It's our two year anniversary, so here's a two-parter! In this month's bonus episode, we're time traveling back to 2012, when a poorly recorded conversation with a personal hero in a diner, in a town with a confusing name, lit the fuse for Mark's exploration of men and connection.

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Special Show Notes:

• 4:48 - The New York Mills Arts Retreat and Regional Cultural Center

• 5:00 - Raymond & Lina (Mark's short film)

• 6:53 - John Porcellino

• 7:53 - "Pretty personal work by pretty personal folks":

• Pryor Convictions by Richard Pryor

• Life is Good by Nas

• *Dirty Plotte *by Julie Doucet

• Freddy Stories by Melissa Mendes

• 9:10 - South Beloit Journal by John Porcellino

• 9:30 - Nora's Place

• Mark's video about NY Mills Arts Retreat