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Episode Synopsis
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview humorist, Al Mullen.Al his written humor pieces for The New Yorker, McSweeney's and other publications. He is also the creator and publisher of Public Transportation Magazine (PTM). PTM is a very funny eight page Zine that can only be found on New York public transportation. Past issues have included many New Yorker writers and cartoonists and the next issue (probably coming out in September) will have pieces by David Cross, Jack Handey and Roz Chast. Look for it on a train seat near you!Check out the PTM website here:https://www.publictransportmagazine.comThere's also a punchline contest! Win the highly coveted PTM T-shirt!https://www.publictransportmagazine.com/punchline-contestIf you would like to contribute words, images or money to the magazine you can contact Al here:[email protected] Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #907 (Dancing in the spreadsheets).Finalists for contest #909 (Bar Fry). Current New Yorker contest #911 (The Miniature Prometheus). Send us questions or comments to: [email protected] your contest complaints or suggestions to:[email protected].
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