The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

Back to the Roots

This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Megan Yasu Davis. Megan is the founder of The Kitchen Salon, a natural and locked hair resource for men and women transitioning from chemically treated hair to natural, and the Northwest Ohio Natural Hair Health and Beauty Expo. Essentially, Megan is a natural hair culturalist. 

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The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-22-22 515
Jonny Burritos
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-8-22 515
Aliyah Hicks
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-1-22 515
A Part of History
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-25-22 515
Mercé Culp
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-18-22 515
Vod's Here
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-11-22 515
Take It Or Leave It
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-4-22
Jacob Parr
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 4-27-22 515
There's Always Work Ahead
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 4-20-22 515
Boochy Mama
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 4-6-22 515
Impact Coalition
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-30-22 515
Leila's Promise
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-23-22 515
CASA
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-16-22 515
Knock-Out Parkinson's
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-9-22 515
Glass City Rollers
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-2-22 515
Coping and Conversation
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 2-23-22 515
Valerie Thompson
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 2-16-22 515
Toledo Excel
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 2-9-22 515
The Freedom of Choice
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 2-2-22 - 515
BHM at the Library
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 1-26-22 515
Fletcher Word
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 1-18-22 515
It Began with LEGO®
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-22-21 515
A Radio History - 2021 Holiday Special
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-15-21 515
20 North
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-8-21 515
TriggaMeals
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-1-21 515
Dream of Detroit
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-24-21 515
The RDD's Thanksgiving Special with my Mom!
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-17-21 515
Let Me Be Brave in the Attempt
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-10-21 515
Get Better
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-3-21 515
Open for Business
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 10-27-21 515
A Question of Faith
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 10-20-21 515
Art for All
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 10-13-21 515
October
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 9-29-21 515
A Community Person
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 9-22-21 515
Glass City River Wall
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 9-15-21 - 515
Social Work in a Pandemic
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 9-8-21 515
Finding Reliability
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 9-1-21 515
The Story of Debra
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 8-25-21 515
Women Fore Solheim
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 8-11-21 515
The Power of Planting
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 8-4-21 - 515
Dreaming of Gold
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 7-21-21 515
Shattering Stigma
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 7-14-21 515
Festival of India
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 7-7-21 - 515
A Park for Everyone
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-30-21 515
Creating Space in the Midwest
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-23-21 515
No Place Like Home
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-16-21 515
The Future Filmmakers
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-2-21 515
In Junction
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-26-21 515
A Community of Glass
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-19-21 515
A Successful Summer
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-12-21 515
Huntor Prey
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-5-21 515
FM 91 Turns 45!
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 4-28-21 515
A New Process
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 4-21-21 515
The Best Laid Plans
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 4-7-21 - 515
Unruly Arts
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-31-21 515
Folklore
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-23-21 515
The Future of Jazz
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-17-21 515
Toraigh
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-10-21 515
A Local Activist
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 3-3-21 - 515
A Fuller Voice
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 2-24-21 515
Getting Dirty
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 2-17-21 515
Toledo's Gambit
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 2-10-21 - 515
The Old and New
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 2-3-21 - 515
Rough, Rugged, and Primitive
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 1-27-21 515
Sister Jane Mary
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 1-13-21 - 515
Art in a Convent
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-23-20 - 515
