Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode, I discuss the almost unanswerable question: why do people insist on loving Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture? Join my Patreon to help shape future Good Art Bad Art episodes: patreon.com/c/gregharradine

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