On this episode, Benjamin Gorman gabs with Wendy Van Camp, author of “The Planets: a scifaiku poetry collection” and Poet Laureate Emerita of Anaheim, about jalapenos, colonizing Mars, and Twain the whale.

Today’s secret phrase is: Fur babies

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Website - https://wendyvancamp.com

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“Conversing” with a Humpback Whale Named Twain

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