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May 2022
38m 16s

EP292: Lava Girl, Taylor Dooley and The ...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Taylor Dooley shares the story of when she played the role of Lavagirl and how now 15 years later, she has returned to acting to play the same role in the Netflix Film We Can Be Heroes; Institute for Justice lawyer Wesley Hottot tells the story of Ash Patel's nearly six-year long legal battle stemming from the Texas Board of Cosmetology requiring his eyebrow threaders to go back to school to learn other people's jobs.

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00:00 - Lava Girl, Taylor Dooley

25:00 - The State of Texas Tried to Take Down a Man's Livelihood: He Fought Back

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