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Sep 2021
23m 59s

Big Names, Big Influence

CNN
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Celebrities can have an outsized influence on the way we think. Don and Chris discuss three public figures making headlines lately, on Twitter and at the Met Gala. They also talk about the importance of being able to respectfully disagree with each other. 

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