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May 26, 2025 24 mins

Award-winning journalist Alisyn Camerota’s astonishing and witty memoir, Combat Love, details her dicey childhood, less-than-ideal upbringing, outlier friends, homelessness, and fascination with punk rock.

We discuss her reasons for writing it now, how her mother's past experiences affected how she was raised, and her family’s - especially her mother’s - reaction to it.

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