In this episode:

-On The Come Up streaming on Paramount+

-Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archives novel series being adapted for tabletop game

-Interview with Jay Silver and Brooklyn Mettrick, author and illustrator of Ptrevor the Tiny Pterodactyl

-Impact of Hurricane Ian

-Nonprofit solutions to homelessness in Alaska

-Passenger Shaming goes too far

-It's not a homeless epidemic, it's an epidemic of failing to treat addiction and mental illness

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• Texas, Florida, and Pennsylvania top states for banning books
• Philadelphia's annual Latin American Book Fair
• DC Comics celebrating 30 years of Harley Quinn
• Dark House switching distributors
• I was interviewed by Voyage Utah Magazine
• Interview with professional ghostwriter Emily Crookston
• California State University Long Beach study on barefoot weight lifting
• Country star Jake Owens is a confirmed barefooter

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In this episode:

-Interview with Anya Leigh Josephs, author of Queen of It All

-Marvel announces Jeff the Landshark alternate covers

-Matt Klickstein releases book telling comprehensive history of San Diego ComicCon

-AOC opens up to GQ about being raped

-Police shoot suspect in Allentown, Pennsylvania

-Breaking race barriers in sailing

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In this episode:

Interview with author Chancellor Jackson

Matt Kindt launching new Dark Horse comics series

Maggie Colangelo creating comic about WW2 veteran

Smith Island nonprofit to distribute GoFundMe donations

Off-duty cop attacks Chicago teen

Actress Eiza Gonzales spotted running errands barefoot

Soccer to combat the drug trade

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In this episode:

Review of Being the Change by Sara K Ahmed

Censorship in schools

Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster merger

Netflix's The Sandman trailer reaction

More Crunchyroll Expo announcements

Interview with Wana White, lead singer of Austrian cyber pop-rock band Ardenite

Barefoot pedestrian struck and killed in Riverside, California

Philadelphia's Playstreets program has kids playing barefoot outside again

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In this episode:

Review of Ibram X Kendi's How to Be An Anti-racist

George R R Martin makes Winds of Winter announcement via blog post

Sam Greenlee Day celebrated in Chicago

The Walking Dead's final panel at San Diego Comic Con

Crunchyroll Expo announcements

Interview with actress Gloria Garayua

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In this episode:

Visit Scotland translates first line of famous Scottish-authored books into Scots

Long Island, New York library brings back Pride display and LGBTQ books after initially voting to remove them

Edmonton Elks football team getting their won comic strip

Reaction to Netflix's The Sandman trailer

Los Angeles school district pays out $750,000 to student's family in lawsuit settlement

Two Phi Gamma Delta frat brothers charged with felonies after hazing leaves pledge with brain damage

Interview with barefoot metreorologist Malika Dudley

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