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April 30, 2024 47 mins

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Michael Clune about
his essay “The Anatomy of Panic,” published in Harper's last May and  recently selected for Best American Essays, and Thomas Nagel’s “What Is it Like to Be a Bat?” first published in 1974 in the Philosophical Review.

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