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Jul 2024
18m 38s

Romance Novels (Replay)

Freakonomics Network & Zachary Crockett
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How did love stories about vampires, cowboys, and wealthy dukes become the highest-grossing fiction genre in the world? Zachary Crockett gets swept away. 
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