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Building the Bulwark with Jonathan V. Last

Season 4, Ep. 147

Wherein Ben, Holly Berkley Fletcher and Anastasiia Lapatina welcome Jonathan V. Last to talk about optimism and pessimism, building a media empire, and the craft of journalistic writing.

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