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A lady-centric live lit show hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila featuring writers, performers, comedians, essayists and bloggers exploring a new theme each month at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago.

Rosamund Lannin, Jasmine Davila, and Carly Oishi


    • Oct 16, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 58m AVG DURATION
    • 59 EPISODES


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    Worth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 61:37


    Everything takes effort but only some things deserve that sweat. Ashley Ray, Carrie Cook, Sarah Mathers, Carrie Shemanski break down money and power and other elusive concepts of value. Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Petty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 67:35


    Master shade-throwers Stephanie Weber, Eunji Kim, Elizabeth Gomez, Maggie Hendricks, and special guest host Carly Oishi have some feelings about that. Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Blue Balls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 49:59


    We've got enough frustration to power a small country. Luckily, Jillian Ebanks, Jess White, and Lindsay Eanet are here to help us out.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Puppy Love

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 53:04


    Did you know, there is a dog The Gallery Cabaret? And also, stories about puppies, relationships, and many other types of animals as well from Kim Nelson, Margaret Benson, Corinne Mucha, and Jessi Chartier. Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Jumping the Shark

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 58:59


    We're back and we're not over! We absolutely warrant all the the attention we previously received: LeeAnn Yops, Lisa Farver, JH Palmer, and Carly Oishi make that clear.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Family Feud

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2019 59:01


    Bring your grievances and appetites to our last show of 2018. We've got Kim Nelson, Sarah Becan, and Stephanie Weber with a digestif for your holiday meal.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

    Pizza Storytelling Showdown - U.S. Pizza Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 56:42


    We teamed up with the U.S. Pizza Museum for a battle of the slices! This boy-girl pizza party features the following regional styles facing off in an epic showdown: The Midwest Classic: Detroit (Megan Kirby) vs. St. Louis (Theo Hahn repping Dennis Lee) The Out-of-Town Cousins: California Pizza Kitchen (Rosamund Lannin) vs. Neapolitan (Heather Kenney) The Major Leagues: Chicago (Maggie Hendricks) vs. NYC (Jasmine Davila)  

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    Suffragette City

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2018 53:30


    Talk politics with Chloe Riley, Samantha Abernethy, Hope Rehak, Leah Jones, and special guest co-host Ines Bellina. Then go research Chicago's mayoral candidates, the election is scheduled for February 26, 2019.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.   

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    Scales - Lit Crawl 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2018 51:41


    We're going full Libra for this year's Lit Crawl. Transformation. Justice. Maybe turning into actual snakes. Find out what that means from F. Amanda Tugade, Erin Watson, Stephanie Weber, and special guest co-host Carly Oishi.

    I Sing the Body Electric

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 47:50


    We can't talk enough about what bears your ungrateful mind through this terrible world (thank you Carmen Maria Machado, with a nod to Ray Bradbury). Join us and Al Rosenberg, Jessi Chartier, and Melanie LaForce for more tales of the physical.

    Catcall

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018 49:58


    Hey girl hey, pssssst, Lily Be, Ola Faleti, and Karen Clanton want to holler at you about street harassment, but they'll never ask you to smile. Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    The Scene Ain't What it Used To Be

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 39:55


    Miss Spoken teamed up with Book Fort for Pitchfork Music Festival, bringing the dulcet tones of Ines Bellina, Eunji Kim, and Allie Wachowski to a stage made of paperbacks and hardcovers, that's right a literal fortress of periodicals.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.   

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    Miss Manners

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2018 71:52


    Trin Garritano, Karen Shimmin, Meagan Dahl, and JH Palmer take you to charm school. (We go high for the first 120 minutes then the last 10 is primal screaming and voter registration.) Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.   

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    Fangirl

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2018 107:33


    Join us for #ladylivelitcon and nerd out with superfans Megan Kirby, Anne Abel, LeeAnn Yops, Kathleen Rooney, and Keidra Chaney. Harry Potter. Baseball. Music. Magritte. Luke Perry. Think of it like a panel, and by by panel we mean stories about fandom, plus a special bonus narrated raffle!  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.   

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    You Throw Like a Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2018 56:07


    Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd - Elizabeth Gomez, Margaret C. Benson, Maggie Hendricks Gaines, and Veronica Arreola talk sports! Featuring guest co-host Carly Oishi, Rosamund took the month off to get married and let's be real once asked who Aaron Rodgers was. Batter up! Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.   

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    Strange Days

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2018 68:51


    Let's get weird with Kristin Lueke, Cinnamon Cooper, Lauren Catey, and Rebekah Frumkin.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Girl Crush

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2018 65:55


    Swoon hardcore with Genevieve Diesing, Katie Colt, Amanda ReCupido, and Calamity Wyatt for Girl Crush. Bonus raffle from our friends at Toy de Jour, Chicago's premier destination for art, farts, and toys vintage and new.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    War Paint

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 58:08


    New year, new show, new us. Do your face, cue up your speakers, and listen to War Paint, featuring Ashley Ray, Taylor Lacy Klassman, Wendy McClure, and Jessica DiMaio! Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Meet the Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2018 52:42


    For our last show of 2017, head home for the holidays with Sara Wolfson, Fran Hoepfner, and Lisa White. Bring an appropriate housewarming gift, unresolved family baggage, and a donation for the Chicago Greater Food Depository. Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.   

