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The Magnet 095: Mail Order Mysteries, Wham-O's Wonders, and Aurora's Torture Toys
Three books that reveal the weird and wonderful world of 1960s toys and novelties
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June 2024

The Magnet 094: A Saturday in Los Angeles
Souffle Pancakes, Curated Curiosities, and Crystal Wonders
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The Magnet 093: Fantastic Fiction, Tofu Transformations, and Frankenstein's Forebear
Hi and welcome to The Magnet! I'm Mark Frauenfelder, and in this issue, I bring you a treasure trove of delights. Dive into the eerie and fantastical…
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The Magnet 092: Free Art, Free Music, Free-Range Thoughts
Random cool stuff I've been into lately
The Magnet 091: Meditation, Monsters, and Musical Marvels
A few things I've been reading, watching, and listening to lately
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May 2024

The Magnet 090: The bizarre advertisements in old issues of Popular Mechanics
The good old days of jumping discs, porpoise jaw oil, and replica grenades
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April 2024

The Magnet 089: Rick Altergott's "Blessed Be" — A Long-Awaited Masterpiece of Subversive Comics
For decades, Rick Altergott has been the underground comic world's best kept secret.
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March 2024

The Magnet 088: Reddit User Finds Suspicious USB Drives in Luggage
A modern-day Hitchcock plot
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The Magnet 087: Cambodian Street Food Tour
I’ve eaten in hundreds, if not thousands, of restaurants in my life, yet most of them have faded from memory. But I’ll never forget this night in Siem…
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January 2024

The Magnet 086: Portugal's Incredible Bookstores
Six bookshops worth visiting
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The Magnet 085: More Bizarre Mysteries
Bewildering experiences with unexplainable phenomena — from glowing neon signs and midnight coffee brews to mysterious phone calls in the dead of night.
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The Magnet 084: Mystery of the Motorized Garage Door
An Unplugged Enigma
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