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Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Thursday. This is Seattle now. Hope those of you celebrating

the holidays are having a festive week and that all of you are getting some quality time with loved ones or maybe just with a good book as we climb closer to a new year.

In 2024, we've talked to and learned from some of the region's boundary pushing authors.

One of them is local automotive journalist Victoria Scott.

Victoria loves cars, as models of freedom, style, and engineering. She also thinks car culture

doesn't have to be so male-dominated. Those two things drove her to write about and photograph trans women and non-binary people and their relationship to cars.

Her book is, We deserve this. We'll start by hearing from a neighbor Victoria profiled named Ari.

I love my car.

There's some shame in admitting that.

Like I'm supposed to be a, you know, diehard bicycle fanatic or something.

And I love my bicycle, too, to be honest.

That's Ari Drennan.

She and her partner live on Capitol Hill.

They share a green Subaru outback named Samwise.

Sammy, for short, Ari works from home as a writer and advocate.

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