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Mar 2023
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S16, Ep11 How To Fail: Bernie Sanders on...

Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment
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PINCH ME, IS THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENING? Yes, yes it is. Ok. Deep breaths. For my season finale, I bring you the one and only Bernie Sanders: the longest-serving independent member of Congress in American history; unofficial leader of the US progressive movement and a two-time former Presidential candidate.He joins me to talk about his failed attempts to win th ... Show More
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