{"id":7398,"date":"2016-11-14T20:26:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T01:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/episode-1-of-mice-and-men\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T12:38:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:38:54","slug":"episode-1-of-mice-and-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twotruefreaks.com\/podcast\/episode-1-of-mice-and-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 1:  Of Mice and Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 24px; color: #3d596d; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.5px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Welcome to the first episode of Required Reading with Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country, Taking Flight) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. 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