Best Adam Blum Podcasts (2024)

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #455: Enlarging Resin Hoverboards

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #455: Enlarging Resin Hoverboards https://archive.org/download/podcast-455/Podcast%20455.mp3 This week, I’m using a technique I learned from the Crafsman Youtube on the use of mineral spirits to enlarge silicone molds, which essentially allows you to enlarge resin pieces you have to sizes that are about 30 % bigger. The …

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The Forever Fallacy 19:28

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157 So many of us yearn to stay in a home, job, or relationship "forever," and there can be deep shame when we don't. And yet, we all know that in order to grow, change is necessary. To be human is to realize that permanence is a myth. So why do we still buy into the forever fallacy? And what do we do when the myth is busted? Nadine explores these …

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True Blue Conversations - Director of the Australian War Memorial Matt Anderson PSM 46:01

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A momentous ANZAC Day 2024 with the launch of my interview with Matt Anderson PSM, an ADF veteran and the Director of the Australian War Memorial, Matt discusses the current and future re-development of the war memorial, as well as what the memorial and the term ‘remembrance” means him. I remain inspired to hear Matt speak about the essence of what…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #454: Working on a Thirteenth Hour Piano Medley Part 2

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #454: Working on a Thirteenth Hour Piano Medley Part 2 https://archive.org/download/podcast-454/Podcast%20454.mp3 Today’s episode follows up on episode 447, which took six Thirteenth Hour soundtrack pieces and worked them together into a flowing piano medley. With more practice, it’s gotten easier to have them flow from …

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'Does it Still Taste like Psychoanalysis’? - University Affiliation in Finland with Jan Johansson (Helsinki) 48:11

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"Psychoanalysis landed in Finland in the 50s; before the Second World War there were one or two persons familiar with psychoanalysis. In the 50s, psychoanalysis got a lot of interest in Finland but then there was no possibility of training in Finland. The pioneers went abroad, some to Sweden and some to Switzerland. They picked up the theoretical p…

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The Opposite of Loss 27:31

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156 How to we go on in the wake of deep loss? How do we overcome the fear of our own mortality? In this deeply vulnerable episode, Nadine shares a personal essay that is an excerpt from her book, Come Home to Your Heart, and was recently featured in Good Grit Magazine. She also discusses the life event that prompted her to write the essay, and what…

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True Blue Conversations - A Woman of Force Deborah Wallace Detective Superintendent (Ret) - Part 2 1:28:52

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On this week’s podcast, I sat down with Detective Superintendent (Ret) Deb Wallace NSW Police veteran serving for 36 years. Deb joined the NSW Police in 1983 and quickly found herself gaining notoriety early in her career when she was involved in the investigation into the murder of 26-year-old nurse Anita Cobby. From this, she was invited to under…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #453: Remembering Old School Tomb Raider Animation

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #450: Remembering The Easy Exercise Plan and making a Thirteenth Hour Exercise Card Deck https://archive.org/download/podcast-453/Podcast%20453.mp3 Lately, I have been making animations for the Logan prison cell workout I talked in episode 450: While making them, I thought back to the first time I tried to do something s…

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How to Embrace Your Unique Offerings w /Heather Adams 48:49

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155 As a champion of women writers and entrepreneurs, communications expert Heather Adams has helped launch over 100 NYTimes Bestsellers. Her special sauce is in helping women discern and embrace their unique offerings. If you want to share your story or biz with the world, but you're overwhelmed, self critical, or unclear, this episode is for you.…

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True Blue Conversations - A Woman of Force Deborah Wallace Detective Superintendent (Ret) 1:28:58

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On this week’s podcast, I sat down with Detective Superintendent (Ret) Deb Wallace NSW Police veteran serving for 36 years. Deb joined the NSW Police in 1983 and quickly found herself gaining notoriety early in her career when she was involved in the investigation into the murder of 26-year-old nurse Anita Cobby. From this, she was invited to under…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #452: Experimenting with AI Vocals to See If I Can Turn My Male Voice Female

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #452: Experimenting with AI Vocals to See IF I Can Turn My Male Voice Female https://archive.org/download/podcast-452/Podcast%20452.mp3 This week, I’m experimenting with artificial intelligence for music. There’s this one track that’s been holding up the final stages of the latest Thirteenth Hour soundtrack LP – it’s wri…

