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Sep 2024
48m 46s

Revenge of the Tourists with Rajan Datar

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Trevor and Christiana are joined by travel journalist Rajan Datar to tackle the perennial summer question around the world: what’s with all these tourists, anyway? Governments, water gun-toting Spaniards, and 10,000 Elsas weigh in. 
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