Ep. 252: The Cost of Trying to Be Smart in a Country That Wants You to Stay Dumb
The Michael Moore Podcast
Michael Moore
4.7 • 9.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
After a short summer break spent basking in the glow of a Zoom screen and strategizing with people across the country to defeat the Republicans this Roevember, Michael has returned to the Rumble podcast studio. Topics include the Biden student debt relief announcement and wondering why the younger students must return to school in the middle of summer.
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| 1:10.0 | Hello everyone, this is Rumble with Michael Moore and I am Michael Moore. |
| 1:16.0 | Good to talk to you all again. |
| 1:18.0 | I've been gone for a couple of weeks, about to take a couple of weeks off. |
| 1:22.0 | It's August. |
| 1:24.0 | I wish I could say that I went on vacation somewhere. |
| 1:27.0 | I did not do that. |
| 1:29.0 | Instead, I thought I'd take some time to just chill and make some plans here for the fall in the winter. |
| 1:37.0 | Specifically, being involved as I am, helping different people around the country with the election coming up in November. |
| 1:44.0 | I figured out what's the best way I can make my contribution. |
| 1:48.0 | I'm not going to get into that too much right now, but that's what I did on my summer vacation. |
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