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Author Kurt Andersen Talks About Life With Diabetes

Published August 15, 2016 at 10:40 AM PDT
Author and public radio host Kurt Andersen stopped by Here & Now studios at WBUR in Boston back in 2012. (Jesse Costa/Here & Now)
Author and public radio host Kurt Andersen stopped by Here & Now studios at WBUR in Boston back in 2012. (Jesse Costa/Here & Now)

Here & Now’s Robin Young speaks with Kurt Andersen, host of WNYC’s Studio 360, about his 2012 novel, “True Believers.”

Its main character struggles with Type 1 diabetes, as does Andersen. He talks about the challenges of dealing with his disease.

Read more and see listener comments from our original interview in 2012.

Guest

Kurt Andersen, author of “True Believers” and host of WNYC’s Studio 360.

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