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The Literate Apecast
From the porch, the two men listened to the thundering bass of rumbling trucks on journeys north and south along the Dan Ryan Expressway. To the west, Halsted teased out the melodies of car horns beeping and tires squealing, a harsh cacophony of symphonic summer street noises.
They smoked their tobacco.
In this pod, Hall is moving back to Kansas, Himmel thinks the term ‘dive’ is an insult to bars, and both wax on about the fashions of their youth.
It’s the week after Independence Day and the Apes have much to discuss.
Hall tries a different mic set up (not great) and Himmel is feeling apathetically patriotic.
He lied there, the beast breathing slowly, and wondered what happened? Where was his wife? Did she do this to him? Why?