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From the editorial team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel, and this is Hello Monday, our

show about the changing nature of work, and how that work is changing us.

So on the second Monday in March, I went to the launch for Glenin Doyle's new book, Untaint.

It was this magical night.

We were inside this church in Brooklyn Heights, it was packed, Glenin had written about

falling in love with her wife, the soccer player Abby Womback.

She's been on the show, actually.

Anyhow that night, she was sitting in the first row, and there were people up in the bleachers

everywhere, and as Glenin walked into center stage, they erupted in applause.

It was meant to be the first event in Glenin's national book tour.

And I remember the date exactly, March 9, because it was the last time in 2020 that I would

gather in real life in a room full of people, anywhere.

Two days later, Glenin canceled the tour.

There are so many people like Glenin.

People who are scheduled to have their big debut, their TED Talk, their opening night, their

album release, and at Hello Monday, it's got us thinking, where does this year's art

go?

So this is the first of a two part series, and we'll throw in a couple of bonus episodes

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