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Tina Fey Reads George Saunders Excerpt (Bonus)

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes

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How to Overrule Your Irrational Fears

The world was not a scary or hostile place and Derek was a smart little guy with a good head on his shoulders. What you had to do was overrule your irrational fears by learning the facts. All over the world right now thousands of boys were out farting around having broken a promise they'd made to stay in the yard. Most woods were not dangerous. Generally lungs did not just fail. Once there was a tree who longed to come inside and sit by the wood stove. He knew that his fellow trees were being cruelly burned in there. But gosh the kitchen looked so inviting because of all the hard work the mother had done when she should have been writing.

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