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Hello and welcome to episode 259 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing the world of live action role-playing games, also known as LARP.

And I'm joined by three guests.

So first up, we've got Stephanie Grossman.

She's a writer and marketing professional who's worked for several publishing houses,

including Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster.

And she currently works at J-store, the Digital Scholarly Research Library.

Her writing appears in magazines such as Fiction 365 and Boasts,

and her article, Why I Spent my Summer Vacation dressed like Hermione Granger, about attending

her first larp, is out now in Paste magazine.

So Stephanie, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me.

Then next up we've got Lizzie Stark.

Her non-fiction appears in publications such as The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Daily Beast, and I09.

And she's also the author of two non-fiction books, Pandora's DNA, about the history and science of

so-called breast cancer genes, and Leaving Mundania, about the wonderful world of larping.

She's also been involved with creating and running larps all over the world.

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