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Sandy and Nora talk politics

Resisting the Culture Wars

Ep. 340

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about how culture wars are fed off of virtual connection and fake community, and that we need to inject real community in the debates to take away some of the power that a culture war can have.

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