So much could be said about The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams and much is said in this episode about its success in economizing language and the tension this poem manages to convey that even this brief synopsis is nearly four times the length of it.

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We're back from break and ready to break down the walls of social embarrassment as Max details how All About That Bass, Thank U Next, and Truth Hurts were key stepping stones in his enjoyment of pop music and in enjoying things proudly without judgement or irony.

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It's that most wonderful time again where we look back over the last nine episodes and reflect and where we've been while this time discussing public speaking, honesty, empathy, and how Olivia the pig is a lot.

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Sometimes we may feel like an excited teddy bear running around with our head only attached by a column of fluff, but Jenny Lawson tells us in her book How To Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay that that is not always a bad way to be.

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Few artists are able to take wave after wave of constant devastation and continually turn it into something beautiful, but Sufjan Stevens is one of those mystical few that can and we find that out as we examine his albums Illinoise, Carrie and Lowell, and Javelin.

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Arguably the most perfect intersection of art and culture, pizza provides for all equally and is often tied directly to the identity of major cities. Rich or poor, old or young, everyone can come together and gather around that wonderful, saucy disk we call pizza.

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A body of work is examined and a realization is made as Max talks about his favorite comedian, Mike Birbiglia, while also looking back at the history of comedy, media that has effected his sense of humor, and how his favorite art in any genre is largely story based.

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Around us are leviathans. Hulking figures that control our lives. We can either accept their protection or risk overexposure. Some choose to shape these leviathans into their own vision. One who did, while problematically so, was the architect Philip Johnson.

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By following the lives of three girls in a fictional Michigan town, Wallsocket by underscores is able to explore themes of race, wealth, identity, religion, obsession, and manipulation through bombastic production and clever songwriting.

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Since their debut album, The B-52s have written and performed music that doesn’t care who you are or what you think of them. All they ask is the same thing they’ve asked since their first Valentine’s Day show: dance.

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