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  <itunes:subtitle>Brooke and Tyler call in LiteraryTrope to help push past the brink of sanity with the wildest theories in the Cosmere. Is Nahadon a soup? Are mushrooms everywhere? Is Mare alive? We'll explain and you be the judge. #AllSpoilers</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Brooke and Tyler call in @LiteraryTrope to help push past the brink of sanity with the wildest theories in the Cosmere. Is Nahadon a soup? Are mushrooms everywhere? Is Mare alive? We'll explain and you be the judge. #AllSpoilers&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Follow LiteraryTrope on Instagram: &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/literarytrope/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/literarytrope/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TikTok: &lt;a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@literarytrope" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.tiktok.com/@literarytrope&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Substack: &lt;a href="https://literarytrope.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://literarytrope.substack.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Support this podcast by becoming a &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/CosmereConversations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Patron on Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Original music by &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/DGruwier" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;David Gruwier&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CFAZUv4C0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;"Radiant"&lt;/a&gt; by David Gruwier. &lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Follow LiteraryTrope on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/literarytrope/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.instagram.com/literarytrope/</a></p>

<p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@literarytrope" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@literarytrope</a></p>

<p>Substack: <a href="https://literarytrope.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://literarytrope.substack.com/</a></p>

<p>Support this podcast by becoming a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/CosmereConversations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Patron on Patreon</a></p>

<p>Original music by <a href="https://twitter.com/DGruwier" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">David Gruwier</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CFAZUv4C0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">"Radiant"</a> by David Gruwier.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Brooke and Tyler call in @LiteraryTrope to help push past the brink of sanity with the wildest theories in the Cosmere. Is Nahadon a soup? Are mushrooms everywhere? Is Mare alive? We'll explain and you be the judge. #AllSpoilers</p>

<p>Follow LiteraryTrope on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/literarytrope/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.instagram.com/literarytrope/</a></p>

<p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@literarytrope" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.tiktok.com/@literarytrope</a></p>

<p>Substack: <a href="https://literarytrope.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://literarytrope.substack.com/</a></p>

<p>Support this podcast by becoming a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/CosmereConversations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Patron on Patreon</a></p>

<p>Original music by <a href="https://twitter.com/DGruwier" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">David Gruwier</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CFAZUv4C0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">"Radiant"</a> by David Gruwier.</p>]]>
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