Did you hear that tone? It might sound like I'm leaving you a voicemail, but actually, I'm

alerting you to a special episode. My name is Brace. This, of course, is the True and on podcast,

hosted by myself, Liz Franzak and Young Chopsky. And today is an interview with Nikko Walker,

who wrote the book Cherry,

and yeah,

I think we should just rev up the

engines and drive

into the garage,

shut the door,

start the engine

once again,

and just drift off.

Thank you. Welcome to NPR's the book firing line where we take one author every week, put them up against the wall, and put a bullet in

their fucking brain. With us today, we have Nico Walker. Nico, how you doing?

I'm doing well, Brace. Thank you for having me.

Of course. Nico, I think for those, so Nico wrote a book called Fucking Cherry, they made a

fucking movie out of it Blah Blah Blah

For those who

We did a survey

And 95% of our audience

Hasn't read

Not only a book

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