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You might just want to listen to this re-release of Podcast #22 if you answer YES to the following questions:

Are you so tired of superheroes that even a hero sandwich gives you pause?

Are you a man who can readily observe unique qualities in your spouse such as the ability to save you from a school of man-eating rainbow trout?

Are you a baby boomer who has experienced the heartache of being unable to find a human being anywhere on a customer hotline?

These, and more, explored in this week’s return to “Anti-Heroes”!

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A toxic mix of Bob Newhart, Mel Brooks, Dr. Fllambeau, and the best Klezmer band that ever was.

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“Paging Mr. Driftwood!” Humor abounds in this episode, brought to you by the likes of Groucho Marx, Bob Newhart, and Flight of the Conchords. A treasure trove of comedy gold all for the low low price of free — there’s no chance you’ll see the bill and say “This is an outrage! If I were you, I wouldn’t pay it…”

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Returning to our very first episode, we feature the short story “The Babes in the Wood” from Irish writer Frank O’Connor, a show favorite whose work often appeared in The New Yorker during his life.

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This week, we revisit a favorite episode from the past — Episode #15: “The Sacred and the Profane”, in which Simon Rich wonders whether making sure that Orel Hershiser won his game prevented God from relieving half a million flood victims in Southeast Asia.

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Geronimo and the longest armed conflict in U.S. History, including the recently ended war in Afghanistan.

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The Spirit of Giving, 3 gals crazy for Santa, and Clyde McPhatter’s “White Christmas”.

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Stefan Fllambeau gets to the bottom of Atlanta’s scandal at the DOT. And, the Venona Project, and what we knew but could not reveal about Soviet espionage during the critical years toward the end of World War II and after.

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Acting at its finest, and a story about an imaginary playmate who can’t play because he has to take a meeting.

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Music from Eastern Europe: Corky Bucek’s “Bing Bong Bing Bong Did a Liddle Liddle”. Plus, the perils of sexual overstimulation, and Simon Rich with a story about God’s girlfriend.