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Jun 2019
58m 52s

What does it mean to be authentic?

Ali & Taimur Abdaal
About this episode
This week we talk about authenticity — "keeping it real". Taimur tries, with difficulty, to explain why he thinks there's something deeper to authenticity than what everyone already knows and feels: that it's nice to have authentic interactions with other people. We talk about the different situations in which we behave authentically to varying degr ... Show More
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