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Jan 2021
48m 25s

Episode 30 - Wall Street Smug

Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook
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The variety progrum tackles GameStop, teachers unions and hosts former Trump Deputy Chief of Staff Johnny DeStefano for a talk about populist market disruption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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