Political Gabfest - Gabfest Reads: Heartbreak
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🗓️ 21 February 2022
⏱️ ? minutes
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Summary
Gabfest reads is a new monthly series from the hosts of the Political Gabfest. This month David Plotz talks with author Florence Williams about divorce, affection, good friendships, and her new book Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey.
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Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.
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| 0:00.0 | Between forgetting the sellotape, |
| 0:01.6 | trying to squeeze eight people around a six-seater table |
| 0:04.0 | and the cat taking down the tree. |
| 0:06.1 | Again! |
| 0:08.1 | Christmas can be tricky. |
| 0:10.3 | At least with Royal Mail, |
| 0:11.9 | sending parcels is easy. |
| 0:13.6 | You can save time and money when you buy your postage online |
| 0:16.3 | and will collect from your door for zero pounds. |
| 0:18.6 | Whether you have one, two, or twenty to send, |
| 0:21.4 | just click, save, and will collect. |
| 0:23.7 | Visit RoyalMail.com forward slash send. |
| 0:27.0 | Simple. |
| 0:27.9 | Offer end 31st December, full details online. |
| 0:30.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:38.2 | Welcome to Gapfest Reads, a monthly series |
| 0:40.6 | from the political Gapfest. |
| 0:41.8 | I'm David Plott's, |
| 0:43.0 | and this month I'm super happy to talk with my friend, |
| 0:46.3 | Florence Williams, |
| 0:47.5 | who's the author of Heartbreak, |
| 0:48.8 | a personal and scientific journey, |
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