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Mar 2017
18m 43s

The End Of Small Talk | With Paul Rust

The New York Times
About this episode
Paul Rust, star of the Netflix comedy hit "Love," tells the story of a man who says 'no' to conversations about traffic and weather. Even on a first date. 
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