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Lauren and Russ slowly make their way through *Where the Sidewalk Ends* by Shel Silverstein. Commentary and relations to current events abound.

Lauren & Russ


    • Jun 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 224 EPISODES


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    Episode 223: Weird Bird

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 21:17


    Send us a textWeird birds.Ducks.Mallards.Mallard hybrids.Migration.Birds aren't real.  shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 222: Somethin' New

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 20:52


    Send us a textDumb inventions.HeadOn.Apply directly to the forehead.Bicycles. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 221: Don the Dragon's Birthday

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 21:02


    Send us a textBirthdays.Dragons.Names.England. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

    england dragon dragons names
    Episode 220: My Robot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 24:20


    Send us a textChatGPT.Magical thinking.Delusions.Nextdoor. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 219: Nope

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 29:23


    Send us a textCantaloupe.Food poisoning.Listeria.Muskmelon.Listeria. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

    food listeria
    Episode 218: Poison-Tester

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 22:46


    Send us a textPoison tasting.Crappy jobs.Wild Animus. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 217: Ice Cream Stop

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 25:13


    Send us a textIce cream.Gelato. Sorbet. Soft serve.ソフトクリーム.It's only ice cream. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 216: Gardener

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 23:14


    Send us a textPee.Pee-pee. Piss.It's only piss. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 215: Big Eating Contest

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 22:22


    Send us a textCompetitive eating.Competitive eating fatalities. Takeru Kobayashi.Joey Chestnut. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 214: Tell Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 23:33


    Send us a textThe World's Worst Poet.The World's Worst Macbeth. William McGonagall.It's just William McGonagall. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 213: Allison Beals and Her 25 Eels

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 24:59


    Send us a textEels.Eels. Eels.It's just eels. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 212: Strange Restaurant

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 25:37


    Send us a textRestaurants.Breastaurants. Vegas.Heart attacks. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 211: Keep-Out House

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 25:08


    Send us a textBorders.ICE. Visas.Workaway. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 210: Safe?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 22:32


    Send us a textSafes.Anvils. Pianos.Cartoons.Tex Avery.  shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 209: We're Out of Paint, So...

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 24:42


    Send us a textPaint.Sherwin-Williams.Egg tempera. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 208: Cereal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 23:11


    Send us a textCereal.Cracklin' Oat Bran.John Harvey Kellogg.Webster Edgerly. Chex. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 207: Crystal Ball

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 25:00


    Send us a textSleep drooling.Scrying.Witches.Fushigi. David Bowie.Crystal balls. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 206: Morgan's Curse

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 21:19


    Send us a textNow Russ is sick.Mucus.Canada / US trade war.Buried treasure.New format discussion.  shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 205: No Thank You

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 20:34


    Send us a textLauren's still sick.Hypernormalisation. Fostering cats. David Lynch. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 204: Rotten Convention

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 21:44


    Send us a textLauren's still sick.Sinuses.Getting cancelled. Neil Gaiman. Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 203: Little Hoarse

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 25:51


    Send us a textLauren's still sick.Sinuses.LA.Mashle.Dandadan.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 202: When I Was Your Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 21:46


    Send us a textEveryone is sick.Cracker Barrel. The American Dream.New Year's Resolutions.Nosferatu. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 201: Christmas Dog (and New Year's Day)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 5:15


    Send us a textRuss and Lauren recorded this one separately.Happy New Year. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 200: Falling Up (The Lost Episode)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 28:44


    Send us a textThis (very) special episode was recorded November 1, 2024 -- just after Russ and Lauren had returned from long trips. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 199: The Tongue Sticker-Outer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 22:52


    Send us a textLuigi.Illinois.Flags.Anne of Green Gables.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 198: Sharing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 20:37


    Send us a textUnitedHealthcare.Korea.Busy week.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 197: Turkey?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 25:19


    Send us a textTurkey.Thanksgiving.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 196: Complainin' Jack

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 21:42


    Send us a textComplaints.Hot Frosty. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

    Episode 195: Plugging In

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 23:25


    Send us a textChickpeas.Power outages.Weather websites.Things that are plugged in.Pig races. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 194: People Zoo

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 23:32


    Send us a textWe're back!Slight election talk.Lots of Japan. Smoking.People Zoos.Trains. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 193: Hamlet as Told on the Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 23:18


    Send us a textRuss reads "Hamlet as Told on the Street."shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 192: Not with a Bang

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 9:40


    Send us a textRuss reads "Not with a Bang" by Howard Fast.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 191: A Collapse of Horses (part 2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 14:29


    Send us a textRuss reads A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 190: A Collapse of Horses (part 1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 12:45


    Send us a textRuss reads A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 189: Buying Mittens

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 13:26


    Send us a textRuss reads Buying Mittens by Nankichi Niimi.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 188: Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back (part 4 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 23:30


    Send us a textRuss reads Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 187: Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back (part 3 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 15:40


    Send us a textRuss reads Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 186: Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back (part 2 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 20:31


    Send us a textRuss reads Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 185: Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back (part 1 of 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 14:18


    Send us a textRuss reads Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back.shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

    lion
    Episode 184: Hitting

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 20:24


    Send us a textYou made it. This is the end of A Light in the Attic. shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 183: Shapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 21:28


    Send us a Text Message.Object sexuality (objectophilia)shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 182: Kidnapped

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 27:52


    Send us a Text Message.Schoolshelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 181: Shadow Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 29:43


    Send us a Text Message.The Olympics shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 180: Musical Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 25:47


    Send us a Text Message.TeslasThe OlympicsCeline Dion  shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 179: Turtle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 20:11


    Send us a Text Message.JD VanceAnthropomorphismTurtles shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 178: One Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 20:15


    Send us a Text Message.Internet meme brainrot  shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 177: Homework Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 20:37


    Send us a Text Message.Completely talk of AI shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 176: Thumb Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 20:52


    Send us a Text Message.Parasitic twins... again!...also Japanese candy...shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 175: Bored

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 23:06


    Send us a Text Message.Rainforest CafeBoredomBoards with nails in themshelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 174: Suspense

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 22:57


    Send us a Text Message.The Seven Basic PlotsNothing newReese's cupsshelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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    Episode 173: Lauren Solo Special -- Poems by Tomihiro Hoshino!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 12:48


    Send us a Text Message.Tomihiro Hoshino星野富弘shelwereadapoem@gmail.com@ShelWeRead

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