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Candied Bacon and Kold Hard Kash
Season 4, Ep. 34
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Wherein Ben welcomes Shane Harris, who has discovered the secrets of candied bacon and told us all about it. Then we talked about Kash Patel and did a dramatic reading of one of his children's books.
Check out Shane's reporting on candied bacon here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/bacon-the-bestkept-secret-in-washington/
And read Ben's analysis of Kash Patel's child propaganda here: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--the-plot-to-lie-to-children
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