Alissa Nutting, author of Made for Love (and also Tampa) joins the guys in the Damn Library to talk surveillance state and let the guys bring up the dolphin sex, and the importance of first sentences. They also talk about Randa Jarrar’s Him, Me, Muhammad Ali, a collection of short stories that includes both crows and reading your Mom’s diary, amongst other subjects. Crassness is celebrated, and everyone has a dolphin delightful time.

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15 seconds of a song: I Am Not a Robot – Marina & The Diamonds

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