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Bully-Proof: Joi’s Werk Story
Season 6, Ep. 12
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Season Six Finale: Werk Stories host, Joi, gives her interviewer chair to podcast producer and season 2 guest Adell Coleman. Joi tells the story about how the toxic workplace that inspired this podcast tried to silence her for the very last time. Check out Season 1, Episode 1 for the first part of this story.
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