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The Twist Podcast #300: Fireworks, Jumbotrons, Birthday Wishes, Zachary James Interview and So Much More
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we throw a studio party for our 300th episode. We started The Twist in 2018 and we’re as irreverent as ever. They’ll never paint over our rainbow lives or our sparkly podcast, as we enjoy a PBS review from Emma, Rick’s interview with Zachary James, and an up-and-personal chat with Jo Klett, whose wisdom and humor offer a balm for these chaotic times.
This Week’s Survey Results
If you could master one thing instantly what would it be?
Playing an instrument 65 percent
Speaking multiple languages 47.06
Cooking like a super chef  5.88
Painting or drawing 23.53
Other – what would it be? 5.88COMMENTS:
- Any and all! I always dreamed of being able to speak and understand whatever language of the country i was visiting, instantly and without study. That would be my superpower!
- Spanish and French so I can speak with my friends in Europe in their language
- Piano
- spanish, Portuguese
- understanding and predicting stock market fluctuations
- Ukulele
- Spanish and/or Portuguese, since we might end up moving to a place where that’s the primary language.
- Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic. Not French tho- I already speak the language of love bahahahahahaha!
- Singing
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The Twist Podcast Turns 300! Take the Survey
Help Mark and Rick Rose celebrate our 300th episode of The Twist Podcast on July 25! Take our weekly survey and be part of the show. You can also send listener pix and facts to: TheTwistPocast @ gmail. com. This week’s survey: What skill would you master instantly if you could?
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The Twist Podcast #299: Disappearing Client Lists, New Wisdom of Jo Audio, and Emma Zoe Lyons Reviews HBO’s ‘Enigma’
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we hunt for Jeffrey Epstein’s mysteriously vanishing client list, share more fan facts and photos, dig the Wisdom of Jo in her own words, and enjoy Emma Zoe Lyons’ review of HBO’s ‘Enigma.’

Last Week’s Survey Results
If you could be one of these things, what would you be?
Thinner 18.75 percent
Younter 31.25 percent
Richer 18.75 percent
Kinder 31.25 percentTwo ‘others’:
“Only if I could also still have all my experiential wisdom from 86 years.”
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The Twist Podcast #298: Big Monstrous Bill, ‘Poop Cruise’ Movie Review, Fan Photos, and a Rick Rose Chat with Adele George
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we choke on the Big Ugly Bill, take our wins where we can get them, learn about the ‘Poop Cruise’ from Emma Zoe Lyons, and enjoy Rick’s conversation with author Adele George. Plus our weekly survey and new fan photos!

This Week’s Survey
New weekly survey! Only ONE answer preferred this time. Would you be thinner, younger, richer, kinder? Or something else.
A View from Our Listeners

These are pix of your co-hosts Mark and Rick with fans of the Twist.Send us your photo(s) and a line or two to: TheTwistPodcast AT gmail.com

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The Twist Podcast #297: Creepy Daddy Fantasies, Earth Quake in New York, and an Interview with Author Christopher A. Micklos
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we analyze MAGA’s creepy daddy fetish, applaud democracy in New York City while it’s still a thing, and enjoy a new Rick Rose interview with author Christopher A. Micklos.

THIS WEEK’S SURVEY
What’s your favorite time of day? TAKE THE SURVEY HERE.


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The Twist Podcast #296: Cuckoo for Cosplay, Posse Comitater Tots, and Rick’s Interview with Dr. Elijah Nicholas
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we rate Kristi Noem’s costume changes, ponder the military intervention in L.A., and enjoy Rick’s interview with Dr. Elijah Nicholas.

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The Twist Podcast #295: Proud and Loud, Snoozing the News, and Rick Talks Eurovision with Charlie Porter
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we anticipate America’s last legal Pride month, shun the hideous headlines, and listen to Rick talk Eurovision with Charlie Porter.

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The Twist Podcast #294: Surviving Martha’s Vineyard, Insane Trump Posse, and Rick’s Interview with Author Dean Robbins
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as Mark recounts his harrowing cruise catastrophe, we ponder the coming wreckage of Trump 2.0, and Rick chats with Wisconsin author Dean Robbins.

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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
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.

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%
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The Twist Podcast #292: Garden Goodness, Peanut Butter Possibilities, and an Interview with Filmmaker Dasha Brown
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 #291: Taser Treats, Vanishing Venezuelans, and an Interview with Madison’s Own Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford
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
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
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.









