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Jul 2021
21m 51s

Why Is it So Hard to Tell the Truth?

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America is divided in a thousand ways. Could taking mental health seriously bring us together? Chris and Don talk about recent testimony from Capitol Police officers about January 6th, right-wing messaging on vaccines, and Olympians as well as the rest of us putting our mental health first.

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