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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by Eddie Becker on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leaving Medium]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Why I&#x2019;m shifting to Substack</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://eddiewrites.medium.com/leaving-medium-abf09cd7607c?source=rss-d5bde3b8eb36------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:44:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[On Leaving]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 17:42:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The years we thought we knew it all]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:09:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[In an Era of Pot-Stirring Demons and Instagram Gods, Worship Only Jesus]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 08:48:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[It Doesn’t Matter If You’re Black or White or Uncool]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:01:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Does the Perfect Country Song Belong to Garth Brooks?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:12:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Next Mass Shooting]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 23:17:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Know If You Had a Good Day or Bad Day, According to Ice Cube]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tom Petty Taught Us About Regret Without Even Using the Word]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:31:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stop Being Polite to God]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:49:55 GMT</pubDate>
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