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Dec 2021
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Is This the Anti-Tik-Tok? (Conversation ...

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Our world is going faster and faster. But is there a way to slow things down? Join two native English speakers for a conversation. Liz and Adam discuss the Norwegian style of Slow TV. This calm kind of television is extremely popular in Norway. But can it spread to other parts of the world? Why is it so popular anyway? Would you watch this kind of TV?

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