Snacktime: Weird Spotify Playlists

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🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Fun fact: Ben wooed his wife with a mix CD, and Amory's husband wooed her with a mix CD. The lesson? Never underestimate the power of a good playlist. But if it's a "Weird Spotify Playlist," the object of your affection better have a sense of humor. In this episode, Amory introduces Ben to the fast-growing "Weird Spotify Playlists" Twitter account and subreddit, where song titles are way more important than the songs themselves.

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0:00.0	WBWR's last scene is back with surprising news stories about people, places, and things
0:06.1	that have gone missing, all told by tenacious public radio storytellers who refuse to let
0:11.5	mysteries go unsolved.
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0:15.1	Out now.
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0:19.1	Then, could you use a snack?
0:25.7	I mean…
0:26.7	You shouldn't have to think about it.
0:29.4	Well, it's like, it's real hot in here in my little foam booth.
0:34.0	Uh-huh.
0:35.0	So, like, I was just trying to picture which one, and I… yeah, like, you know how some
0:39.9	days someone might say, like, I could drink a thousand beers right now?
0:44.9	Uh-huh.
0:45.9	No, but sure.
0:47.9	Like, I could eat a thousand popsicles right now.
0:50.3	Oh, that's good.
0:51.3	And I want that for you.
0:52.8	And we should say, snack time, aka right now.
0:56.4	This is when we bring you a little snack size episode while we work on our meal sized
1:00.9	episodes.
1:01.9	Yeah, there's a veritable feast coming.
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