Fdip384: The Letter of Life

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Fdip384: The Letter of Life

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Dec 7, 2023

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In the spring of 1958, a friend of Hunter S Thompson asked for advice on how to live his life. What follows is a letter that Thompson wrote him, during the very early moments of his writing career.

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Dec 7, 2023

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Fdip32: The Form of a Runner: In this episode I talk about something called “running form‿ which is simply the way that you should move your body during the motion of running. It’s not enough to go out and “just run the way you feel‿, you need... by Phedippidations
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Fdip384: The Letter of Life

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