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Is it a vacation if you Don't take a selfie?
Ep. 72
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Yes, yes, the world is kind of still enduring the pandemic, but that doesn't stop us from sharing travel stories! Jesse and Tom share stories of their favorite places in China and America to visit, what made them so good, and each culture's evolving view on where and why to travel. Also, what the internet is doing to our ideas of travel, and is it really getting away from it all if you're documenting the whole trip on stories?
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