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But we did it!
Join us so you can tweet "This is list fails without..." to your followers.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 20:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Again, note that we said, &quot;Favorite&quot; and not &quot;Best&quot;. The criteria for this are very loose. And trust me when I tell you there are going to be some surprising entries in this list, some that will disappoint and some that will delight, but whichever way it turns out, you&apos;ll still be able to tweet &quot;List fails without...&quot; after you&apos;ve joined us for this very special episode.</itunes:subtitle>
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Join us as we go, "Wow!" a lot.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary>In any other series this would have been the season ender, but we have two more episodes to go. All hell breaks loose in the mirror universe as Burnham continues Damages Tour where she leaves nothing but destruction in her wake.
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Join us as we go, &quot;Wow!&quot; a lot.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Burnham and Tyler try to save a group of mirror universe rebels including someone Tyler knows very well back home. Whatever’s wrong with Tyler is getting wronger and we get to meet the Emperor. A lot happened in this week’s episode, come listen to us talk about it.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[Despite Yourself. Uh… something’s wrong with Ash Tyler. Has anyone else noticed? Join us as we discuss the literal boatload of stuff that happened in this episode.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Into Forest I Go. Lorca (that bastard) has a plan to defeat the Klingon cloaking device which requires Burnham & Ash to transport onto the Ship of the Dead for a soiree of violence. Join us as we talk about it.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you desire peace, prepare for war.
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      <itunes:summary>If you desire peace, prepare for war.
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