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Hey, everybody. Jeff here. You got a special bonus episode in the feed this week.

Couldn't wait any longer to release this episode. Conversation I did with Gilbert Cruz,

editor of the New York Times book review

about putting together their 100 notable books of the year list, their top 10 list, what goes

into it, the consternations and tradeoffs and excitement and fun, and really long process,

which I didn't really understand, which is one of the reasons I did the interview. Coming up here, one technical note, for whatever reason, my regular mic that makes me sound

dulcid and mellifluous had a little weird wine in it.

So I'm using my backup audio, which is less high quality, but I think is going to be

less annoying than this.

So I'm sorry about that.

Gilbert sounds great. I sound like I'm coming from a phone booth on the side of a highway,

but you're here to hear Gilbert, not me again. Sorry for that. Technical glitches happen all the

time, but I really lament them when they do. Thank you all so much for listening. Here's Gilbert.

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