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S10 E39: Clea Shearer, Mary Roach, and Mark Mazower
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In this episode, meet co-founder of The Home Edit Clea Shearer, writer Mary Roach, and historian Mark Mazower. Discover what inspired each of these authors to write their books, and find out who they would cast to narrate if they hadn’t read their audiobooks themselves. Cancer is Complicated by Clea Shearer https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746020/cancer-is-complicated-by-clea-shearer/9798217163946/ Replaceable You by Mary Roach https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/807111/replaceable-you-by-mary-roach/9798217281527/ On Antisemitism by Mark Mazower https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768066/on-antisemitism-by-mark-mazower/9798217163618/
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In this episode, meet co-founder of The Home Edit Clea Shearer, writer Mary Roach, and historian Mark Mazower. Discover what inspired each of these authors to write their books, and find out who they would cast to narrate if they hadn’t read their audiobooks themselves. Cancer is Complicated by Clea Shearer https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746020/cancer-is-complicated-by-clea-shearer/9798217163946/ Replaceable You by Mary Roach https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/807111/replaceable-you-by-mary-roach/9798217281527/ On Antisemitism by Mark Mazower https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768066/on-antisemitism-by-mark-mazower/9798217163618/
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