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Gone

1/16/202647 min

One night in 1989, Karen Palmer got in her car with her husband and two daughters and drove away from their home in California. They didn’t tell anyone where they were going. 

Karen Palmer’s memoir is She’s Under Here.

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  1. Speaker 00:00

    Employees filing for reimbursements is the latest in spend technology. Oh, wait, that was the script from 1986. In 2026, there's Engine X, the business card that centralizes your spend so you can simplify, save, and earn big with every swipe. Engine X, going up. Engine is a financial technology company, not a bank. The Engine X Visa commercial card is issued by Fifth Third Bank NA, member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa USA Inc. Terms and conditions apply. All applications are subject to credit approval. Actual reward rates vary by reward tier and purchase category and may change. Points have no cash value and are redeemable for rewards through our program. Rewards are subject to terms and conditions. Bloomington, Indiana's always been a town of lifelong learners. Lectures that run long. Dinner table debates that run longer. We're always studying something. But this year, the syllabus changed. We learned about blitzes and blocks, pick sixes and play action, and what the inside of that outside stadium looks like on a sunny Saturday afternoon. We may not always understand the whole thing, but man, if it isn't fun to learn. Visit Bloomington. Learn something new.

  2. Karen Palmer· Guest1:12

    We really left overnight. You know, I had a job. I was working for a semiconductor firm just outside Santa Cruz. And I just one day didn't go to work.

  3. Phoebe Judge· Host1:25

    This is Karen Palmer. That's not the name she was born with.

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