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Sep 2024
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#845 - Ben Shapiro - Has America Complet...

Chris Williamson
About this episode

Ben Shapiro is a political commentator, Co-Founder of the Daily Wire, an author and a podcaster.

Election years are always chaotic, but this one feels particularly spicy. Why is the world at fever pitch and how much is actually going to stop after November?

Expect to learn if the 2024 election is going to be a typical one, why Ben hasn't had Donald Trump on his show, Ben's experience with childhood bullying and how it changed him, what Ben wished more men realised about masculinity, his thoughts on Elon Musk, how to deal with public criticism and much more...

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