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    <itunes:subtitle>A podcast about political, cultural, and psychological exhaustion and why nothing feels possible.</itunes:subtitle>
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Clean Rooms and Dirtbags (https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/10/clean-rooms-and-dirtbags/) by Oliver Traldi, American Affairs.
What's In A Name?  (https://www.arcdigital.media/p/whats-in-a-name)by Oliver Traldi, Arc Digital
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Closing Song: Garbage Man by Chat Pile (https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/). 
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<p><a href="https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/10/clean-rooms-and-dirtbags/" rel="nofollow">Clean Rooms and Dirtbags</a> by Oliver Traldi, American Affairs.<br>
<a href="https://www.arcdigital.media/p/whats-in-a-name" rel="nofollow">What&#39;s In A Name? </a>by Oliver Traldi, Arc Digital</p>

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/exhaust" rel="nofollow">Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!</a></p>

<p>Closing Song: <a href="https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">Garbage Man by Chat Pile</a>.</p>]]>
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<p><a href="https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/10/clean-rooms-and-dirtbags/" rel="nofollow">Clean Rooms and Dirtbags</a> by Oliver Traldi, American Affairs.<br>
<a href="https://www.arcdigital.media/p/whats-in-a-name" rel="nofollow">What&#39;s In A Name? </a>by Oliver Traldi, Arc Digital</p>

<p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/exhaust" rel="nofollow">Subscribe to our Patreon to get two exclusive episodes a month!</a></p>

<p>Closing Song: <a href="https://chatpile.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">Garbage Man by Chat Pile</a>.</p>]]>
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