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The Presence of 'Companioning' in Psychoanalysis with Robert Grossmark, PhD (New York) 1:16:17

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“My interest is to rather than continue with the psychoanalytic tilt which has tended to try to find the words - to find the areas of the analyst that has words to engage with these states and then help the patient transform these states into something thinkable and communicable. [In contrast] my interest has been to take the patient where they are…

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On Trying Something New... 23:24

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154 So many of us want to live more intentionally, but our rote habits are only producing the same inauthentic results. Today's episode is a nudge to mix things up by making small and big changes to experience different outcomes and to live in more alignment. Nadine shares what recently inspired her to make some changes, what she has been doing dif…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #451: Welcome, Fantasy Author Melinda Kucsera to the Show

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #451: Welcome, Fantasy Author Melinda Kucsera to the Show https://archive.org/download/podcast-451/Podcast%20451.mp3 This week, prolific fantasy author and podcaster Melinda Kucsera joins the show. We first talked not long ago when I came on her show, and I wanted to have her back on mine to continue the conversation. We…

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How to Share Hard Stories w/ Melanie Brooks 1:03:48

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153 Many of us have carried at least one hard story for years, suffering under the weight of secrecy and silence. But what if you didn't have to carry it anymore? What if writing or telling it could not only free you, but deepen your relationships with your loved ones? Melanie Brooks--author of Writing Hard Stories and A Hard Silence--is here to he…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #450: Remembering The Easy Exercise Plan and making a Thirteenth Hour Exercise Card Deck

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #450: Remembering The Easy Exercise Plan and making a Thirteenth Hour Exercise Card Deck https://archive.org/download/podcast-450/Podcast%20450.mp3 In one section of The Thirteenth Hour, the main protagonist, Logan, ends up in a desert dungeon, where he languishes in a dehydrated and depressed state for some time until h…

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The Dynamic Underpinnings of the Eating Disorders with Tom Wooldridge, PsyD (San Francisco) 56:40

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"The first line treatment for adolescents with anorexia now is family-based therapy typically, which involves helping the parents facilitate the refeeding of the adolescent. So, I was working with the patient in that way and found it to be helpful and useful, but was consistently struck by the neglect of the patient’s inner life, and found, at leas…

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When to Stay & When to Go w/ Bestselling Author Emily P. Freeman 45:20

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152 At some point, each of us must decide whether to stay in or leave a space (a job, friendship, community, home, relationship, etc.) While no one else can choose for us, there are key questions that help us decide from an aligned space. That's why Emily P Freeman's newest book, How to Walk into a Room (which immediately landed on the bestseller l…

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True Blue Conversations - Johanna Griggs AM TV Personality / Former Commonwealth Games Swimmer 1:49:42

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On this week’s podcast I sat down with Television Personality Johanna Griggs AM Before Johanna was on our television screens; she was a superstar Australian swimmer. We spoke about Joh’s life growing up, representing Australia, and winning a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. We spoke about Joh entering the world of television at such a y…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #449: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, and Adam Crohn as Talk About The Ice Pirates (1984)

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #449: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, and Adam Crohn as Talk About The Ice Pirates (1984) https://archive.org/download/podcast-449/Podcast%20449.mp3 I’m joined this week by my brother, Jeremy, and Adam Crohn, both of whom have been frequent guests here, to discuss the 1984 film, The Ice Pirates. If you haven’t seen it, it’s …

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Realistic Wellness for Busy Women (NKJ on The Branding Business School Podcast) 51:54

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151 While Nadine usually hosts Heart of the Story, this week she got to be a guest on one of her favorite podcasts for female entrepreneurs: The Branding Business School Podcast. Here's the description from the TBBS podcast page: This enlightening conversation with the extraordinary Nadine Kenney Johnstone, takes you on a journey through her life's…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #448: Thoughts on a New Thirteenth Hour Story and Card Game

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #448: Thoughts on a New Thirteenth Hour Story and Card Game https://archive.org/download/podcast-448/Podcast%20448.mp3 In the end of The Thirteenth Hour, there was a sentence that hinted that there were significantly more adventures that could be been described but for the sake of brevity, they weren’t. I always thought …

