Welcome to Season 7 of our This Is the Author podcast, where authors give the inside scoop about recording their audiobooks. In this episode, meet award-winning journalist Danielle Friedman, author of Let’s Get Physical, Stacking Benjamins podcast host Joe Saul-Sehy, co-author (with Emily Guy Birken) of Stacked, and journalist and one of the founding editors of Bustle, Rachel Krantz, author of Open. Listen in to hear how each of these authors had a specific, personal experience—from wandering through a bookstore to taking an exercise class—that inspired them to write, and then read, their audiobooks.
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A captivating blend of reportage and personal narrative, Let’s Get Physical explores the untold history of women’s exercise culture—from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda—and how women have parlayed physical strength into other forms of power.
From the money nerds behind the award-winning Stacking Benjamins podcast, Stacked is a new kind of personal finance book to get your house in order. Learn about everything from side hustles, to hiring a legit financial adviser, to planning for emergencies, to what’s new and exciting—and actually worth your time—in financial apps and software. Saul-Sehy and Birken take you step by step along the way to financial success, with their signature blend of shrewd financial information and wacky humor.
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