For this Friday, we talk to PEN/Hemingway Award winner Ruchika Tomar about her debut novel A Prayer for Travelers and on the inequities of the outbreak. And then our weekly segment Tough Questions with our CEO Suzanne Nossel.

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Episode 19: Writing Duo Dr. Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell on Science and the Outbreak

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