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Jul 2019
1h 7m

The Squirrel and the Giraffe

Chris Gethard
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Hearing other people talk about themselves makes this caller uncomfortable. "It makes me cringe," he says, "being on the show is a terrible idea." Will this be Chris' second-ever hang up, or will the caller stay on the line to reveal what about human interaction freaks him out.

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