Ep 420 - Candide, by Voltaire
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English - June 15, 2020 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsBooks Arts Comedy books comedy literature podcasts craig getting andrew cunningham Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Candide is a novella-length takedown of the idea that we are living in the best of all possible worlds, as ordained by God. These days it's hard to believe we need a whole book about this but it's pretty funny anyway?
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