CREDITS:

Stephani Robson is a senior lecturer at Cornell University. She tweets @skr4cornell.

Sara Brooke Curtis is a former server and current audio producer; you can hear her work on shows including Gravy and Short Cuts. Find more about her at sarabrookecurtis.com and she tweets @sbcsays.

This episode was produced by me, Helen Zaltzman .

Martin Austwick makes the music that you hear in every episode. Download his songs at palebirdmusic.com and listen to his new podcast Year of the Bird about the songs he writes.

Find the show on the socials at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow, twitter.com/helenzaltzman and instagram.com/allusionistshow.

- HZ

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