Happy Independence Day! We’ve got a special all-Fresh Picks episode for you this week to celebrate! With Jon out on vacation, Casey and Ethan will bring a couple picks each to the table and talk about new, noteworthy, or just plain interesting articles, movies, apps, and more!

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• The retired school teacher that wore the same outfit for yearbook pictures… for 40 years.
  
• Google Reader is Dead. Here are some of Casey’s favorite replacements: Feedly, Digg Reader, & Reeder (for iOS).
  
• Born to Run by Christopher McDougall is now available on Audible! Get the book for free with a 30 day free trial at audibletrial.com/thefreshcast!
  
• The super slim, super sleek new Haswell MacBook Air that can’t seem to run GarageBand.
  
• John Hodgman’s RAGNAROK comedy special, only available on Netflix.
  

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