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My guest on the program, Chris Anderson, is editor of a little magazine

you might have heard of called Wired.

He's also the author of Free, the Future of a Radical Price.

It's an exploration of the idea of free, particularly in the digital marketplace.

Chris Anderson, welcome to The Sound of Young America.

It's great to have you on the show.

Thanks.

I guess the natural question is free is an important idea in the world in which you work.

The world of digital media and of course the world of print media where your day job is.

Why did you want to put your stamp on the idea by blogging about it and talking about it and writing this book?

Yeah, you know, the magnetic lure of free.

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