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Welcome to the 1,000 hours outside podcast. My name is Gene Yards. Welcome to the 1000 Ours Outside podcast.

My name is Jenny Urge.

I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside.

And you are in for a treat today.

Because for so many people, this is such a transformative favorite book of theirs.

It is called The Enchanted Hour, the miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction.

And wouldn't you know the author? Megan Coxgerton is here. Megan, I'm just so thrilled you're here.

Thanks for saying yes. Okay, I kind of want to yell at you. Thank you, so much.

I'm going to say, what a book. What a book, Megan, like give people the permission to slow down, but also to like guide them through and to say, this is one of the best things that you could ever do. You could ever do. And for so many reasons. So I would love if you give us a little bit of your backstory. You know, you grow. I really actually, if you wouldn't mind starting at the party, you talk about this party that you are at, this is before you have kids. Yeah, this party and the, what do they call the person, the host, you know, the wife, all of a sudden she's gone and you're like well where is she could you tell us that story

that kind of yeah absolutely i mean this was this was my little like my my awakening moment um i was not

i i think we were engaged but not married at this point certainly didn't have any children

and um and my husband and i went to this party hosted by an old friend of mine who had started having

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