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New York is Building a Skyscraper Jail - #123

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This week, Fred and Liam are back from Dubai, and we're digging into The B1M's recent video "New York is Building a Skyscraper Jail". You read that right. Is this New York's most controversial building?


Later in the episode, we cover:


We end the show with two emails from JD and Jason Murray.


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