Miguel wants to get off Spotify to be more deliberate about how he listens to music. But one of his favorite bands has doesn't sell albums, they don't perform live -- they may not even exist.

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• Bad Bad Hats: https://www.badbadhats.com/
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In the summer of 2022, several dozens of residents of Birmingham, Alabama disappeared without a trace. This week, the Hyperfixed team breaks the story of what happened to them.

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• Joe's story about the ducks: Avondale Park ducks, geese disappear before The World Games
• Subreddit discussing Joe's piece: https://www.reddit.com/r/Birmingham/comments/vkq61r/avondale_park_ducks_geese_disappear_before_the/
• AL.com story about World Games debt: World Games $14 million shortfall; ‘We have every intention...to pay our vendors,’ says CEO
• Story about geese removal in Pike Road, AL in 2019: Nearly 150 geese removed, ‘humanely euthanized’ from Ala. community

This week, Bob's Burgers has Matt questioning his sanity.

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• Brain Bridge Lab: https://brainbridgelab.uchicago.edu/

This week, we re-air an oldie but a goodie (plus, a special update from our listener Keenan!).

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• CBC story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/a-halifax-woman-s-40-year-old-recording-comes-out-of-the-basement-and-renews-her-love-of-music-1.7477984
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Merry Christmas! Your present from us is an unlocked bonus episode! It's the story of a guy trying to break into performing, who stumbles into what may be the worst acting gig of all time.

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This week, Alex goes full Scrooge -- visiting the ghosts of Hyperfixed past, present, and future.

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An's episode: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyperfixed/only-to-be-consumed-in-canada

Ali's episode: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyperfixed/the-thing-about-losing-everything

Eva's episode: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/listen/hyperfixed/eva-needs-to-measure

Heath is on a path of destruction, and he doesn’t know how to make it stop.

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Joe's Substack: https://traipsathon.substack.com/
Hyperfixed episode about Jenny Phenix: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6H56YkgohkqNcr03iwedtI
Hyperfixed episode about Joe Rhodes: https://open.spotify.com/episode/27oNALrE3hsxLK6rb6dhX5
MidLife Cruising: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0icUrACC8

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