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#1 New York Times bestselling author, Kristin Hannah, joins us this week on You Are What You Read for a special edition, LIVE conversation about The Women. In Kristin's latest novel, Frankie McGrath joins the Army Nurse Corps after her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam. In a deeply moving story from the frontlines of war in Vietnam to Frankie's return to a divided America, Kristin makes sure the brave women who served our country are never forgotten. This is an episode you won't want to miss with an audience Q&A and an exclusive look into Kristin's research and process that went into this great novel. 

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Jenna Bush Hager is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, co-host of "TODAY with Hoda & Jenna", and founder of the spectacular Read With Jenna book club. In this week's episode of You Are What You Read, Jenna celebrates our shared love of family, sisterhood, friendships and, of course, books. As an avid reader, what Jenna appreciates more than anything is a great book recommendation---whether it's from Oprah's Book Club or from her best friend. Jenna has championed this love and appreciation for reading with over 61 Read With Jenna book selections, providing a platform for debut and diverse authors. Nostalgic, fun and enlightening, this conversation will reignite your love of reading and the books that built your soul. 

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Paul Theroux, is the author of over 50 books in fiction and nonfiction, which include The Great Railway Bazaar, Motherland,The Bad Angel Brothers, The Lower River, Jungle Lovers, and The Mosquito Coast. In Burma Sahib, Paul's latest novel, he explores one of English literature’s most beloved and controversial figures—George Orwell. In this week's episode of You Are What You Read, Paul takes us through his extensive research of the places Orwell lived, worked and wrote, and draws parallels between Orwell's adventures and his own. 

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Sharon Brous is America's #1 Most Influential Rabbi (Newsweek, The Daily Beat). She is the founding and senior rabbi of IKAR in Los Angeles, a diverse, multi-generational faith community that celebrates the vibrancy of the Jewish people. Rabbi Brous has blessed both President Obama and President Biden in their Inaugural Prayer Services, and she has united millions with her TED Talk, "Reclaiming Religion".  In this week's episode of You Are What You Read, Rabbi Brous offers wisdom and insights from her latest book, The Amen Effect, to set us on a pathway to genuine, joyful human connection. In an era of loneliness and isolation, our deepest spiritual work is finding our way to one another.  

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Jhumpa Lahiri joins us on You Are What You Read this week for a conversation about books and bella Italia. A bilingual writer and translator, Jhumpa is the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Barnard College (Columbia University). She received the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for Interpreter of Maladies, her debut story collection.

Her work also includes The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and The Lowland, which was a finalist for both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award in fiction. Jhumpa is a master of vernacular, and since 2015, she has been writing fiction, essays, and poetry in Italian, which includes her latest, Roman Stories. She received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2014, and in 2019 she was named Commendatore of the Italian Republic by President Sergio Mattarella. 

Jhumpa Lahiri has fascinated and enchanted readers around the world, and in this episode of You Are What You Read, we get to know this incredible writer and the books that built her soul. 

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In this episode of You Are What You Read, we remember fashion icon and expert, André Leon Talley, in an exclusive interview from December 2020. This week marks two years since André’s passing, and his tremendous influence continues. A beloved son, grandson, nephew and friend, André was raised in the south and flourished on the world stage. He was the first male African American editor of Vogue, and over the course of 50 years, his byline appeared in Vanity Fair, HG, Interview, and Women’s Wear Daily. As a writer, bestselling author, artist, aesthete and Francophile, André had a front row seat to fashion shows around the world, and through his work, he invited us to revel in it. This a conversation with the legend about the pillars of his astonishing life: fashion, faith, family and fun. 

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In this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we head up north to Canada to meet the great Jann Arden. Jann is a multi-platinum, award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and author. She has released 15 albums with 19 top ten singles, received eight JUNO Awards including Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year, ten SOCAN Awards and four Western Canadian Music Awards. She has been been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, has a Star on Canada’s Walk of Fame, and has been awarded the Order of Canada. Jann is adored for her trademark humor and down-to-earth wisdom, and in this conversation she shares with us her deep connection to the people, places and books that built her soul. 

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We are what we read, but are we also what we watch? In this week's episode of You Are What You Read, we sit down with Gary Janetti, the Emmy award-winning television writer/producer of Will and Grace, Family Guy, and more. He is The New York Times bestselling author of Do You Mind If I Cancel? (Things That Still Annoy Me) and Start Without Me (I'll Be There in a Minute).    

Gary kicks off the You Are What You Read podcast this year with a lot of laughs, wit and wisdom to hold with you in 2024. From a young boy dazzled by The Carol Burnett Show to working as a bellman at the Paramount Hotel hoping to be plucked by a famous Hollywood star, Gary shares with us the experiences and television shows that catapulted him to stardom.   

Join Gary on the Blueberry Muffin tour in Austin, Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, New York City, and Los Angeles in 2024. If you can’t see Gary on tour, be sure to follow him on Instagram @garyjanetti for daily bits of humor that will keep you laughing in the new year. 

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Actor, writer and dramatist Fannie Flagg is the triple threat of show business. From the stage to the page, Fannie has graced us with some of our favorite stories: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, and more. 

Flagg's script for the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was nominated for an Academy Award and the Writers Guild of America Award, and won the highly regarded Scripter Award for best screenplay of the year. But the award Fannie treasures above all others came in 2012 when she traveled to Monroeville, Alabama, to receive the Harper Lee Prize for fiction from her longtime friend and mentor, Harper Lee.

Fannie closes our 2023 You Are What You Read episodes on a high note as she takes us through her sparkling career from Birmingham, Alabama to Hollywood, California and everywhere else in between. 

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Robert Dugoni is the critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and #1 Amazon bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite police series, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell and The Cyanide Canary, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. His titles are sold in more than twenty-five countries and have been translated into more than thirty languages.Before Robert enthralled audiences with his blockbuster thrillers, he was editor of his high school newspaper in San Mateo, California. In this week's episode of You Are What You Read, Robert shares with us his experience of becoming a novelist and the books that shaped him along the way. 

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