You can thank the city council and their pointlessly long meetings (five hours last night…. why??) for the delay of this episode, recorded on Monday, while Chris and I were in high spirits brought on by the sudden change for the better in the weather.

In this episode we eschew the typical miseries of local politics to focus on two community events we attended over the weekend: the second annual Purim Spectacular stage production at the Raven on Sunday night, and a panel discussion on satire, activism and journalism at the library on Saturday afternoon. Heavy on the “& I Love It” light on the “Sucks.” A refreshing change of pace I think. The episode also features a longer and perhaps overly indulgent intro theme because it’s our show and we’re both stoked on it. Skip if you hate art. And either way let us know what you think! About that or anything else. We love what the suits call “audience engagement.” So much we’re looking for some recovering theater kids (I was in pit band I can say it) to help us with some potential live production ideas! Billshaner at Substack dot com.

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Some notes and links…

Matt Shearer’s Jamaica Plain road salt video

The time Chris met Rick Steves his hero

Worcester Havurah

Knox Harrington

The U-Boat game Chris mentions

A little taste of the Klezmer band at Purim — update: the band is composed of Rebecca Mac on violin and Jack Soref on guitar.

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