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Why Winnicott? - Part II: The Surviving Object Joel Whitebook, Ph.D. (New York), interviews Jan Abram, Ph.D. (London). 57:13

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"The ability to play means we can indulge in a kind of illusion, not delusion, and make a distinction. It always amazes me that when the patient arrives, they like the routine of an analysis; nobody breaks that, it's an illusion; it is a piece of theater every time. We open the door to our patients and they lie on the couch, and yet there is someth…

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Top Tips for Getting Published 26:09

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150 Want to see your words in print but don't know where to begin? Or maybe the rejections are racking up and you don't know why. The world of publishing can feel illusive at best and cutthroat at worst, but once you know the unspoken rules, you can get published in no time. Learn how Nadine has gotten her writing in top mags and how she's helped h…

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True Blue Conversations - Former NSW Undercover & Tactical Police Officer Andrew “Panda” MacFarlane 2:20:20

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On this week’s podcast I sat down with former NSW Police Officer Andrew “Panda” MacFarlane We spoke about his life and serving for 21 years in the NSW Police Force. The roller coaster ride in policing that stretched from being a general duties officer, then moving to undercover roles in various agencies including the NSW Crime Commission NSW Drug E…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #447: Working on a Thirteenth Hour Medley

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #447: Working on a Thirteenth Hour Medley https://archive.org/download/podcast-447/Podcast%20447.mp3 Today’s episode attempts to take six Thirteenth Hour soundtrack pieces and work them together into the same piano medley where they flow from one to another, at least somewhat seamlessly. Not all the tracks are in the sam…

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Creating and Keeping Habits You Love 36:26

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149 There's so much you want to do but you don't have enough hours in the day, and every time you try to develop a habit, it goes to the wayside after a week. If this is you, Nadine offers great tips for looking at habits differently and doing what you love without over-extending yourself or waking up at the crack of dawn. If you'd like a fresh per…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #446: Thoughts on Game Design and Ideas on a Homebrew Tomb Raider Card Game

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #446: Thoughts on Game Design and Ideas on a Homebrew Tomb Raider Card Game https://archive.org/download/podcast-446/Podcast%20446.mp3 In a much earlier post, I wrote a bit about an unfinished pixelart Tomb Raider game I’d started. I recently wondered if it would be possible to finish that story (which involved Lara ques…

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True Blue Conversations - Michael “Slatt’s” Slattery 2nd Commando Regiment Combat Medic 2:36:35

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On this week’s podcast speak with former Royal Australian Army Medical Corps Warrant Officer from the 2nd Commando Regiment Michael "Slatts" Slattery. Slatt’s enlisted in 1986 as a medic in the Australian Army serving 26years with multiple postings to different units. At the age of 36 Slatt’s attempted and passed the Commando Selection Training Cou…

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Female Sexuality in India Today: Through an Analytic Lens with Amrita Narayanan, PsyD (Goa, India) 1:04:02

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“I was speaking to the tendency of the popular media to perceive narratives of Indian women's sexuality via the lens of oppression. Now, of course, sexual violence against women is an important concern in India, as it is worldwide. But telling the story of violence against women misses the story of how women desire, which is what I wanted to highli…

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The Murky Middle: How to Traverse Transitions 29:47

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148 Whether you've left behind a job, a city, a relationship, or an entire identity, it's not so easy to move forward if you don't know what's ahead. So what do we do when we've left one shore but we're swimming blindly towards an uncertain future? Nadine shares the life-changing advice she received when navigating her own murky middle. Covered in …

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #445 – Making Earrings with Shrinky Dinks and Like a Hood Ornament #56: Disney Heroes and More

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #445 – Making Earrings with Shrinky Dinks and Like a Hood Ornament #56: Disney Heroes and More https://archive.org/download/podcast-445/Podcast%20445.mp3 This past week, I made a pair of shrinky dink earrings for my wife for Valentine’s Day. My kids wanted to make earrings using necklace beads, Perler beads, and resin ba…

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How to Pattern Interrupt w/ Maria Warner 44:57

