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Sep 2022
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About Student Debt Forgiveness and Ben S...

Andrew Heaton, Jen Briney, Justin Robert Young
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Jen, Andrew and Justin discuss the decision by the Biden administration to forgive some student debt. They also muse on Ben Shapiro's appearance at Podcast Movement which turned into a lengthy apology on Twitter.

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