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Jul 2019
55m 33s

#163 — Ricky Gervais

SAM HARRIS
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Sam Harris speaks with Ricky Gervais. They discuss fame, the effect of social media, the changing state of comedy, offensive jokes, Louis CK, political hypocrisy, Brexit and Trump, the state of journalism, and other topics.

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