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Empathy from Experience in Patient Zero

November 5, 2026 · 1 h 52 min

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We get into A LOT in this episode. Love bombing, toxic relationships, the connections Angela found to other songs that make it clear to her who inspired this song, and car salesmen. Hope you enjoy!


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Works Cited:

In Past Tense – Tara Boyd

Patient Zero – Hammerfall

Weasel/Patient Zero – Marvel Universe

Patient Zero – The Outer Limits (2001)

Dramatic Monologue

Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall (The Poldark Saga, 1) – Winston Graham:

*Amazon

*Bookshop.org

Logos, Pathos, Ethos

Metonymy

Isaiah 6:6-8

Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory

Apophasis

*Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier

Canterbury Tales Prologue – Geoffrey Chaucer

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