A Wonderful Life - 2020 Holiday Special
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-16-20 - 515
Heart of the Season
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-9-20 - 515
Sending Light Into a Dark World
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-2-20 515
The Christmas Ship
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-25-20 515
The RDD's Thanksgiving Special with Mary Bilyeu
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-18-20 515
The Victory Center
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-11-20 515
Those Who Once Lived
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-4-20 515
Zentangles
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 10-28-20
Haunted Toledo
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 10-21-20 - 515
4th and Goal
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 10-14-20 515
RDD meets SSFAC
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 10-7-20 - 515
The Great Divide
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 9-23-20 - 515
Toledo Black Artist Coalition
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 9-16-20 515
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 9-9-20 - 515
Youth & Family at the Museum
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 8-26-20 515
Art, Books, and 2020
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 8-19-20 - 515
Glass, Fiber, Video, and Tufted Textiles
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 8-12-20 515
Momentum in 2020
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 8-5-20 - 515
Keep Toledo Beautiful
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 7-29-20 - 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: Jason Kucsma
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 7-22-20 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: Dr. Reutter
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 7-15-20 - 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: DirtyKics
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 7-8-20 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: Peep Game Comix
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 7-1-20 - 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: Midstory
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-24-20 - 515
200th Episode Revisit
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-17-20 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: The Bells
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-10-20 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: African American Legacy
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 6-3-20 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: Us Together
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-27-20 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: Mo and the Sub Shop
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-20-20 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Pledge Special 2020
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 5-13-20 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: Sam Melden
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 05-06-20 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Revisit: Dani and Miriam
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 04-29-20 515
Under Quarantine - The Arts
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 04-22-20 515
Under Quarantine - The Teachers
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 04-15-20 515
Under Quarantine: The Nurses
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 04-08-20 515
Under Quarantine - The Church
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 04-01-20 515
Under Quarantine - The Food Industry
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 03-25-20 515
Allowed To Dream
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 03-18-20 515
A Night of Improv
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 03-04-20 515
Art of The Cut - Part 2
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 02-26-20 515
Art of The Cut - Part 1
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 02-19-20 515
The Art Center
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 02-12-20 515
The Fight of The Past and the Future
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 02-05-20 515
I'm a Drummer
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 01-29-20 515
The Velvet Knife
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 01-22-20 515
Advocating for Space
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 01-15-20 515
Dioramas and Paint
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 01-08-20 515
Creative Strings
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 1-1-20 515
The New Year Special
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 12-25-19 515
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-18-19 515
Language and Relationships
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 12-4-19 - 515
Honoring Cliff
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-27-19 - 515
The RDD's Thanksgiving Special with Toledo Spirits
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-20-19 - 515
Violins Under The Bed
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-13-19 - 515
It's Love.
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 11-6-19 - 515
I'm Just Not Afraid Anymore
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 10-30-19 - 515
Can You Hug a Ghost?
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor 10-23-19 - 515
Just Do It.
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 10-2-19 - 515
It's Never Too Late
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 9-25-19 515
The Future of the Lake
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 9-4-19 515
I Don't Feel Like A Refugee
