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Oct 2020
1h 35m

A Hot Civil War Approaches | A TED Talk ...

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Steve reacts to the news from the weekend, provides a polling 'splainer on why the public polls' methodology stinks once again, and discusses why (regardless of the election outcome) the country is headed for a hot civil war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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