Human Matters by Meaghan
Bestselling novelist, screenwriter & former archaeologist with a PhD pulls back the curtain on books & the film & TV world, & goes off-script with a guide to history, culture, & society told with wit & fury.
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- 11
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- Sep 29, 2026
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The man history forgot, and the bird that outlived him (opens the original)
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Thank God It’s Fucking Friday #6 (opens the original)
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Behind the Curtain, Episode 8: Fast-Food for the Brain (opens the original)
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Thank God It’s Fucking Friday #5 (opens the original)
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A Man Farted in my Face and Now I’m Done with the Patriarchy (opens the original)
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