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today. Oh,

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hello. I didn't see you there. I

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was just about to organize these old

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Taurus pamphlets by KernType. There

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are a lot of old gas

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station pamphlets. This one

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has a dinosaur and a discount

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on a Mori salad. But all

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this pamphleteering reminds me of a

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podcast. Yes, that's right. It's

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Desert Skies, the audio drama about the

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final rest stop on the road between

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the living and the not living.

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It's an exploration of what it means to

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live and how we all end up. I

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think after you listen to our episode, you'll want to

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go and listen to Desert Skies. Luckily

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for you all, at the end of

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today's episode, you'll get to hear a

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trailer. And don't worry, the whole first

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season is out, so you won't be

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tapping your foot waiting to hear what

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happens. You'll be tapping your foot with

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podiatrist joy hearing what happens. Like

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me, I listened and I really enjoyed the

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wonderful world of the astral gas station in

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the Talking Cash Register. But

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don't take my pamphlet-loving hands word for

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it. Listen to the end of today's

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episode to hear the trailer for Desert

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Skies. Then find Desert Skies anywhere you

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listen to podcasts. Our thanks

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to Desert Skies for their support. you

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you a

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big empty void but

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then again what should i expect? what?

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don't do that oh

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where am i? oh am i dead?

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is people there too? am

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i dead? Mary Ann am i dead? you

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blew up with the wave and if

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i'm here and i'm dead and

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you're here then you're here no

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no it's not a choice

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it's just my brain it's

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all in my head it's

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my brain your brain died oh no

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why is it so hard to believe this

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is the afterlife? just do you think it's to do?

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so did Lincoln so did I yes

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but my leglets are still in the wash

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so we'll scrub them if i'm gone besides

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all this, this afterworld it's too big it's

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then let's make it a garden lush,

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tropical, and eaten there

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that better? Smell the grass.

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Does that get you... excited?

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Stop! You are

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a pervert. Debauched with him. And

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what were you? A power-crazed

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madwoman who tried to destroy the city?

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And your only friend. And even

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I didn't like you. I don't need friends.

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You need Eugene. You and him and your

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little business. I'm tired of this. I don't

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need to justify this to you. You're not

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even real. This is all in my head.

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How do you know? Because you only know

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what I know. You only spit my own

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doubts and fears back at me. Mary-Anne, the

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real Mary-Anne, wouldn't even care.

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So cruel. Maybe

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death's changed me. What's your mother's name?

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What? Your mother's name. I never knew

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it. You always just called her Mother

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Blood. I was even engaged to Hiram

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and he never said it. Not once.

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Because he knew that you'd just be...

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Her name! Alice.

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Is it? If you don't know, then how would

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you know if I were lying? How do you

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know if I know what you don't know? Fool.

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You're not dead. Just close. Drowning.

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But I am from the ethereal

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realm. No, you're not. In Eden

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there were all sorts of plants.

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One of these plants was eaten

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by Adam and Eve. The apple!

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Yes, we all know! Not the

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apple. Before that, they ate

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all matter of plants. One

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vegetable held ambition. Eating it

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made them whistly. It

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made them want. It couldn't

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settle. Nothing was ever enough. Ambition.

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Drive. The seeds of

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that vegetable caught in them and they

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passed out. The bits of

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that seed