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Ep. 163 Joseph Epstein, "Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life"

Ep. 163 Joseph Epstein, "Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life"

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Early in his newest of over 30 books, Joseph Epstein, our guest this week, writes: "I feel extremely lucky in all these realms in which I had no real choice: parents, epoch, country, and throw in religion, city, and social class." The 87-year-old Epstein, a longtime essayist for the Wall Street Journal, has written his autobiography called "Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life: Especially If You've Had a Lucky Life." He has spent 20 years as editor of The American Scholar and 30 years teaching in the English department at Northwestern University.

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Ep. 163 Joseph Epstein, "Never Say You've Had a Lucky Life"

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