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    <title>Pete Brown Says - Episodes Tagged with “Six Bits”</title>
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    <description>Pretty good stories. Told by Pete.      This podcast features creative nonfiction audio stories written by Pete Brown. They're pretty good stories, solidly GenX, works of memoir steeped in nostalgia. From a suburban Cleveland childhood in the 1970s and 80s up through today's modern parenting dilemmas, these stories are funny, poignant and a great listen.
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    <itunes:subtitle>Pretty Good Stories. Told by Pete.</itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>Pretty good stories. Told by Pete.      This podcast features creative nonfiction audio stories written by Pete Brown. They're pretty good stories, solidly GenX, works of memoir steeped in nostalgia. From a suburban Cleveland childhood in the 1970s and 80s up through today's modern parenting dilemmas, these stories are funny, poignant and a great listen.
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  <title>I Are Smart</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>When is something an homage to source material, and when is it plagiarism? I explore the line between them, fan fiction, junk drawers and the time I got totally gypped in a button design contest.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>27:59</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;When is something an homage to source material, and when is it plagiarism? I explore this line, plus fan fiction, junk drawers and the time I came &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; close to winning a contest. This show includes an interview with my 14-year-old daughter that proved to be one of the top-5 toughest interviews I've ever had.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/i-are-smart-5e49d16eea1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Read an essay version of today's show at Medium.com&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Music and SFX Credits&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Intro and interstitials by Brian Hake&lt;br&gt;
Additional Interstitials by Kevin Davison&lt;br&gt;
"I'm Not Myself" by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison&lt;br&gt;
"Big Horns Intro" by Audionautix.com&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SFX sourced from Freesound.org, including:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sounds of Record Player by luffy&lt;br&gt;
Rimshot by jmayhoff&lt;br&gt;
Slap Bass by Mr. Wolf&lt;br&gt;
Brush Loop by Vincent Sermonne&lt;br&gt;
Chaise Glisse by maxdemianagl&lt;br&gt;
Drawer Open Close by ediecz&lt;br&gt;
Gas Station Driveway Bell by Milton&lt;br&gt;
Gas Station Pump Filling by Nebulae&lt;br&gt;
Flute 3 by MadMerv&lt;br&gt;
Steady Highway Driving by Joe Deshon&lt;br&gt;
Quarter Tone tt18x16 by mp hdc vo4&lt;br&gt;
Beat 5 Loop by a Fleeting Speck&lt;br&gt;
School Recess by CLGood&lt;br&gt;
Corsica S by shivvle &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>When is something an homage to source material, and when is it plagiarism? I explore this line, plus fan fiction, junk drawers and the time I came <em>this</em> close to winning a contest. This show includes an interview with my 14-year-old daughter that proved to be one of the top-5 toughest interviews I&#39;ve ever had.</p>

<p><a href="https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/i-are-smart-5e49d16eea1" rel="nofollow">Read an essay version of today&#39;s show at Medium.com<br>
</a><br>
<em>Music and SFX Credits</em></p>

<p>Intro and interstitials by Brian Hake<br>
Additional Interstitials by Kevin Davison<br>
&quot;I&#39;m Not Myself&quot; by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison<br>
&quot;Big Horns Intro&quot; by Audionautix.com</p>

<p>SFX sourced from Freesound.org, including:</p>

<p>Sounds of Record Player by luffy<br>
Rimshot by jmayhoff<br>
Slap Bass by Mr. Wolf<br>
Brush Loop by Vincent Sermonne<br>
Chaise Glisse by maxdemianagl<br>
Drawer Open Close by ediecz<br>
Gas Station Driveway Bell by Milton<br>
Gas Station Pump Filling by Nebulae<br>
Flute 3 by MadMerv<br>
Steady Highway Driving by Joe Deshon<br>
Quarter Tone tt18x16 by mp hdc vo4<br>
Beat 5 Loop by a Fleeting Speck<br>
School Recess by CLGood<br>
Corsica S by shivvle</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>When is something an homage to source material, and when is it plagiarism? I explore this line, plus fan fiction, junk drawers and the time I came <em>this</em> close to winning a contest. This show includes an interview with my 14-year-old daughter that proved to be one of the top-5 toughest interviews I&#39;ve ever had.</p>

<p><a href="https://medium.com/@petebrownsays/i-are-smart-5e49d16eea1" rel="nofollow">Read an essay version of today&#39;s show at Medium.com<br>
</a><br>
<em>Music and SFX Credits</em></p>

<p>Intro and interstitials by Brian Hake<br>
Additional Interstitials by Kevin Davison<br>
&quot;I&#39;m Not Myself&quot; by Delicious, feat. Brian Hake and Kevin Davison<br>
&quot;Big Horns Intro&quot; by Audionautix.com</p>

<p>SFX sourced from Freesound.org, including:</p>

<p>Sounds of Record Player by luffy<br>
Rimshot by jmayhoff<br>
Slap Bass by Mr. Wolf<br>
Brush Loop by Vincent Sermonne<br>
Chaise Glisse by maxdemianagl<br>
Drawer Open Close by ediecz<br>
Gas Station Driveway Bell by Milton<br>
Gas Station Pump Filling by Nebulae<br>
Flute 3 by MadMerv<br>
Steady Highway Driving by Joe Deshon<br>
Quarter Tone tt18x16 by mp hdc vo4<br>
Beat 5 Loop by a Fleeting Speck<br>
School Recess by CLGood<br>
Corsica S by shivvle</p>]]>
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