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Dec 2017
2h 26m

The Best/Worst Christmas songs and the m...

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Hour 1: Greatest (or worst) Christmas song ever? ...An Al Franken voter who is happy to see him go ...US not going to winter olympics? ...The social double standard ...Young people and capitalism ...'Stop the hammering!!!' ...Pizza and wine and other Christmas traditions ...Framing the debate between the left and the right ...How do you define yourself polit ... Show More
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