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Oct 2022
54m 41s

S15, Ep9 How To Fail: Greta Thunberg on ...

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I'll be honest. I was intimidated by the prospect of this interview. Plus, I never believed it would *actually* happen. I was going to get to speak to arguably the most famous activist on the planet? Yeah, right. As if.But then - it happened! And Greta Thunberg - the founder of the School Strike for Climate movement who has been nominated three times for a N ... Show More
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