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Hi, listeners. I am so sorry. I did something wrong. I don't even know what I did,

but the sound quality on Lauren Meckling and Marcy Dermanski's episodes is not quite up to par with

my normal episodes. Honestly, I've done, I don't know, close to 150 episodes,

and this is the first time this has happened,

and I am so sorry.

I'm not a technical whiz, and I guess I did something wrong.

So please listen anyway.

It's just not perfect, which bothers me.

And now is also a great time to read the transcripts of these

interviews on my website, zibbi-oens.com slash transcript, which has all the transcripts for all

my episodes, including a link to audio, a link to buy. And it's just another great way to get

to know the authors. So again, I'm really sorry. Please listen anyway,

and it won't happen again. Thanks. I'm really excited to be here today with Lauren Meckling.

She's the author of How Could She, a novel. A former reporter at the New York Sun and features editor

at the Wall Street Journal, Lauren has written for The New York Times, Vogue, where she is a

contributing editor and the New Yorker online. She has written for the New York Times, Vogue, where she is a contributing editor

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