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- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- RSS feed (to open in your preferred listening app)
- YouTube
This website is the only place which has the script for the episode.
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Episode Script:
Good afternoon everyone.
Vanessa here, ducking in for a quick update. I’m pleased to say that yesterday I released my newest book – the First time. A memoir about job hunting for the first time as an openly disabled person.
The book cover 2023 and the challenges I faced for the first time because I could no longer hide my disabilities .It was tough to go through and I’m hearing it’s tough to read too. It sounds weird to say, but that’s exactly what I wanted. I want you to feel what I went through.
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Recorded and edited by myself, Vanessa Smith.
Intro and outro music by Ben Dawson.
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