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Comic: How audiobooks enable the shared experience of listening to a good story

NPR | By Kate Wheeler

Published February 21, 2023 at 5:00 AM EST

Kate Wheeler is a cartoonist based in Rome, Italy. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, The Nib and The Seattle Weekly.

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