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🗓️ 26 January 2025
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Air Date: 1-26-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- The mindset of collaborators
- Why many people turn inward and drop out - at their own risk - under authoritarianism
- The nature of true dissidents and what we can learn from them
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