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. . . As you bundle into cars and airplanes this Christmas season, give yourself some podcast treats: grab some interesting talks from our favourite spots. Before going anywhere, Comment loads up on:

• CBC Radio’s The Vinyl Cafe
• The Onion
• The American Life
• The Moth
• The New York Times Podcasts
• The New Yorker Out Loud
• NPR’s Planet Money
• Mars Hill Audio, especially Audition
• The Marketplace Institute, Regent College
• TED talks
• Cardus’ own audio journal, think
• And for Dan Postma, Pardon the Interruption

. . . Finally, you can all probably think of someone who should receive this for Christmas: Rouault Fujimura Soliloquies, combining the efforts of French painter Georges Rouault and Comment author Mako Fujimura of IAM. The book is published by Comment contributor Ned Bustard of Square Halo Press in Pennsylvania, and is available at 10% off from our favourite bookseller, Hearts & Minds Books. The art is also featured in a show on NOW at the Dillon Gallery in New York City. What’s not to love?