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🗓️ 22 June 2025
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0:35.0 | Hey, everybody, we got a great one today, you know, for a change. And this time, this time I finally mean it, finally. Molly Jong Fast joins me. And we're going to talk about her great new book, How to Lose Your Mother, which will be premiering as a New York Times bestseller. You all know Molly, |
0:56.0 | but you might not know that her mother is writer Erica Zhang, who became famous for her |
1:01.7 | 1973 novel Fear of Flying, a groundbreaking book of feminist literature that sold more than 20 |
1:09.9 | million copies. It's about a woman whose marriage |
1:13.0 | has lost all passion and fantasizes about having passionate sex with a total stranger |
1:19.0 | with no strings attached, what Erica John called a zipless fuck. I'm sorry, if you're listening |
1:26.1 | in the car with your kids, I apologize. |
1:29.9 | Before we go to Molly, I just want to say a few words about the harrowing events in Minnesota. |
1:36.5 | The murders of Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the attempted murders of John Hoffman and his wife, a vet, are deeply disturbing and heartbreaking. |
1:48.5 | Melissa was not a close friend of mine, but we campaigned together throughout the state, and I got to know her. |
1:57.3 | Melissa was a warm person with a ready laugh, but she was a tough negotiator and a very effective |
2:02.4 | leader who always fought hard for Minnesotans. |
2:05.9 | Melissa, of course, had been the Speaker of the Minnesota State House, and she led her |
2:11.7 | caucus brilliantly. |
2:14.0 | Together they passed legislation that made meaningful progress on a host of issues important |
2:18.8 | to the people of the state. |
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