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Why Do We Still Fantasize About Being Eaten by Sharks?
A BIGGER BOAT
To understand why we’re so obsessed with scary shark summer TV programming, I actually swam with sharks. (I also interviewed several TV executives. They were scarier.)
Kevin Fallon
Senior Editor, Obsessed
Published
Jul. 21 2019
5:12AM EDT
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/National Geographic/Getty
Kevin Fallon
Senior Editor, Obsessed
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