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    Confessions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2018 42:45


    Keisa Reynolds, Meagan Dahl, and Megan Henricks share their deepest and darkest.  Possibly some less serious secrets as well. Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Freaks and Geeks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2017 64:00


    The kind of girl you read about/in the new wave magazines joins us for Freaks and Geeks: Maggie Wagner, Jessica DiMaio, Julie Marchiano, and Veronica Arreola bring the geeky, weird, and sometimes both. Also, we find out everyone's favorite OTP!

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    The Other Woman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2017 55:57


    This month’s theme is The Other Woman, and here’s a mild spoiler: we’re going to start out classic, then get ~*experimental*~. We won’t say much more. The mystery is part of the other, after all. Featuring Lisa Farver, Morgan Elizabeth-Karadjian McNaught, Lindsay Porter, and Katie Johnston-Saurus Dean. 

    Mistaken Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2017 57:57


    Double agents. Passing. Going undercover. There’s a lot of ways to be not what you seem, and this Wednesday Brooke Allen, Allie Wachowski, Kim Nelson, and Bea Cordelia get into these cases of Mistaken Identity with humor, grace, guts.   Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.    Reader bios: Bea Cordelia: Bea Cordelia is an award-winning, Chicago-bred, internationally slandered writer, filmmaker, performance artist, actor, producer, educator, & activist whose work uplifts & reimagines the narratives of transgender people. Her “life-changing” solo show Chasing Blue has featured in Steppenwolf Theatre’s LookOut performance series & The Brick’s inaugural Trans Theatre Festival in Brooklyn. In 2016 she developed her first multimedia installation The Cosmic Body in a University of Chicago Performance Lab residency through Salonathon, was made a Luminarts Cultural Foundation Creative Writing Fellow for her poem “The Future,” and made headlines for her lawsuit against the City of Chicago regarding its sexist & transphobic ordinance forbidding the exposure of breasts in establishments with liquor licenses. She is represented by Paonessa Talent Agency, and is currently working on the forthcoming web series The T with co-creator Daniel Kyri & distributor Open TV. Kim Nelson: Kim Nelson is a writer, performer, lifelong Chicagoan, karaoke enthusiast, and regular contributor at Drinkers with Writing Problems. This summer, you can read her Game of Thrones recaps at HeauxsChicago. She’s on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @ponytailup, where you can see lots of pictures of her awesome dog.   Brooke Allen: Brooke Allen is a Chicago playwright and storyteller. Her work has been published on such websites as Story Club Magazine and Role Reboot. She has performed with YBR, Essay Fiesta, Mortified, Paper Machete, Guts and Glory, Write Club and more. She loves pizza and cats.   Allie Wachowski:  Allie Wachowski is a writer, local internet sensation, teen heartthrob, and the self proclaimed Mariah Carey of the Midwest. you can find her online, or getting asked to leave your favorite bar

    Munchies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2017 45:44


    We’ve got a big appetite for Lucy Knisley, Sarah Becan, Nadine Kenney Johnstone, and Lauren Jordan. We’re also three years old! We were three last month too but uh, we forgot. Grab a slice of pie, celebrate our birthday, and find out about the many ways we are fed.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.   

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    Breakin' the Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2017 50:42


    For May, we've got Chloe Riley, Elizabeth Gomez, and Julie Jurgens breakin' the law breakin' the law (guitar squeal). Get your legal ass to that play button to for stories of protest, poor choices, good choices, and more. Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring female-identified readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.   

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    Letters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2017 56:31


    Get out your quills and charge your keyboards, we’re talking about letters. Legal letters, letters of recommendation, Dear John letters, FAN LETTERS OMG, from the desk of featured readers LeeAnn Yops, Anna Wolfe, and Lisa Hilleren. Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Sibling Rivalry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 69:36


    Sister sister brother brother blood and step and everything in between with Molly Rafferty, Al Rosenberg, Leah Jones, Kenzie Seibert, Amy Eaton, and the triumphant aka "I asked her and she said okay" return of co-host Carly Oishi (Jasmine is taking the air in England). Join us for Sibling Rivalry. Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Basic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2017 51:45


    Is Sam Smith kinda edgy for you? You’re in luck. We’ve got Melanie LaForce, Ali Kelley, Brittany Meyer, and your hosts talking about what those star tattoos on your wrist really mean, and perhaps going a little than you’d expect. Hitch your wagon to our wooo girl trolley for Basic!  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila.  (Also we give away a Starbucks gift card.)  

