Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

EP 408: Finding Kryptonite with Mike Pesca!

Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

Show Notes

With a nearly infinite number of candidates, what atrocity or foul-up might actually auger the end of MAGA? Returning champion Mike Pesca gives us the odds. And then we search for our own identities in a fresh round of “Who Am I?”

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Mike Pesca

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Jodi Rose Crump

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