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Ep 26 - Things We Did When Broke

Ep. 26

What’s the BROKEST thing you’ve ever done… but acted confident about? 👀


This week on the Man Like You Podcast, the guys get painfully honest about the wild things they’ve done while being absolutely skint — from driving a freezing car and pretending it’s a “petrol saving strategy,” to showing up to a meeting with a USB keyboard plugged into a broken laptop like nothing’s wrong.

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