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Dec 2018
1h 13m

A Bridge Between Humans

Chris Gethard
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Raised in Japan, this week's guest moved to Canada because of the freedom and culture of openness. Hardly able to speak the language, she now works a job where she literally helps people speak for themselves in difficult situations. Gethard met up with her and recorded this just outside of an acoustically perfect concert hall in a noisy Toronto park.


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