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Making Sense of an Age of Upheaval—in America and Beyond. Plus, for a break, Sundays in Italy.

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Piedmont region. Credit: John Gayley

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Medieval Town of Corinaldo near Jesi

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  • Paul Starobin

    Paul Starobin publishes "America and Beyond" on Substack w separate sections for Age of Upheaval and Sundays in Italy. He's a former Moscow bureau chief of Business Week, a former contributing editor of The Atlantic, and author of four books.

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    The New Books Network is a consortium of author-interview podcast channels. The NBN is managed by founder Marshall Poe, CEO and Publisher Caleb Zakarin, and Editor-in-Chief Jessie Cohen.

  • John Gayley

    I'm a passionate advocate of Italian wine and travel who also works in several vineyards and wineries along California's central coast. Former management consultant, now retired.

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