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Thats pretty much it.

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Almost nothing of note happens.

Everything else is purely a projection.

Oh, there are also ad breaks.

(For now, anyway.)

One may argue thatWALKINGmay signal that weve hit Peak Podcast.

Such an argument would be understandable.

Its bizarre and surreal, yes, but its also very pleasant.

ButWALKINGhas additional capacity for political depth, given Mooallems broader focus as a writer on the conservation of nature.

We persist with thenonzerochance that significant portions of our natural world will be lost to our industrial condition.

Or will we not care?

Again, Ill readily admit all of this is a projection onto Mooallems banal and beautifully bizarre recordings.