Best Kira George Podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 291 - Trump/Harris Debate: Did Everyone Forget Someone Tried to Murder Trump in July? 42:36

20h ago42:36

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Kira does a quick wrap of the much-anticipated Trump/Harris debate. Did anyone win? Did anyone lose? Did anyone interrupt? Did it any of it make a difference? Kira digs in. Link to debate highlights below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhjjaJ_YZcUBy FCB Podcast Network

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EP 151: Understanding cell ageing and its role in disease with Marco Quarta Co-founder and CEO of Rubedo Life Sciences 42:36

20h ago42:36

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Marco 02:00 The areas Marco focused on during his academic career and what motivated him to found his first company 03:18 How our understanding of ageing has changed over the past two decades and some of the current big questions in ageing biology 06:01 How to get a clearer picture of the ageing p…

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EP 150: Cracking the biological code of aging with Martin Borch Jensen, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Gordian Biotechnology 44:21

8d ago44:21

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Martin 01:35 How a particularly large Indian meal resulted in a book about intermittent fasting and the biology of ageing 05:10 The biological mechanisms behind intermittent fasting, and whether it’s been established to extend life expectancy in humans. 10:13 What we know (and what we don’t) about…

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Ep. 290 - Kamala Does an Interview: Part One 54:07

9d ago54:07

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Kamala Harris finally sat down to an interview with CNN. Kira breaks down all 20 minutes, but because CNN broke it into three parts, Kira will too. Here is part 1. Want to know Kamala’s policy positions? What she’ll do on Day 1 in office…or year 5 depending on how you look at it? want to know how she plans to turn around the economy? You probably w…

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EP 149: Sequencing 33 million samples to support the UK’s COVID-19 response with Tony Cox, CEO of UK Biocentre 34:16

15d ago34:16

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Tony 02:00 What Tony was expecting going into the role of CEO at UK Biocentre, and how the COVID-19 pandemic changed his plans 03:38 Receiving a phone call from the UK government in March 2020 asking the UK Biocentre to stop all of its projects and focus on sequencing COVID-19 samples 05:12 The UK…

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EP 148: Advancing veteran health through the Million Veteran Program with Dr. Mike Gaziano, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School 35:13

22d ago35:13

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0:00 Intro 2:00 Mike’s career prior to the Million Veteran Program (MVP), how Mike got to work on MVP, and important milestones in the project's evolution 8:30 Future goals for the Million Veteran Program in expanding and diversifying the research cohort 11:00 The roles of various omics in advancing the project's development 14:30 The most meaningf…

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EP 147: From research to delivering precision medicine in the clinic with Scott Weiss, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University 37:19

1M ago37:19

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Scott 01:55 Scott’s career highlights to date, ranging from epidemiology to the genetics of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 04:56 How and why Scott decided to transition into genetics 06:30 The advances in our understanding of the genetics of asthma and COPD over the past 2…

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Ep. 289 - Trump and the National Association of Black Journalists 1:33:15

1M ago1:33:15

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Trump waded into hostile territory this past week when he agreed to appear at a forum held by the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago. Kira breaks down the entire interview. Did Trump get an invite to the cookout or just get cooked? Kira analyzes it all using her amazing superpowers of critical thinking.…

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EP 146: The biology of aging with Austin Argentieri, Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Affiliate Member of the Broad Institute, and Research Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital 43:05

1M ago43:05

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Austin 01:42 What is aging and how should we think about it? 03:50 Discussion of Austin’s recent breakthrough paper on aging, including the questions he set out to answer, and the outcomes of the research 06:32 How Austin’s work focuses on using large-scale population proteomics data to create acc…

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EP 145: Navigating rare disease drug development regulations with Daniel O’Connor 39:12

2M ago39:12

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Daniel 02:04 Defining rare disease in the age of personalized medicine 04:57 Key touchpoints with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) when developing a new medicine 09:27 Improvements over the course of Daniel’s career when it comes to incentivizing and making the path t…

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I'm Just Sayin - Peace 3:44

2M ago3:44

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I'm Just Sayin - PeaceBy FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - Turning 50 and Feeling Nifty 4:11

2M ago4:11

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I'm Just Sayin - Turning 50 and Feeling NiftyBy FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - Candace Owens has always been this person 4:05

2M ago4:05

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I'm Just Sayin - Candace Owens has always been this personBy FCB Podcast Network

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EP 144: Research Roundup with Dr. Veera: breakthroughs in developmental disorders, Parkinson's, SLE, and Alzheimer's 56:48

2M ago56:48

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0:00 Introduction 1:40 A recurrent de novo mutation in a noncoding region of a small nucleolar RNA gene that has been identified as one of the most common causes of neurodevelopmental disorders This pathogenic variant escaped notice for years because it was not located in a protein coding region of the genome It now shows potential as a target for …

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Ep. 288 - JLTY Plus: Did SCOTUS Just Ban Homelessness? With Devon Kurtz 49:03

2M ago49:03

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Devon Kurtz of the Cicero Institute joins Kira to discus the recent SCOTUS Grant’s Pass decision that affects public camping. Did this decision in effect ban homelessness, as some critics have said? What larger issues are at play here, and what historical decisions are lurking underneath the homelessness crisis? Devon drops a couple of big truth bo…

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Ep. 287 - Steady Now 1:03:07

2M ago1:03:07

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Kira breaks down the recent political chaos, what is concerning, what’s encouraging and what happens next.Also, Kira is 50 this week! For those asking how they can bless Kira for her birthday, please subscribe and leave a 5 star review!By FCB Podcast Network

