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Feb 2024
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Plus: Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would be open to a prisoner exchange that could lead to the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. And Open AI CEO Sam Altman attempts to raise trillions of dollars in the hopes of boosting the world’s chip-building capacity. Luke Vargas hosts.

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