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Jan 2023
14m 40s

The Lab Leak [TEASER]

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri
About this episode
In December 2019, the coronavirus pandemic began in Wuhan, China. In May 2021, America experienced one of the most cursed weeks of punditry we've ever seen. This is a condensed version of the full episode. To hear the rest go to patreon.com/IfBooksPod. See you next week! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPod 
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