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Jul 1
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Adam Carolla Has Nowhere Else to Go (Mem...

Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com

Also: a serious discussion of the cinematic category known as “movies where they clearly came up with the title first.”

-The N-word trap at the Hudson Yards gym

-Joe Jackson dressed for the evil dad part

-Phil Spector and the Wall of Sound defense

-Richard Simmons slaps a cage fighter

-How to respond to an asshole

-Con Air, Face/Off, and insane ’90s movies

-Pr…

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