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Mar 2022
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Why is Russia Invading Ukraine? with Emm...

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This week we’re joined by Jessica Yellin founder of News Not Noise and former CNN Chief White House Correspondent who is here to talk to us about why the war in Ukraine is getting more coverage than other wars, the psychology that led Putin to attack and how if Putin had a podcast, he wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine!

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