39 min listen
The Nature of Ephemera, with Alex Williams
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
May 28, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Whether we’re talking yesterday’s newspaper, pamphlets from museums, or even old lottery tickets and straw wrappers, the world is chock full of things that were not meant to last. Today the guys join Alex Williams, the creator of the new podcast Ephemeral, to explore the strange, beautiful, disturbing and tragic stories of things that came and went, from the Collyer brothers to Pizzaria chips. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Released:
May 28, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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