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EPISODE · Jan 30, 2026 · 1H 2M

It's About Not Letting Your 40s Get In The Way: Rachel Reid's "Common Goal"

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Apparently, your 30s are the new 20s and when you hit 40, you're basically dead. I hope my knees make it out of this transition okay, maybe even better than Eric Bennet, a 41-year old soon-to-be retiree, and Kyle Swift, a 25- year old grad student, who end up falling in love with each other. If only mutual interests in just about everything else made the characters realize how good they are for each other, the book wouldn't be as long. But then I wouldn't have a podcast anymore. Don't read that part anymore! Enjoy tonight's episode! BYYEEE!!!!

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