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Hey there, Forever Dog listeners, I'm Michael Wolf.

And I'm Colin O'Brien.

And we're the hosts of America's loudest podcast,

Literati!

Shh! Sorry, sorry, we are recording in the library.

Literati is a podcast about books and the idiots who write them featuring real readings from some of your favorite authors.

And some of your favorite comedians pretending to be authors.

Mostly that one. Plus, we dole out tons of amazing unsolicited writing advice because we believe everyone has at least one great novel in them.

Hey, just last week I had to get a novel surgically removed from my small intestine.

I accidentally sat on my bookshelf and now I have three good novels inside me.

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