Where Did COVID-19 REALLY Come From? With Matt Ridley

Biologist and Author, Matt Ridley joins us in the studio. His latest title, co-authored with Alina Chan, Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19, is now available.

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Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. - CHAPTERS:

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