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OF#36 – Printing Mastery, Character Arcs, and Intergalactic Interviewing
What does masterful woodblock printing look like? What makes Princess Carolyn such a compelling character? And would the Galactic Federation let us in?
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OF#35 – Speedriding, 3-Step Productivity, and Chocolate Cake
Is speedriding perfect for you? What three things are worth getting done today? And who put legos in my chocolate cake?
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March 2021

OF#34 – Your Brain on Exercise, The Facebook Problem, and Waste as Art
What does exercise do to your brain? Is Facebook working to reduce division and extremism? And what does waste transformed into art look like?
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OF#33 – Magic Moments, Community, and Mystical Marble
Is 157 the best way to capture the moments in a year? What ever happened to our sense of community? And what does the epitome of skill in marble…
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OF#32 – Failure, High Speed Miracles, and Karate
Is failure even real? How did we get COVID vaccines so fast? And should seniors be learning Karate?
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OF#31 - Texas power fragility, self-improvement, and literary doodling
Is the snowstorm in Texas and resulting power outage a sing of things to come? What is the essence of self-improvement? And is it wrong to draw pictures…
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February 2021

OF#30 - Mountain biking, hiking, and accident-proneness
What can mountain biking teach us about the hidden cost of disease? Why is hiking so well-suited to maintaining friendships? And what does peak…
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OF#29 - Deconstructing accents, waves with personality, and questioning meritocracy
What's behind America's diversity of accents? How do you discover the personality of ocean waves? And is it fair to lavish success upon our best and…
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OF#28 - Happy places, anger, and the magic of animation
What have Denmark and Finland figure out about happiness? Why do we get angry? And what makes animation such a special artform?
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OF#27 - Prince, twisted toys, and existentialism
Was Prince the greatest Super Bowl performer of all time? What's the weirdest children's toy out there? And how can we conquer existential angst?
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OF#26 - Interrogation, GameStop, and American decline
Can cops tell when perps are lying? What does the GameStop fiasco mean for Wall Street? And is America suffering a spiritual crisis?
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January 2021

OF#25 - Intel, Amazon, and That Thing You Do
Has the computing industry left Intel behind? How does Amazon deliver so many packages every day? And what was my favorite song of 2020?
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