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Today on Read On, Robert Kirkwood chats with Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, AKA the Map Men, about 'This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)' and how hey turned a very visual book into an audiobook. Sneak peek below or full podcast here: https://audioboom.com/posts/8815213
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