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Feb 2013
15m 25s

Streets in San Francisco

RTÉ
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Duncan McNiff is an Irishman who's an amateur podcaster. He wanders the streets of San Francisco meeting and recording people with interesting stories. Like the old woman with the police car, the veteran with 'summer' teeth and the man... 
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