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Any interest in creating another Flair for supporters of the show?

I'm a wait wait plus supporter for a couple years now.

Yes, the Dua Lipa story is true. Peter asked Hernán Díaz whether she bonded with her now husband over Trust, and apparently one of the first pictures they exchanged was the cover.

I run Podshelf, a free site that tracks book mentions across hundreds of podcasts by reading the episode transcripts. This is the Wait Wait slice for September.

• Ply, Díaz's new one, which Peter says "will blow your mind."
• In the Distance, his first published novel but not his first written: "I have drawers full of manuscripts."
• Barbie Dreamscape, a YA Barbie book that "has found an audience with lots of regular, lame, old adults." The plot: Barbie graduates from Barbie school and isn't assigned a job.
• Dear Writer, Maggie Smith's latest, which led Peter to ask about her philosophy of feedback. Her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful came up too.

Full list with quotes and episodes: https://podshelf.io/podcasts/wait-wait-dont-tell-me