Show Notes
Nick Paumgarten's memoir The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game is available for pre-order. Here's Nick's episode from a few years back. He is one the world's best living writers and best living Deadheads.
Steven Garabedian for the invitation.
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