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    The Twist Podcast #293: Taking an Escape Cruise, This Week’s Survey, and a Rick Rose Interview with Poet Dr. Tacey Atsitty

    May 2, 2025 / No Comments

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as Mark prepares to flee on a cruise ship and Rick offers another great interview, with Dr. Tacey Atsitty, winner of the Wisconsin Brittingham Prize for Poetry.

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    Cord-cutter or total abstinence? You can take the survey at the link. Multiple options are allowed.

    RESULTS OF LAST WEEK’S SURVEY (because multiple options are allowed, it’s not a simple “100 percent” total).

    What’s your preferred way of enjoying books?

    eBooks: 52.94%
    Hardback/paperback 41.18%
    Audiobooks 23.53%

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    The Twist Podcast #292: Garden Goodness, Peanut Butter Possibilities, and an Interview with Filmmaker Dasha Brown

    April 25, 2025 / No Comments

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we make the most of a dying empire, calculate the number of peanuts in a jar, and enjoy Rick’s interview with filmmaker Dasha Brown.

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  • The Twist Podcast

    The Twist Podcast #291: Taser Treats, Vanishing Venezuelans, and an Interview with Madison’s Own Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford

    April 18, 2025 / No Comments

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we wade knee-deep in the MAGA madness, defend the Constitution, and enjoy Rick’s interview with Madison City Council’s Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford.

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    The Twist Podcast #290: Corey Kills It, Wisconsin Wins It, and the Fall of the Cadbury Egg

    April 4, 2025 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we salute Corey Booker and the voters of Wisconsin for showing us the way, and grieve the loss of Cadbury Egg’s royal warrant after 170 years. Beyond sad.

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    The Twist Podcast #289: American Gulag, Stuffed Pretzel Logic, and The Twist Goes Bi (Weekly) Through Summer

    March 21, 2025 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we model the latest in detention chic, rave about stuffed pretzels, and come out as biweekly through the summer.

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    The Twist Podcast #288: Noel Coward in Philadelphia, Rick Rose in Madison, and America Tanks Bigly

    March 7, 2025 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we check out Noel Coward’s ‘Hay Fever,’ Rick’s return from Mardi Gras, and  America’s escalating decline.

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    The Twist Podcast #287: Mad King Donald, Death Becomes the Tonys, and Another Rick Rose Interview

    February 21, 2025 /


    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we say goodbye to democracy, sing the praises of Broadway’s ‘Death Becomes Her,’ and listen to a great Rick Rose interview with Brett Malone.

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    The Twist Podcast #286: Kennedy Center DOA, Apocalyptic Fun Facts, and a New Rick Rose Interview

    February 8, 2025 /

    Join Mark and Rick as we throw a rose on the grave of the Kennedy Center, serve up some fun facts about the apocalypse, and listen to Rick’s interview with Sowan Weaver.

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    The Twist Podcast #285: Coup Coup Cachoo, WTF Just Happened, and Another Rick Rose Interview

    February 1, 2025 /

    It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a bloodless coup! Join Mark and Rick during these darkest of times for some fun facts, frivolity, and a Big Middle Finger to the fascists. Also a great Rick Rose interview with Sean Bode.

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    The Twist Podcast #284: America Gone Wild, Jesus vs MAGA, and Some Cruise Vacation Memories

    January 24, 2025 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as our heads spin at how quickly Emperor Cretin is destroying everything. We also take sides in the Jesus vs MAGA debate, and enjoy Mark’s most recent cruise craze memories.

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  • The Twist Podcast

    The Twist Podcast #283: Slouching Toward Greenland, TV Recommendations, and the Fall of Facebook

    January 9, 2025 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we buckle in for years of MAGA madness, pray for Greenland (and Panama and Canada), offer up some good TV eats, and explain why Facebook is yesterday.

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  • New,  The Twist Podcast

    The Twist Podcast #282: Our Get Us Out of Here Year End Special, with Surprise Acrobats and the Happy New Year Singers

    December 27, 2024 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we celebrate the long-awaited finale of a seemingly endless year. Recommendations, fun facts, and our own Twisted salute to the year gone by.

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  • The Twist Podcast

    The Twist Podcast #281: Pop Goes the Jeopardy, Kitchen Gadget Gets, and the Twist Goes Post-Political (Mostly)

    December 6, 2024 /

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we anticipate the fun new Pop Culture Jeopardy, get the skinny on Rick’s kitchen gadget gets, and talk almost everything but politics!

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