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May 2023
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Oprah v. Beef Part 2: Apocalypse Cow

AUBREY GORDON & MICHAEL HOBBES
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The closing argument of our two-part Oprahsode starts in a Texas courtroom, wanders through some British slaughterhouses and ends with an emu. 

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