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Jul 2023
1h 6m

Mary's Gone Crackers: Mary Waldner

Guy Raz | Wondery
About this episode
While working as a psychologist in the Bay Area helping people with their problems, Mary Waldner discovered one of her own; at the age of 43, she was diagnosed with celiac disease. The foods she’d been eating all her life had been making her sick, so Mary came up with a solution. She decided to create a healthy gluten-free snack cracker that she could make a ... Show More
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