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Jun 2019
1h 32m

Ricky Gervais

Lawrence M. Krauss
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In this episode, Lawrence talks with actor, writer and comedian, Ricky Gervais about the science of comedy, the comedy of religion, and the religion of free speech. He also gets a mind-bending, personal science lesson from Lawrence.

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