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Can We Please Talk?

"South Bronx, south south Bronx.."

Ep. 216
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Mike is joined by guest host, NPR politics reporter Ximena Bustillo, to discuss the closing arguments and jury deliberation upcoming as the Manhattan trial involving fmr. President Trump wraps up, plus, a look at the fmr. President's recent campaign stop in Mike's old hood, what Ximena is hearing on the campaign trail from voters in swing states & more.


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