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Feb 2019
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#068 Porn, Sadness & Madness (with Jon R...

Russell Brand
About this episode
Today's guest is the always intriguing journalist and great storyteller Jon Ronson. Fascinating, open and honest. We talked about his investigative podcasts into the world of pornography, how he fought his way out of depression and the dark world of social media shaming! It was an authentic and emotionally very real experience with Jon. 

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