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This Week: 567
January 12, 2024

What’s Going On In There?

This episode will be available Sunday 7 p.m. CT.

Mike Liu

Often we see someone’s situation from the outside and think we know exactly what’s going on. This week, we get inside and find out just how much more interesting the reality of it is.

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There's the thing you plan to do, and then there's the thing you end up doing.

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A political party in a major swing state bets on a total outsider.

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