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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

– Order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!

– Let me know if you’d like a review copy of my forthcoming chapbook The Soft Black Stars: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com

– Vanderpump Rules Season 12

The Great Pottery Throwdown

Selling Sunset

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)

Queen of Chess (2026)

how i be revising by Brandon Taylor

Sashay away

Coming down in Ohio by Dave Smith

Ep 234: Midlife Show-and-Tell, ft. Katie Dozier

Contrapoints Tangent: Liminal Spaces

Step wells

Secret show notes

Meanjin lives!

Tropical Skiing by John Forbes

Limiting Poetry’s Feedback Loop by Steven Searcy

Ep 231: Insidious Tendencies, ft. Steven Searcy

A Caveat-Filled Case for Atheism

The Via Negativa of R.S. Thomas on Versecraft

Nick Cave’s Red Hand Files Issue #265

The Siberian unicorn

A Holy Dread by R. A. Villanueva

Bill Hicks: Pro Life