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 8-28-19 515
Us Together
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 8-21-19 515
Ükulelists with the heavy metal umlaut
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 8-14-19 515
Raise Your Voice
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 8-7-19 515
A Bird in Flight
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 7-24-19 515
Yes And
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 7-17-19 515
I Am The Artist
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 7-10-19 515
The First Public Parks
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 7-3-19 515
Great Black Swamp Frogs
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 6-26-19 515
A Balance in All Things
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 6-19-19 515
Rocco and Gloria
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 6-12-19 515
H.O.O.V.E.S
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 6-4-19 515
The Festival
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 5-29-19 515
The Start of Festival
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 5-22-19 515
Toledo Bikes!
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 5-8-19 515
Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 5-1-19 515
Brad and the Choir
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor - 4-17-19 - 515
In the Air
Rough Draft Diaries 4-9-19 515
Meet Dirtykics, James Dickerson
Rough Draft Diaries 4-3-19 515
Business and Art
Rough Draft Diaries 3-27-19 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Pledge Special
Rough Draft Diaries 3-20-19 515
Ruby's Dream
Rough Draft Diaries 3-13-19 515
Without The Rain There Would Be No Rainbows
Rough Draft Diaries 3-6-19 515
The North Coast Concert Band
Rough Draft Diaries 2-27-19 515
BeInstrumental
Rough Draft Diaries 2-20-19 515
Not An Ordinary Baseball Player
Rough Draft Diaries 2-13-19 515
Bright Young People
Rough Draft Diaries 2-6-19 515
The Fab Lab
Rough Draft Diaries 1-30-19 515
To New Heights
Rough Draft Diaries 1-23-19 515
Connecting Kids to Meals
Rough Draft Diaries 1-16-19 515
Dialogue to Change Toledo
Rough Draft Diaries 1-9-19 515
Soup, Salad and Ideas
Rough Draft Diaries 12-26-18 515
Georgette's Grounds And Gifts
Rough Draft Diaries 12-19-18 515
To Give And To Get - 2018 Holiday Special
Rough Draft Diaries 12-12-18 515
Scrap For Art
Rough Draft Diaries 12-5-18 515
Time to Tango
Rough Draft Diaries 11-28-18 515
A Conversation with Valeria
Rough Draft Diaries 11-21-18 515
The RDD's Thanksgiving Special with Chef Erika of Registry Bistro
Rough Draft Diaries 11-14-18 515
The Tiff
Rough Draft Diaries 11-7-18 515
The Ohio Theatre
Rough Draft Diaries 10-31-18 515
RDD's Halloween Special
Rough Draft Diaries 10-17-18 515
Taking Initiative
Rough Draft Diaries 10-10-18 515
Hopes and Dreams
Rough Draft Diaries 10-3-18 515
SunBridge, Meet Steve
Rough Draft Diaries 9-19-18 515
SunBridge, Meet the Kids
Rough Draft Diaries 9-12-18 515
First Tee
Rough Draft Diaries 9-5-18 515
GLCA
Rough Draft Diaries 8-29-18 515
This Midsize City
Rough Draft Diaries 8-22-18 515
RDD at the 577
Rough Draft Diaries 8-15-18 515
Technologies of Mindfulness Meditation
Rough Draft Diaries 8-8-18 515
Recovery
Rough Draft Diaries 8-1-18 515
A Nice Warm Blanket
Rough Draft Diaries 7-25-18 515
Firefly Nights
Rough Draft Diaries 7-18-18 515
Study of People
Working With Mother Nature
Rough Draft Diaries 7-4-18 515
Food and Culture
Rough Draft Diaries 6-27-18 515
Black Swamp Spirit
Continuing the Story
Rough Draft Diaries 6-13-18 515
The Final Frontier
Rough Draft Diaries 6-6-18 515
There's still Hope
Rough Draft Diaries 5-30-18 515
Independence and Opportunity
Rough Draft Diaries 5-23-18 515
Marc and the Commission
Rough Draft Diaries 5-16-18 515
Your Space
Rough Draft Diaries 5-9-18 515
Women of Toledo
Rough Draft Diaries 5-2-18 515
A Different Kind of School
Rough Draft Diaries 4-25-18 515
The Brother Inventor
The Rough Draft Diaries Pledge Special
Rough Draft Diaries 4-11-18 small
Evoke, It's A Cool Name
Rough Draft Diaries 4-4-18 515
Cure Bar
Rough Draft Diaries 3-28-18 - 515
Meet a Muslim
Rough Draft Diaries 3-21-18 515
RDD Meets TLC
Rough Draft Diaries 3-14-18 515
La Conexión
Rough Draft Diaries 3-7-18 small
De Vuelta a la Escuela (Back to School)
Amanda Lucidon
A Special Guest
Rough Draft Diaries 2-21-18 515
Color and Culture
Rough Draft Diaries 2-14-18 515
The Rough Draft Diaries Valentine's Day Special
Rough Draft Diaries 2-7-18 515
They Weren't Always Like This
Rough Draft Diaries 1-31-18 515
Caution
Rough Draft Diaries 1-24-18 small
Josina Lott Living
Rough Draft Diaries 1-17-18 small
Eagles Fly for Leukemia
Rough Draft Diaries 1-10-18 small
Ring The Bell
2017 Holiday Special - God bless Us, Every One
Rough Draft Diaries 12-20-17 small
2017 Holiday Special - A Ghostly Little Book
Rough Draft Diaries 12-13-17 small
A Monument of Work
Rough Draft Diaries 12-6-17 small
Larry's Story
Rough Draft Diaries 11-29-17 small
The Beach House
Rough Draft Diaries 11-22-17 small
The RDD's Thanksgiving Special With Chef Andi of Foodology
RDD: 100th Episode
Minding the Gap - The 100th episode
Rough Draft Diaries 11-8-17 small
Aspiring Hands
Rough Draft Diaries 11-1-17 small
The Nightingales
RDD: Compassion Games
May The Odds Be In Your Favor
Habitat for Humanity
Rough Draft Diaries 10-4-17 small
A Safe and Supportive Environment
Rough Draft Diaries 9-27-17 small
Toast Masters
Rough Draft Diaries 9-20-17 small
A Piece of History
Rough Draft Diaries 9-13-17 small
Rita & Gary
Rough Draft Diaries 9-6-17 small
Here We Are Still Today
Rough Draft Diaries 8-30-17 small
A New Roast
Rough Draft Diaries 8-23-17 small
Gathered Toledo
Rough Draft Diaries 8-16-17 small
Dignity and Respect
Rough Draft Diaries 8-9-17 small
Recreate
What’s in the Water?
Rough Draft Diaries 7-19-17
Day Trader to Master Gardener
The Great Outdoors
Butterflies and Turtles, and Snakes! Oh, My!
