gothic

Frequently mentioned names:

– Joshua Mehigan

– Shane McCrae

– A. E. Stallings

– Ryan Wilson

– Morri Creech

– Austin Allen

– Jonathan Farmer

– Zara Raab

– Amit Majmudar

– Ethan McGuire

– Coleman Glenn

– Chris Childers

– Alexis Sears

– JP Gritton

– Alex Pepple

– Ernie Hilbert

– Joanna Pearson

Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:

Poetry Says by Alice Allan

I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall

Versecraft by Elijah Blumov

Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed

Alice: Poetry Says

Brian: @BPlatzer

Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com

Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com

Music by ETRNL

Art by Daniel Alexander Smith