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You are not alone.

You have found other people.

You and I have a friend in common.

Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.

I think it's really beautiful. Jesus, did it what I struggle, you know? It was incredible. You know, it's like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person at just one time. Right, everybody. Here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is leaving leaving my mouth this is created in the desert how's it

going on brad listy i'm here in los angeles california it's nice to be with you uh episode 399

399 times i've sat here and uh done this that's a lot of times my guest today is jaret

cobeck his new novel which i like based on the title alone it's I Hate the Internet. It's available now from a publishing house called We Heard You Like Books. And I had a very fascinating conversation with Jared. He lives here in Los Angeles. He came over. He sat down. We talked. It just sort of kind of rolled. This is a longer episode. The conversation ran long.

I let it run long.

I was enjoying myself.

I didn't really edit it.

I think I edited a few like coughing episodes or something, a hiccup or two.

But that's it.

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