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Speaker 1: And we talked to Josh Rogan a while back. There's

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Speaker 1: the global opinions columnist for the Washington Post, and man,

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Speaker 1: some great reviews. I just read the Wall Street Journal

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Speaker 1: it's great to be back with you. Um. Just in general,

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Speaker 1: The great book Chaos under Heaving Trump. She in the

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