Episode 43: Alison Stine

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Episode 43: Alison Stine

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Sep 30, 2020

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Kristen interviews author Alison Stine about her chilling Appalachian "climate chaos" thriller ROAD OUT OF WINTER (out now from MIRA Books!), the stranger-than-fiction dystopian nightmare we're all living in, and why we need more boring bisexual characters.
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Sep 30, 2020

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The podcast about women who don't give a damn if you like them, brought to you by unlikeable female characters Kristen Lepionka, Layne Fargo, and Wendy Heard.

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