RDD: Graphite
Graphite Design + Build
PK Meets The RDD
Making it Work
Having Fun Isn't Hard When You've Got A Library Card
Peep Game Comix
Marjory the Motivator
Back to the Roots
Specifications ­- One Star Placed in the Center on Adams and 11th ­street by artists: Judy Dilloway/Maura Amato
One Star Placed in the Center
Mo and the Sub Shop
The Fabric of Downtown
Vanessa Snyder's Painting
Art, Science, and Information
It's BitterSweet
Innovating Food
Advice with Marcy Kaptur
The Lake and the Doctor (part two)
The Lake and the Doctor (part one)
Tom Henry, the Accidental Journalist
A Man And His Bass (Part Two)
A Man and His Bass (Part One)
African American Legacy
Pete Culp's picture on behalf of the Port Authority
A Conversation with Pete Culp
Baldemar on a local farm
Baldemar and the FLOC (part 2)
Baldemar and the FLOC
Photos by Pineapple XVI
Dr. Paat.
The Labre Project in the summer time
The Labre Project
Holidays at the Manor House
Holidays at the Manor House
Candice and Chris Brown performing downtown on The Docks
The Price of Fame and the Comfort of Home
Ken Leslie of 1Matters
One Matters
Planting Flowers
The RDD Grows
Haley and Scott at Fowl and Fodder
The RDD's Thanksgiving Special with Scott Bowman of Fowl and Fodder
Students rehearsing for a CTW production
Children's Theater Workshop - Meet the Students
Aimee Reid of the CTW
Children's Theater Workshop - Meet Aimee
Sarah Skow
Attorneys and Storytellers
John Eikost
The Reluctant Interview
Mark Russell
The Episode about Politics
Toledo School for the Arts logo.
Art Saves Lives
John Rockwood Podcast
Capturing Rock with Rockwood
John Adams Podcast
A Renewed Sense of Energy
Aayan Naim and the Blues Podcast
Aayan Naim and the Blues
Steve Mockensturm
Art and the Divine
Sam Melden with You Will Do Better in Toledo Sign
Leadership in Toledo
Taylor Dungjen and her son
Covering Crime
Boxer in the Ring
Soul City: Meet the Boxers (Part Two)
Boxing Gloves
Soul City: Meet the Coaches (Part One)
Young Artist Painting Mural
The RDD Meets YAAW (Part Two)
Young Artists Learning Together
The RDD Meets YAAW (Part One)
Edith Franklin Making Pottery
La Grande Dame of the Arts (Part Two)
Edith Franklin at the Potter's Wheel
La Grande Dame of the Arts (Part One)
External Photo of the Maritime Academy of Toledo
The Academy
Large Propeller Outside of the National Museum of the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes with Ellen
Black and White Image of the Interior of Fire Station
Old Number 18
Toledo Fire Trucks
Fighting Fire with Jennifer
Progeria Rough Draft Diaries
Positivity and Progeria
Press and Dies of Deep in Design Podcast Episode Two
Press and Dies of Deep In Design (Part Two)
Press and Dies of Deep in Design Podcast Episode One
Press and Dies of Deep In Design (Part One)
Happy Birthday FM 91
Happy Birthday FM 91!
Members of the CAC
Now, The RDD Meets the CAC
Courtney Billian
The RDD Meets TSN
Delightful Art with Dee's Studio
Delightful Art With Dee
Lost, Long Gone, Forgotten Records
New Town - Forgotten Records
Way Public Library
(Inter)action
Russ and Rob Courtney
The Courtney Brothers - The One with Rob
Russ' food truck, Rusty's Road Trip
The Courtney Brothers - The One with Russ
The Land Bank team
The Land Bank
The Valentine Theater
The Theatre, the Theatre
Shelley Kotz
Way Will Open
Jo and Harvey's wedding
Jo Married Harvey
Gail Conrad with a newspaper clipping of her performance as Eleanor Roosevelt.
Eleanor and Gail
Since the story of Jan Wahl was divided into two episodes, we thought we'd add part two a little early so you can enjoy the rest of his story. Make sure to tune in next time to hear where The Rough Draft Diaries will go next! Jan's choices for out next
Big Fish (Part Two)
Jan Wahl's movie memorabilia
Big Fish (Part One)
The Toledo Museum of Art
A Trip to the Museum
Ben and Sam from HEAVY COLOR
We Get A Band
A workman's tools
In with the Old, Out with the New
Cutting the Anderson's Holiday Cheese
The Big Cheese
The Casey-Pomeroy House
One House on the Block
Cancer Connection logo
Connecting Through Cancer (Part Two)
Cancer Connection logo
Connecting Through Cancer (Part One)
Chef Joseph's sweet potato recipe
Chef Joe's Sweet Potatoes
Chef Joe and Haley Taylor
Homegrown and Local
Greg's equipment
The Happy Painter
Mixed Media Trees
Art, Death, and Things of That Nature (Part Two)
Dani and her pet bird
Art, Death, and Things of That Nature (Part One)
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An Introduction