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...On the State of Things

71 min • 28 oktober 2020

In this episode, Alyson and Breht discuss the mental health fallout from the Covid Crisis, the possible futures of the American Right, the political economy of the pandemic, what comes next, and much more.

Outro music: 'Chum' by Earl Sweatshirt

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