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February 1st 2021 and I'm the host of the show Kara Santa Maria and before we

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All right this week I am pleased to introduce Joanna Ebenstein.

I had an incredible chat with her.

She is so, so fascinating.

So Joanna is the founder and creative director of morbid anatomy and she's written several books.

Her newest book is Anatomica, the exquisite and unsettling art of human anatomy.

It's a stunning and fascinating book.

We dig into some pretty deep topics

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