Folks in washington dc. Im swati sharma. Im the head in chief and publisher of box and also a longtime friend of Elizabeth Flock. And Elizabeth Flock is a journalist and the author of two books and the fourth, fourth book is already out. Please buy it if you have it. The puritans. So were here to talk today about this excellent book she wrote. First of all, is this focus so good . It was so cathartic but dark but uplifting and also funny. And if yall havent read it, im really excited for you to go on this journey. So, first of all, congratulations on this huge, huge accomplishment. So im going to start by from the beginning of my version of the beginning, which may not be your beginning. We were at a restaurant in washington, d. C. Of like five or six years ago, and we talked about bandit queen. And as yall will see in the books, bandit queen was was a female vigilante in the eighties and nineties in india. And she and liz and i were talking about her power, her journey. And you wanted
Folks in washington dc. Im swati sharma. Im the head in chief and publisher of box and also a longtime friend of Elizabeth Flock. And Elizabeth Flock is a journalist and the author of two books and the fourth, fourth book is already out. Please buy it if you have it. The puritans. So were here to talk today about this excellent book she wrote. First of all, is this focus so good . It was so cathartic but dark but uplifting and also funny. And if yall havent read it, im really excited for you to go on this journey. So, first of all, congratulations on this huge, huge accomplishment. So im going to start by from the beginning of my version of the beginning, which may not be your beginning. We were at a restaurant in washington, d. C. Of like five or six years ago, and we talked about bandit queen. And as yall will see in the books, bandit queen was was a female vigilante in the eighties and nineties in india. And she and liz and i were talking about her power, her journey. And you wanted
Folks in washington dc. Im swati sharma. Im the head in chief and publisher of box and also a longtime friend of Elizabeth Flock. And Elizabeth Flock is a journalist and the author of two books and the fourth, fourth book is already out. Please buy it if you have it. The puritans. So were here to talk today about this excellent book she wrote. First of all, is this focus so good . It was so cathartic but dark but uplifting and also funny. And if yall havent read it, im really excited for you to go on this journey. So, first of all, congratulations on this huge, huge accomplishment. So im going to start by from the beginning of my version of the beginning, which may not be your beginning. We were at a restaurant in washington, d. C. Of like five or six years ago, and we talked about bandit queen. And as yall will see in the books, bandit queen was was a female vigilante in the eighties and nineties in india. And she and liz and i were talking about her power, her journey. And you wanted
Folks in washington dc. Im swati sharma. Im the head in chief and publisher of box and also a longtime friend of Elizabeth Flock. And Elizabeth Flock is a journalist and the author of two books and the fourth, fourth book is already out. Please buy it if you have it. The puritans. So were here to talk today about this excellent book she wrote. First of all, is this focus so good . It was so cathartic but dark but uplifting and also funny. And if yall havent read it, im really excited for you to go on this journey. So, first of all, congratulations on this huge, huge accomplishment. So im going to start by from the beginning of my version of the beginning, which may not be your beginning. We were at a restaurant in washington, d. C. Of like five or six years ago, and we talked about bandit queen. And as yall will see in the books, bandit queen was was a female vigilante in the eighties and nineties in india. And she and liz and i were talking about her power, her journey. And you wanted
Us are left behind and the questions of like what makes selfdefense and how do we fix these broken system are questions for all of usand i think all of us can appreciate a good hero or antihero. So i ve read it have told me were really surprised by a lot of what they read there. And especiallyllexploration of cultures of honor, where men feel like have to defend their honor. And thats something that i found in all three places in , in india and and alabama. And so now hopefully a little bit of something in this book for everyone. Yeah i absolutely think there is and its also theres something personal that i think everyone can take away but its also the larger stakes what we want to change about society. And as think about youve done podcasts, documentaries and topic. What do think what is kind of the next frontier youd want to explore in this space. My next frontier is ta care my baby a little bit. I do want to write about the intersection of motherhood and the environment because that