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Speaker 1: She and The Battle for the twenty one Century on

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Speaker 1: sale now wherever books are sold. Josh, welcome to the

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Speaker 1: Armstrong and gett a show. Great to be back. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: of your time, I realized, but I appreciate it. It's

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Speaker 1: your book and people will talk again. Josh Rogan, thanks

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