The institutional farce of US elections w/ Sam Knight and Sam Sacks

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The institutional farce of US elections w/ Sam Knight and Sam Sacks

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Sam Sacks and Sam Knight are journalists based in DC and host the DC Sentinel. Please consider supporting the show. Please help me hit my goal of $1500 a month on Patreon. You can also donate directly with Venmo or Paypal and Gofundme. Links on the homepage, eastpodcast.com

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A critical lens on the history of the present on West Asia and North Africa. Interviews with experts and archival mashups. Created by Sina Rahmani (twitter: @urorientalist)

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