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Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column
Hosted by Rick Kleffel · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 1,000 episodes
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About this podcast
Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column Interviews, Book Reviews, News and Commentary.
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Rick Kleffel hosts Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column, a arts show with 1,000 episodes published.
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Show notesRecent guests on this show
Gwendolyn Kiste
3 appearances on this show
Johnny Compton
Debut Author
3 appearances on this show
Jeff Goodell
4 appearances on this show
James Fadiman
PhD
1 appearance on this show
Mark Morris
author of Mosh Pit Productivity: Rage Against the Clock and Win Your Day! · Teamworks
1 appearance on this show
Nick Cutter
2 appearances on this show
Alan Moore
1 appearance on this show
Annalee Newitz
3 appearances on this show
Kamala Harris
Vice President · United States government
1 appearance on this show
Stephen Graham Jones
NYT bestseller
3 appearances on this show
Nick Bryant
Author · Nick Print, Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Ivy Pochoda
American novelist and former squash player
1 appearance on this show
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Rick Kleffel:Narrative Species–The Agony Column has published 1,000 episodes.
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