Hey, it's Anna.

This summer we're doing a series of live Zoom conversations with the authors of new

books that we love.

The next one will be this Tuesday, July 14th at 4pm Eastern Time.

It's with writers, podcasters, and best friends, Anne Friedman and Amina Tussau.

They're the host of Call Your Girlfriend, and their new book, Big Friendship, is all about

building and sustaining friendships as a grown-up.

That's something a lot of us could use some advice on, so I can't wait to ask them how

they do it.

There will be a link on our Facebook page.

Again, that live conversation is Tuesday, July 14th at 4pm Eastern One Pacific.

Today, we're sharing the first in this series of live conversations.

I had this one a few weeks ago with writer Michael Arsino.

Michael is the New York Times bestselling author of the essay collection, I Can't Date

Jesus.

The book came out two years ago, and he was on the show talking with me not long after.

Now he's got a new book called I Don't Want to Die Poor.

It's about how we graduated from Howard University in 2007, with six figures in student loan

debt.

Then the Great Recession hit, and that debt has shaped his adulthood and the writing career

he's built in the years since.

With so many young people graduating into similar uncertainty right now, I figured it

...