#4 The Central Sadness w/Meghan Daum

Pregnant Pause with Zak and Shira by Zak Rosen

Apr 7, 201700:17:43Kids & family

Zak and Shira inch toward a decision while Meghan Daum, essayist and editor of “Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids,” stops by to tell her story. To learn more about list...

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