A fond farewell to brunch and also humankind
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A fond farewell to brunch and also humankind

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 19, 202647 min
  • Comedy

This week, panelists Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson, and Sam Rocha talk about the AI apocalypse, beds full of bees, and the death of brunch. Plus, guest Hernan Diaz discusses his favorite pen and his new novel ‘Ply’ Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes, the chance to be a contestant in those bonus episodes(!), and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your p...

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This is Ira Glass. On This American Life, we tell stories about when things change. Like for this guy David, his entire life took a sharp, unexpected and very unpleasant turn. And it did take me a while to realize it's basically because the monkey pressed the button.

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That's right. Because the monkey pressed the button. Spricing stories every week wherever you get your podcasts. Chicago this is wait wait don't tell me the NPR News Quiz I'm Alzo Slade your judge and scorekeeper and I can't help but notice that's two jobs but I only

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get one check. Well here's your host at the Studebaker Theatre at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago Illinois Peter Sago. Thank you Alzo. Thanks everybody. Wow. We do have a great show for you today later on we're gonna be talking to the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Ernan Diaz.

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