NBC’s Chloe Melas and co-author Judy Batalion’s New Book is ‘Obsessed with Poop.’ It’s Nothing to Be Ashamed Of (Exclusive)

People
Nov. 10, 2026

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NBC entertainment correspondent Chloe Melas and bestselling author Judy Batalion bonded over poop talk.

The pair knew each other from the author circuit — they both had worked on books about World War II (Melas published her Air Force veteran grandfather’s memoir Luck of the Draw and Batalion wrote the New York Times bestseller The Light of Days) — but when they met for coffee a few years ago, it was health as much as history that brought them together.