DiscoverThe MockingcastEpisode 287: All the Blessed Interruptions
Episode 287: All the Blessed Interruptions

Episode 287: All the Blessed Interruptions

Update: 2025-12-081
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In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk advent calendars, perfectionist musicians, interrupting mothers, and the Batman effect. The gang also takes a field trip to an acute mental health ward across the pond.




  • Click here to respond to the opening appeal.

  • Click here to read Ellen Cushing's "Advent Calendars Are Totally Out of Control" in The Atlantic.

  • Click here to read "The Quest for Perfection Is Stunting Our Society" by Jonathan Biss in The NY Times.

  • Click here to read "Can You Stop?" by Heather Havrilesky on Ask Polly

  • Click here for the abstract of the study on The Batman Effect

  • Click here to read William Fagan's article on Mbird, "Advent Has a Purpose (Candle Lighting Isn't It)"

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Episode 287: All the Blessed Interruptions

Episode 287: All the Blessed Interruptions

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