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   Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 01:28:09 JST Sumana Harihareswara

   While splayed upon the sofabed in the sickroom for many many hours on end, flat with fatigue, allowing my body to concentrate on its battle with a really quite pernicious virus, I have been particularly grateful for 4 #podcasts, and I would like to take this moment to appreciate them.

   1: This American Life. The classic "Fiasco!" ep https://www.thisamericanlife.org/699/fiasco made me laugh, again, and the feather heist ep https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/the-feather-heist was such a ride!

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     Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 01:29:28 JST Sumana Harihareswara

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     Podcast #4 is Fresh Text, which is kind of hard to find on the web - feed is https://anchor.fm/s/e7247e98/podcast/rss .

     "Pastor-scholars discuss a scripture passage and swap sermon starter ideas. This weekly podcast is especially (though not exclusively) useful for preachers who follow Revised Common Lectionary."

     So one reason this is soothing to listen to is that I am *not* Christian and it feels super ok if my mind wanders or I doze off.

     And: I love listening to nerds talk shop!

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     Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 01:29:29 JST Sumana Harihareswara

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     4. OK so this one is a little more complicated.

     I am not Christian (I am Hindu), and not inclined to be converted, but I can find some wisdom, entertainment, & inspiration in Christian teachings, and I'm generally also open to learning more about religious beliefs and practices as a way of understanding human civilization.

     I know that MANY people are just NOT on board with this & won't want to read about me playing tourist in Christianity. I bid you farewell from this thread!

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     Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 01:29:30 JST Sumana Harihareswara

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     3. Sounds in the Dark https://bff.fm/shows/sounds-in-the-dark which is 2 hours of ambient/experimental music every week.

     https://data.bff.fm/shows/sounds-in-the-dark.rss

     Host Eric Pietras https://som.cuanschutz.edu/Profiles/Faculty/Profile/23690 is a hematologist who studies inflammation (although that never comes up on the show, which is like 98% music), so it feels, obscurely, even more healing to doze while listening to the tunes he spins.

     And sometimes he makes a joke about writing grant proposals or the sad mire that is Twitter/X.

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     Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 01:29:32 JST Sumana Harihareswara

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     2. Song Exploder, because I listened again the other night to

     https://songexploder.net/semisonic

     the Song Exploder about "Closing Time" by Semisonic and I cried a lot and evidently I needed that half-hour cathartic tearjerker.

     (content note: no one dies but there is fear about death of an infant)

     Inchoate big intense feelings about art and hospitals and caring for the vulnerable and making things that other people find sustenance or shelter in.

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