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Jul 2022
58m 35s

Joel Stein: What’s Wrong with Being Smar...

KAST MEDIA | RAINN WILSON AND REZA ASLAN
About this episode

Reza sits down with journalist and author, Joel Stein, to ponder, "What’s Wrong with Being Smart?" 

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