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Podcast: Wrong Station Ad-free
Episode: Farther Than Samarkand
Description: The sun was right overhead. It was so hot I thought the plastic wheels of my travel bag would melt to the pavement. As I turned from the parking lot down the side of the highway, the fresh dose of codeine washed over me, like white surf on a sunlit beach. The pills made everything even brighter and hazier. I felt like I was floating on the thick humid air, floating down the road like a raft down a warm stream.--Written by Alexander Saxton and performed by Liz Der.Support The Wrong Station by...