Ep. 2 | The Exhausted Middle | Guest: Royce Sharp

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Ep. 2 | The Exhausted Middle | Guest: Royce Sharp

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Nov 14, 2018

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Filmmaker Royce Sharp joins to discuss a better way to view the electorate than Red Team and Blue Team, and the large but quiet "exhausted middle." Plus learn about why Heaton's arch-nemesis is a penguin in "Animal News."

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Nov 14, 2018

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Ep. 2 | The Exhausted Middle | Guest: Royce Sharp: Filmmaker Royce Sharp joins to discuss a better way to view the electorate than Red Team and Blue Team, and the large but quiet "exhausted middle." Plus learn about why Heaton's arch-nemesis is a penguin in "Animal News." by The Political Orphanage
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Ep. 2 | The Exhausted Middle | Guest: Royce Sharp

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