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24 alternatives to Fresh Air - Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen on his new novel, Purity

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Fresh Air - Jonathan Franzen launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Purity▲68

   Jonathan Franzen's 5th novel

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Purity▲64

   A grand story of youthful idealism, extreme fidelity +murder

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Match 3 - 22: The Jonathan Franzen of Podcasts▲72

   Downwell, Evan Narcisse, and a pie in a mailbox

   2015 · simplecast.com · its alternatives →

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   Fresh Air - Amy Poehler▲58

   A candid memoir

   2015 · podcastdownload.npr.org · its alternatives →

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   Naked & Inside Out: Deirdre Novella▲53

   Deirdre Novella + Badlands = Family

   2016 · media.acast.com · its alternatives →

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   Fresh Air - Better Call Saul▲59

   Breathes new life into Breaking Bad characters

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Rebirth: A Fable of Love, Forgiveness, and Following Your Heart▲56

   Kamal Ravikant's new novel

   2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Dirty Sexy Monogamy - Meninism is SO HOT Right Now▲52

   Mike Fishbein and Gigi Engle

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   NTMY The Show - 1: Pieter Levels▲142

   The inaugural episode of Tobias van Schneider's new podcast

   2015 · vanschneider.com · its alternatives →

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    Naked & Inside Out: The Gender Book▲55

    ,Mel Reiff Hill, Jay Mars and Robin Mack

    2016 · acast.com · its alternatives →

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    Pym: A Novel▲54

    Mat Johnson = James Baldwin +Kurt Vonnegut + Jules Verne

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Naked & Inside Out, Isobel Morris▲61

    The Creative Expressionist

    2016 · media.acast.com · its alternatives →

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    Cumulus▲70

    New cyberpunk novel set in near-future Oakland

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut▲61

    A podcast about ilfe-changing books

    2016 · castig.org · its alternatives →

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    Hustle▲71

    A new book about hustling

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Gutshot: Stories▲128

    Isolation and coupling are pushed to their dark edges

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Fresh Air - Aziz Ansari▲73

    Aziz and Yang are writing partners and more

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Naked & Inside Out: Jeffrey Marsh, The Polarizing Luminary ▲54

    Host, author, public speaker and youth advocate

    2016 · rss.acast.com · its alternatives →

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    Deep▲64

    Freediving, renegade science, + the secrets of the ocean

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Originals▲66

    How non-conformists move the world.

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Naked & Inside Out: Tracey Kaplan▲61

    Tracey Kaplan, The LGBTQ+ Ambassador

    2017 · media.acast.com · its alternatives →

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    How to Be an Imperfectionist▲73

    The new way to self-acceptance, fearless living, and freedom

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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    Psychedelic Suburbia▲70

    David Bowie and the Beckenham Arts Lab

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    A study of different characters in a Brooklyn brownstone

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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