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Mar 2023
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BS Jobs w/ David Graeber (2018)

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The Wrong boys speak with David Graeber about his new book ‘Bullshit Jobs’, exploring the ever multiplicating ways our society makes up stuff for people to do. They also discuss the puritan... 
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