The White Sox could avoid 100 losses this year, so some things are good. This episode, we’re doing a special episode on Douman Seiman’s The Voynich Hotel published by Seven Seas. It is a manga I do not think my regular podcast co-hosts would enjoy. So I bring on some good friends instead. The song […]
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