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Did This Novel Predict the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Imagine writing a novel about a deadly new virus that emerges in Asia and spreads worldwide – only to then watch it all come true. That’s what happened to renowned journalist and author Lawrence Wright, whose new novel "The End of October" follows an epidemiologist for the World Health Organization in his quest to stop a pandemic. Wright joins the program to talk about his prophetic imagination.
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