"Toupées" w/ Josh Gondelman
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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
This week we welcome back certified male genius and recent Gayle King interview subject Josh Gondelman (whose new special POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT is out now!) to talk about the non-thinking man's wig: the toupée. Plus: We coin a pretty major new mode of critique called One-Ball Criticism, which is taking literary magazines and academic jouirnals by storm. And no one is safe!
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