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What is Lit Bits? Listen here...

Bring your inky cloak and enjoy.

Listen to more Lit Bits here.

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Hail! A mini Lit Bits in which—for half of ten minutes—Adam 'Lit' Smyth reflects on what Shakespeare would have made of computer-simulated voice software.

What is Lit Bits? Listen here...

Bring your inky cloak and enjoy.

Listen to more Lit Bits here.