Ep 174: The Losing Position, Pt. 1
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
My Grandmaster Mom Sneaked in to a Chess Tournament in London
Ding Liren is CHILLING
John Cena speaking mandarin with an ice-cream
Grandmasters being SAVAGE for 8 minutes straight
Gukesh Dommaraju
Judit Polgár
Amélie Mauresmo
Donald Justice
Lee Herrick
Ep 172: Less Human Than Human, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2
Matthew's poem Spontaneous Loss
Lying by Sam Harris
Philip Larkin, the Poet Laureate who never was
Gwen Harwood
James McAuley
That Mitchell and Webb Look: The Doctor and the Ice Cream Taster
Such Great Heights by The Postal Service
Winning Ugly by Brad Gilbert
Ken Bolton
Poetry Says Ep. 290 Australian Gothic
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Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:
Poetry Says by Alice Allan
I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall
Versecraft by Elijah Blumov
Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed
Alice: Poetry Says
Brian: @BPlatzer
Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com
Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
Music by ETRNL
Art by Daniel Alexander Smith
