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Jun 2025
51m 17s

If I Ruled the World: Tressie McMillan C...

Trevor Noah
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For this round of If I Ruled the World, Trevor and Christiana and joined by friend-of-the-show Tressie McMillan Cottom. They’re trying to find ways to connect people and limit societal rot; one quarterly report, character count, and service job at a time.


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