Highlands Bunker

E389 - The Human Loneliness Epidemic (w/ Madinah Wilson-Anton)

Highlands Bunker

Show Notes

We begin with an update from Fenel Baines and the Dream Initiative, and the eternal, unanswerable question: do cops lie? Then, Madinah joins Rob in the bunker for a broader discussion about the various things that are making people forget how to be people. Don't worry legislative staffers, you don't have to listen — no politics talk in this one. Show Notes: Madinah links

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