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Episode 545: The Cat's Fine

DISCUSSED: The rules of "Rabbit Rabbit"; exploring the magic of Domino's probability-altering powers; forests versus trees and past versus future; Chevy Chase and a familial ninety-ten inversion; and, finally, praise for Lulu Miller's mind-blowing thoughts on the downsides of imposing "order" onto chaos.

Links for this episode:

Organizing Chaos — On the Media — Overcast
Organizing Chaos | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Why Fish Don't Exist | Book by Lulu Miller | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
Part biography, part memoir, part scientific adventure, Why Fish Don’t Exist is a wondrous fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail.
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life , Miller, Lulu - Amazon.com
No Such Thing As A Fish | Nosuchthingasafish
Each week Dan, James, Anna and Andy discuss their favourite facts unearthed in the past seven days.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma: van der Kolk M.D., Bessel: 9780143127741: Amazon.com: Books
Opinion | This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Trauma - The New York Times
The core argument of the book is that traumatic experiences — everything from sexual assault and incest to emotional and physical abuse — become embedded in the older, more primal parts of our brain that don’t have access to conscious awareness.
Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Bessel van der Kolk - The New York Times
They Podcast | Blank Check with Griffin and David Wiki | Fandom
They Podcast is a miniseries covering the films of John Carpenter beginning in August 2021
@BlankCheckPod | Linktree
Domino (character) - Wikipedia
In addition to her exceptional marksmanship and hand-to-hand skills, Domino possesses mutant probability-altering powers, similar to those of the mutant Longshot.

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