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Dec 2019
1h 9m

I Did Poopy & I Know Calculus

Chris Gethard
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What's it like to be a public school teacher today? Gethard finds out from a fellow New Jerseyite.

This episode is brought to you by Talkspace (www.talkspace.com code: BEAUTIFUL), Natural Disasters (www.parcast.com/naturaldisasters), and Third Love (www.thirdlove.com/beautiful).

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