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    Heroes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 57:09


    There's a hero/If you look inside your heart/You don't have to be afraid/because Amy Sumpter, Crystal Lynette, Allie Kahan, Deborah Siegel, and Louise W. Knight are going to help you cast your fears aside, you know you can survive with their stories of caped crusaders and feminist icons and family.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit: a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

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    Rites of Passage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2016 61:44


    Walk with us through those ceremonies, formal and otherwise, that mark the passage from one state to another. Us is Sophie Amado, Lauren Catey, Turi Ryder,  and Rachel Hyman, telling stories about Rites of Passage for Miss Spoken's last show of 2016. See you again in January for Heroes.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers, hosted by Rosamund Lannin and Jasmine Davila. 

    Gossip

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2016 38:51


    You heard it first from Jasmine Davila, Josephine Maria, and Anjali Waikar. This is a recording of our October 2016 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

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    Wedding Bells

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2016 37:02


    Mary Fons and Rebecca Duxler are going to the chapel and they're gonna get married as part of our episode on marriage, divorce, and everything that surrounds. This is a recording of our September 2016 show.    Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.  

    Road Trip

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2016 48:07


    Shay DeGrandis, Roberta Miles, and Amy Eaton get out of our dreams, and into their cars. This is a recording of our August 2016 show.  Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Festivals - Lit Crawl 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2016 28:00


    Miss Spoken participated in Chicago's very first Lit Crawl with a very special theme: Festivals. Rosamund Lannin, Tori Szekeres, and Stefania Rudd brought us stories from the concert fields. Big thanks to the pH Theater, Lindsay Call, and everyone who made Lit Crawl Chicago happen.    Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

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    Consent

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2016 46:50


    Yes and no with Ada Cheng, Sarah Meltzer, and Caitlin Brecht. This is a recording of our July 2016 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Crush

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2016 98:50


    You know you heard it on the radio (true): C.A. Aiken, Lauren Kapinski, Julie Marchiano, Amy Guth, Jess Merighi, and Jenny Peel are sweet on someone. This is a recording of our June 2016 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Birth Control

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2016 47:34


    Christina Brandon, Lynette Roqueta, and Ju Lee Anna on not getting knocked up. This is a recording of our May 2016 show.   Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    First Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2016 52:01


    You never forget your first. Whitney LaMora Currier, Anne Elizabeth Moore, and Kaitlin Sullivan know. This is a recording of our April 2016 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2016 68:09


    Elaine Hegwood Bowen, Monica Guzman, Angel Simmons, and Alba Machado on what it means for them. This is a recording of our Race 2016 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Mixtapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2016 60:22


    Jes Skolnik, Tori Szekeres, Emily Hilleren, and Angela Benander on the art, science, and feelings behind a list of songs. This is a recording of our February 2016 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Fucked Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2016 45:19


    About last night...Leah Pickett, Lily Be, Shanna Shrum, and Catharine Savage. This is a recording of our January 2015 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Online Dating

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2016 93:54


    Swipe right on Beth Spencer, Gina Watters, Gina Wynbrandt, Brittany Meyer, and Nancy Hightower. Plus, special guest host Alicia Swiz. This is a recording of our November 2015 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Sex Ed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2015 59:35


    Re-pro-duck-shun with Kristin Mount, Kelly Connell, Julie Marchiano, and Kimberly Duncan. This is a recording of our October 2015 show.   Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Mean Girls

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2015 61:10


    On Wednesdays, Ines Bellina, Mary Runkle, Julie Jurgens, and Molly Harris wear pink. This is a recording of our September 2015 show.   Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Sleepovers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015 53:52


    Ali Kelley, Stefania Rudd, and Lynne Roberts are ready to spend the night. This is a recording of our August 2015 show.   Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Swimsuit Season

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2015 64:17


    Megan Kirby, Eileen Tull, Hope Rehak, and Miden Wood are ready for the beach. This is a recording of our July 2015 show.   Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Orgasms

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2015 67:46


    Kim Schultz, Lesley Pearl, Jess Krista Merighi, Kim Nelson, and Meg Grunewald talk about, you know. This is a recording of our June 2015 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.          

    Mothers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2015 49:28


    Samantha Abernethy, Natasha Tsoutsouris, and Shanna Shrum have things to say about moms. This is a recording of our May 2015 show.   Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    BFF

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 50:44


    Lauren Hooberman, Naomi Huffman, Catherine Eves, Tori Szekeres, and Danette Chavez want to split one of those necklaces at Claire's. This is a recording of our April 2015 show. Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.

    Booty Call

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 62:52


    U up? Meryl Williams, Cara Brigandi, Kelly Bolton, and Tamara Mathews want to know. This is a recording of our March 2015 show.

    Penis

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2015 40:48


    Talking dick with Michelle Yacht, Carly Oishi, Eden Robins, and Jennifer Peepas. This is a recording of our February 2015 show.

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