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Eventually, we will all have spoken forgotten, dead languages. If you enjoy the show and want to help support it, go to https://ko-fi.com/utopologist and send me a few dollars. utopologist@protonmail.com

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    • Jul 21, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 12 EPISODES


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    Visitor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 17:02


    The warmth and light promised by a house on a winter night aren't always comforting.

    Impostor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 27:41


    In 1895, a woman in Ireland was murdered by her husband. At his trial, he claimed that the person he had killed wasn't his wife, but someone pretending to be her.

    The War Prayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2022 8:25


    Written by Mark Twain (1904)

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    Commute

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 13:47


    There are places only minutes away from the lights of the city that can feel completely isolated.

    Emergency alert

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 18:12


    It changes depending on where in its elliptical rotation it is, but the average distance the moon is from Earth is 382,500 kilometers, or 238,855 miles. With gratitude to Kris Straub of Local 58.

    Bolter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 15:02


    If we knew all the legends about our area, we would feel differently about home.

    Traffic jam

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 14:43


    written by Gabriel Costantino Mountain roads at night sometimes feel like they don't follow the same rules as the rest of the world.

    Urban exploration

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 14:42


    In any metropolitan area, there are any number of abandoned buildings just full of secrets and surprises.

    Pull

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 8:52


    One of the things kids experience if they move away for school can be confusion and unease at returning to what used to be their home.

    Night drive

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 7:32


    The average running speed of a human in good shape is between 10 and 15 miles per hour. People have been documented sprinting short distances at almost twice that speed.

    Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020 10:21


    If you're expecting a quiet night at home by yourself, someone else coming around can be an extremely unwelcome surprise.

    The Fever by Wallace Shawn

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 68:14


    Wallace Shawn's 1990 play The Fever is about capital and class struggle and commodity fetishism and liberalism and guilt, and about someone coming to terms with the injustice in the world and his own role within that injustice. Music: Phill Niblock -Works for Hurdy Gurdy and Voice Sarah Davachi - For Voice

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