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147 So many of us slip into unwanted habits and patterns without even realizing it. Or, once we acknowledge we want to change, we spend a lot of time thinking about doing something different but don't take action. In this episode, writer Maria Warner talks about how to successfully interrupt our patterns. She also discusses her sobriety journey and…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #444: Ringing in the Year of the Dragon

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #444: Ringing in the Year of the Dragon https://archive.org/download/podcast-444/Podcast%20444.mp3 This week’s episode is all about dragons. 2024 is here per the lunar calendar, and it’s the year of the dragon. Interestingly enough, dragons have different mythologies depending on where you live on Earth – in the West, th…

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Infertility and its Unconscious Reverberations with Mali Mann, MD (San Francisco) 58:41

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"The genetic asymmetry [with sperm donorship] will create issues and complications - it puts a strain on the relationship, i.e. who is excluded; who has more rights to this product? In other words, if the sperm donor is from a stranger, the father feels ‘am I really adequately or sufficiently related that I could claim fatherhood’?” Episode Descrip…

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Why You Need Solo Time 47:52

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146 Often times the deep void we feel is the one of missing ourselves, which is why solo time is a necessity, not a luxury. Craving solo time doesn’t mean you don’t still love your people. Instead, it’s a realization that YOU are part of “your people,” and that self-attention is crucial. Nadine shares all the benefits of solo time, as well as how t…

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True Blue Conversations - Matthew Connelly Cavanagh 1:38:20

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On this week’s podcast, I speak to 3 RAR / Current Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) Station Officer Matthew Connelly Cavanagh. Matt was posted into 3 RAR and deployed to East Timor in 1999. In 2000, Matt then transferred to Army Fire Service. In 2004, Matt discharged from the Army and joined the ACT Fire Brigade until 2008. In that sam…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #443: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, as we talk about Mortal Kombat (1995)

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #443: Welcome My Brother, Jeremy, as we talk about Mortal Kombat (1995) https://archive.org/download/podcast-443/Podcast%20443.mp3 This week, my brother and I are watching the 1995 film, Mortal Kombat, based on the video games from the early 90s. I somehow missed this one when I was a kid, despite the fact I started mart…

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New Season Announcement! 1:03

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We start back up Feb 11 with a star-studded line up and deeply intimate heart-to-hearts! You won’t want to miss it. Now’s your chance to catch up on any past episodes you missed before we dive into our next season! About Nadine: Her new book, Come Home to Your Heart, is available on Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. Award-winning author Nadine …

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #442 and Like a Hood Ornament #55: Reading an Excerpt from “The Rocketeer vs. the Third Reich”

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #442 and Like a Hood Ornament #55: Reading an Excerpt from “The Rocketeer vs. the Third Reich” https://archive.org/download/podcast-442/Podcast%20442.mp3 This week, I’m reading an excerpt from a Rocketeer choose your own adventure style short story I wrote that I’ve mentioned here before. It’s done, and I’ve been looking…

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The Repair of a Frame Gone Awry with Alan Karbelnig, PhD (Pasadena, California) 1:02:21

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"As I elaborate in the book, there was no physical contact or romantic engagement. The reason why I chose the ‘lover’ as the [psychoanalytic] analogy is, in the real world outside of psychoanalytic practice, where else do you have an interpersonal encounter that is so intensely engaging, attentive, respectful, and caring? That would be in the first…

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True Blue Conversations - NSW Police & Fire Rescue NSW Firefighter Veteran Mitch Parker 2:08:37

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On this week’s podcast I speak to Mitch Parker former NSW Police officer former Superintendent NSW SES Command of the New England and Retained Fire Fighter with Fire and Rescue NSW. Mitch spent 17 years within the NSW police and 17 years and counting as a retained fire fighter with NSW Fire and Rescue. During his time within both roles Mitch has ma…

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #441 and Like a Hood Ornament #54: A Preview of The Rocketeer vs. the Third Reich Card Game

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #441 and Like a Hood Ornament #54: A Preview of The Rocketeer vs. the Third Reich Card Game https://archive.org/download/podcast-441/Podcast%20441.mp3 This week, I’m talking about a Rocketeer card game that is a supplement to the Rocketeer choose your own adventure story that I recently finished, itself the backstory to …

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