{"id":14424,"date":"2021-04-27T09:53:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T13:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=14424"},"modified":"2021-05-04T14:55:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T18:55:37","slug":"episode-432-shary-flenniken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-432-shary-flenniken","title":{"rendered":"Episode 432 &#8211; Shary Flenniken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_432_-_Shary_Flenniken.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 432:<br \/>\nShary Flenniken<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9634\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14424-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_432_-_Shary_Flenniken.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_432_-_Shary_Flenniken.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_432_-_Shary_Flenniken.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_432_-_Shary_Flenniken.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=14424-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_432_-_Shary_Flenniken.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_432_-_Shary_Flenniken.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Being at National Lampoon was just like hanging out with your friends. In a way, my whole career has been like that: hanging out and doing cartoons.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681374857\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14426\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-432-shary-flenniken\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?fit=1656%2C2048\" data-orig-size=\"1656,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?fit=501%2C620\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?resize=300%2C371\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?resize=356%2C440 356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?resize=501%2C620 501w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?resize=768%2C950 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?resize=1242%2C1536 1242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?w=1656 1656w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/tb_new_bf569472-f729-43ba-96a6-81cd08f25a4c_2048x2048.jpg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Legendary cartoonist &amp; humorist <a href=\"http:\/\/sharyflenniken.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shary Flenniken<\/a> joins the show to celebrate the long overdue collection of her amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrb.com\/products\/trots-and-bonnie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trots &amp; Bonnie<\/a> comics (New York Review Comics). We get into her process of selecting the strips from Trots &amp; Bonnie&#8217;s ~20-year run at <em>National Lampoon<\/em>, her realization of how funny her comics still are, the joy of seeing the restored artwork, and the fun of providing annotations for each of the strips. We talk about her time among the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Air_Pirates\">Air Pirates<\/a>, the great advice she got from <a href=\"https:\/\/greenmanpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Vess<\/a>, what she learned during her stint as an editor at <em>National Lampoon<\/em>, the importance of Kermode&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780195136128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sense Of An Ending<\/a> and the challenge of a punchline, the impact of her comics on their intended and unintended audiences, and whether she considers her art&#8217;s place in the history of underground comics. We also discuss our dogs, her lifelong love of popular fiction, her new comics work, her favorite pen nib and her shift to digital art, and a whole lot more. <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_432_-_Shary_Flenniken.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrb.com\/products\/trots-and-bonnie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trots &amp; Bonnie<\/a>!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The best artists, what they do for the world is make you see it differently.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jr4zrxBmWqA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-432-shary-flenniken\/id531173075?i=1000518831444\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s weird now, so many decades on from when I started, to look back and see what my opinions were back then. Sometimes it&#8217;s not fun; there are a couple of strips I left out of the book that were fine back then, but in today&#8217;s context. . . .&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/5slR01IhCJ5lJmgHE3ORRg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t162628349\/\" style=\"width:100%; height:100px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_432_-_Shary_Flenniken.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>&nbsp;Then check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>&nbsp;for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750-scaled.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14427\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-432-shary-flenniken\/img_6750\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750-scaled.jpeg?fit=1920%2C2560\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XS Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1610202845&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0074074074074074&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_6750\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750-scaled.jpeg?fit=465%2C620\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750.jpeg?resize=465%2C620\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750-scaled.jpeg?resize=465%2C620 465w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750-scaled.jpeg?resize=330%2C440 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750-scaled.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6750-scaled.jpeg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sharyflenniken.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shary Flenniken<\/a> is a cartoonist, writer, and editor. Her work has appeared in a variety of books and magazines including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bystander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The American Bystander<\/a>, <em>Graphic Classics<\/em>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickmeyerowitz.com\/drunk-stoned-brilliant-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great<\/a>. After living and working in San Francisco, Los Angeles, the Florida Keys, and New York, she now resides where she grew up, in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, WA. Shary holds degrees in commercial art, computer technology, web design, and professional technical education and instructional design. She loves post-apocalyptic science fiction, the artist Charles M. Russell, and walking her dogs. Her new book is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyrb.com\/products\/trots-and-bonnie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trots &amp; Bonnie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Shary on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnoliaBridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/trotsandbonnie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. And check out her alternate site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slavetoherpets.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slave To Her Pets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14428\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-432-shary-flenniken\/2020-300dpi-cropped\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png?fit=3096%2C3000\" data-orig-size=\"3096,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2020-300dpi cropped\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png?fit=525%2C509\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png?resize=525%2C509\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png?resize=620%2C601 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png?resize=440%2C426 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png?resize=768%2C744 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png?resize=1536%2C1488 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png?resize=2048%2C1984 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020-300dpi-cropped.png?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>&nbsp;by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from&nbsp;the artist. The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"https:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SOYOTQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B000SOYOTQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=04f89e1b44161aff17be7ee9479f6d64\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000SOYOTQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004MQSV04\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004MQSV04&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=1a177654d0c55797588bc43949ef369e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudlifter CL-1<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B004MQSV04\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003VZG550\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B003VZG550&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M2DKYCZ52E6ZFUA3\">Mackie Onyx Blackjack 2&#215;2 USB Recording Interface<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003VZG550\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DRPVEUK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00DRPVEUK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=902a694e24a241f7cee18f483a6ce2dd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DRPVEUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">. Photo of Shary by someone else.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show 432: Shary Flenniken &#8220;Being at National Lampoon was just like hanging out with your friends. In a way, my whole career has been like that: hanging out and doing cartoons.&#8221; Legendary cartoonist &amp; humorist Shary Flenniken joins the show to celebrate the long overdue collection of her amazing Trots &amp; Bonnie comics &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-432-shary-flenniken\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 432 &#8211; Shary Flenniken&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,793,26,4,1183,17,18],"tags":[2997,5384,6362,6366,6367,6363,3118,3122,6364,5364,3877,5404,2996,6368,4991,6365,2599,3128,3836],"class_list":["post-14424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-classic-comics-criticism","category-comics","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-politics-explicit","category-politics-implicit","tag-bobby-london","tag-charles-vess","tag-dan-oneill-2","tag-doug-kenney","tag-emmett-grogan","tag-gary-hallgren","tag-hugh-hefner","tag-joyce-farmer","tag-larry-todd","tag-liana-finck","tag-marjane-satrapi","tag-michael-gerber","tag-mk-brown","tag-norman-hathaway","tag-octavia-butler","tag-pj-orourke-2","tag-shary-flenniken","tag-shirley-jackson","tag-ted-richards","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/flennikencomp.jpg?fit=1908%2C800","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-3KE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14927,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-465-the-guest-list-2021","url_meta":{"origin":14424,"position":0},"title":"Episode 465 &#8211; The Guest List 2021","author":"Gil","date":"December 21, 2021","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show: The Guest List 2021 It's time for our year-end Virtual Memories Show tradition: The Guest List! 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