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The perils of pedestrianism
And so you have men on bikes racing through narrow gaps on jammed avenues with a backpack full of shrimp curry and pad thai, meanwhile an elderly man (me) on his way to the drugstore to pick up some Alka-Seltzer stands o...
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The perils of pedestrianism is an episode from The Writer's Almanac by Prairie Home Productions. And so you have men on bikes racing through narrow gaps on jammed avenues with a backpack full of shrimp curry and pad thai, meanwhile an elder...
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Published Apr 5, 2025, 7:10 long, audio available.
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