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The Political Orphanage

Ep 84 | How to Grok North Korea | Guest: Michael Malice

The Political Orphanage

Andrew Heaton

Comedy, News, Politics

4.91000 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

"Dear Reader: An Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il" combined North Korean propaganda and history, from the perspective of its most infamous dictator. Author Michael Malice joins Heaton to discuss the reality of North Korea, its options moving forward, and what Americans get wrong about the Hermit Kingdom.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Something's Off with Andrew Heaton. I'm your host, the Archduke of Tulsa, Andrew Heaton.

0:18.0

And today it being a Thursday, we're going to bring back thinky fun time where I bring on an author a warlord a mintat some combination of

0:25.4

the men today all three in the form of Michael malice who will join me shortly

0:28.7

to talk about his book dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of Kim Jong Ill.

0:33.2

He's the author of several books, but that's the tone that we're going to concern ourselves

0:36.4

with today.

0:37.4

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