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Feb 2024
50m 31s

Sathnam Sanghera on why books can save u...

Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment
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Full disclosure - Sathnam is a dear friend of mine. He was a guest on the first ever season of How To Fail and there’s a very good reason why I’m chatting to him again. A lot has shifted in both our lives. Since he was last on here, Sathnam has written Empireland and more recently Empireworld, two bestselling books which have garnered him critical acclaim, ... Show More
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