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Virtual Memories – season 2 episode 3
\nAnn Rivera – Good Housekeeping<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s time for a new episode of The Virtual Memories Show!<\/em><\/strong> I finally managed to get a guest to come all the way out to deepest, darkest New Jersey to record a conversation for this one!<\/p>\n

Ann’s a 20-plus-year pal of mine from college, and I was happy to have her be my very first pod-guest! Our conversation was for a new segment on the show: Second Hand Books. The theme is that you tell me about a book or author you once hated but now adore. (Because it’s too easy to talk about books\/authors you once loved but are now embarrassed by.)<\/p>\n

Give this episode a listen, and if you<\/em> have a book or author you wanna discuss on the show, drop me a line!<\/a> I love to learn about how people’s literary tastes change and what those changes say about the way we grow. (No, I don’t have a very interesting life, I admit.)<\/p>\n

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Credits: This episode’s music is Coralia, by Mark Adler, from the Henry & June soundtrack<\/a>\"\". In the comments, I’ll put a link to this episode’s m4a version, which has my cutesy headshot embedded. Let me know if you have trouble playing the files; I’m still figuring out how to optimize the audio and I’m not sure I’ve got the meta-data correct to file this stuff in iTunes. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories – season 2 episode 3 Ann Rivera – Good Housekeeping It’s time for a new episode of The Virtual Memories Show! I finally managed to get a guest to come all the way out to deepest, darkest New Jersey to record a conversation for this one! Ann’s a 20-plus-year pal of mine from … <\/p>\n

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