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Aug 2019
26m 28s

Sina Rahmani "Wrestling with the Revolut...

SINA RAHMANI (@URORIENTALIST)
About this episode

A recording of an article I wrote almost 14 years ago. I cringe at some of the prose. Part two will be behind the paywall.

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