On The Road With Al and Ivy is now also a podcast!

The first full episode of the On The Road With Al & Ivy is now live on Spotify (and in my subscriber section on X).


1. Hermann Hesse, Marcel Proust and A.I.
2. Riffing on Rites of Passage For Men and Women (Humor)

Music by Handa-McGraw International 


#podcast #literature #essay #commentary #hesse #proust #humor #satire

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