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My name's Andrew, I'm a Canadian based in Seoul, South Korea, and in just a moment I'll be joined by my co-host, Cassie, an American based in Thailand.

In today's episode, we're going to talk about the rat race. Do you know what that is?

We'll explain it in detail in just a moment, but basically it's a way to describe the busy,

stressful, and sometimes never-ending work that people do to get ahead and succeed in life.

I don't want to spoil the conversation too much though, so we'll save all the details and we'll get started with the

conversation in just a moment when I'm joined by Cassie. But for now I want to tell

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