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Dec 2018
6m 27s

Blair Braverman

Wnyc Studios
About this episode

A storm doesn't care about anything. It's just a storm. A human with an agenda? That's another story.

Blair Braverman is a dog musher running her first Iditarod this March. She is the author of "Welcome To The God Damn Ice Cube" and is based in Wisconsin. You can find her @BlairBraverman

Join the "10 Things That Scare Me" conversation, and tell us your fears at 10thingspodcast.org

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