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Jun 2020
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670. Language Learning with James Harris

Luke Thompson
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670. Language Learning with James Harris

Talking to writer and comedian James Harris about life as a writer, going to Oxford Uni, being an international Brit and learning German, French and Chinese as an adult.

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