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Today, Luke talks about the process of writing Dr. Manhattan’s 12 Days of Christmas, gives us a look at an early draft of the piece, and explains how it evolved from there.

After that, we’ve got a couple of recommendations of things we’ve been into lately: A bookstore in Berkeley and a funny diss track.