Remembering the Concorde and Two New Books — 04 August 2023

Remembering the Concorde and Two New Books — 04 August 2023

Friday, 4 August, 2023

In this episode, we get excited about two books: Ms. Demeanor by Elinor Lipman and Speech Team: A Novel by Tim Murphy. Then Mel gets nostalgic about Concorde and those zippy flights across the Atlantic. [transcript]

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