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EP 143: Harnessing human data in drug development with Jakob Steinfeldt, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Pheiron 36:17

2M ago36:17

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Jakob and background on Pheiron 02:14 What made Jakob decide to start Pheiron, what the company does, and how his scientific background inspired him to found a start-up 5:24 Jakob’s excitement and inspiration around the power and potential of machine learning 07:07 Cardiology and heart failure as …

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EP 142: From genome to bedside: How genetics is transforming modern medical practice with Dr. Andrea Gropman 42:45

2M ago42:45

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0:00 Introduction 1:40 Andrea’s background and how she got into the field of genetics, neuroimaging, and metabolic disorders 4:00 Insights into Andrea’s clinical practice, including the diverse families and patients she serves and her approach to clinical decision-making 6:30 How genetics and genomics have changed the diagnostic journey in the last…

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Ep. 286 - George Washington Predicted America’s Current Threats 36:55

2M ago36:55

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Happy Independence Day! Kira reaches back to one of our greatest revolutionaries and first President, George Washington. How does his Farewell Address of 1796 speak to modern American woes? As we wade through a contentious election year, let’s look back on these inspiring, patriotic, and sometimes prescient words from George Washington. Let them be…

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EP 141: Bringing genomics to the clinic with Lori Orlando, Associate Prof at Duke University 43:24

2M ago43:24

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 01:00 Welcome to Lori Orlando 03:00 Lori’s career: From mathematical modelling to genetics and family history 05:11 The study that revealed 20% of the general population is at a higher risk of disease than average and needs preventative care 07:36 The first five diseases that Lori started analysing through informa…

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Ep. 285 - Mumble In the Jungle: Trump vs. Biden round one 1:16:31

3M ago1:16:31

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Kira breaks down the meltdown, bringing analysis of the first Trump/Biden debate of the season (and perhaps the last). We’ve never seen a presidential debate quite like this one. It was brutal to watch and left more than a few Americans asking, “Who exactly is in charge of the country?” America bought the ticket, let’s take this ride together.…

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EP 140: The future of Electronic Health Records and data analysis with Ben Goldacre 52:51

3M ago52:51

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast 1:00 Welcome to Ben Goldacre 02:22 Ben’s open data projects at the Bennett Institute and the challenges they aim to tackle 04:03 Using Electronic Health Records (EHR) to help the National Health Service improve care 06:18 The importance of software development within healthcare data and how to manage salary scales…

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I'm Just Sayin - No Likey 2:32

3M ago2:32

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I'm Just Sayin - No LikeyBy FCB Podcast Network

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Ep. 284 - What's Wrong with Republican Women? (Part 2) 53:47

3M ago53:47

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Kira wraps up her analysis of the New York Magazine article that asks, “Are Republican Women Okay?” CORRECTION: In the previous episode we identified the article by the wrong title. The title is “Are Republican Women Okay?” By Rebecca TraisterBy FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - The Feds Attack a Whistleblower 5:11

3M ago5:11

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I'm Just Sayin - The Feds Attack a WhistleblowerBy FCB Podcast Network

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Ep. 283 - What’s Wrong With Republican Women? 1:06:39

3M ago1:06:39

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Kira breaks down an op ed from New York Magazine asking the most pressing, stressful, concerning question of our time: What is Wrong With Republican Women? Surely the author makes a logical, coherent case for why republican women are the absolute worst…right? Kira digs in.By FCB Podcast Network

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Ep. 282 - A Tale of Two Commencement Speeches 1:12:31

3M ago1:12:31

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Kira analyzes and contrasts two very different college commencement speeches - Joe Biden’s speech at Morehouse and Harrison Butker’s address to Benedictine College. What makes a good commencement speech? What was the difference between the President’s address and Butker’s? And what about THE CONTROVERSY? Did Butker cross a line? Kira thinks through…

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EP 139: Rare disease breakthroughs using tRNA with Michelle Werner, CEO of Alltrna and CEO-Partner of Flagship Pioneering 44:42

3M ago44:42

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0:00 Intro to The Genetics Podcast. 01:00 Welcome to Michelle. 02:00 Sstop codon diseases and how are they characterised 03:45 Diseases caused by premature stop codons in haploinsufficient genes. 04:35 The role of transfer RNA technology in finding solutions for premature stop codon diseases. 06:16 How Alltrna is engineering tRNAs which can bind to…

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I'm Just Sayin - Freedom Deserves a Month (Juneteenth edition) 3:53

3M ago3:53

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I'm Just Sayin - Freedom Deserves a Month (Juneteenth edition)By FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - Parental Pardons 3:49

3M ago3:49

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I'm Just Sayin - Parental PardonsBy FCB Podcast Network

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Ep. 281 - JLTY Plus: Adam Coleman is Not a Victim 1:36:37

3M ago1:36:37

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Kira welcomes Adam Coleman, author of “Black Victim to Black Victor” and they chat about accountability, racism and the importance of manhood. https://www.amazon.com/Black-Victim-Victor-Identifying-ideologies/dp/B0915JT4XD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=black+victim+to+black+victor&qid=1683797076&sprefix=%2Caps%2C73&sr=8-1…

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EP 138: Personalised medicine using microbiome models with Dr. Almut Heinken 40:22

3M ago40:22

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0:00 Introduction 1:45 Almut’s research experience, including two recent publications on genome-scale metabolic reconstruction human microorganisms Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of 7,302 human microorganisms for personalized medicine APOLLO: A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction resource of 247,092 diverse human microbes spanning multiple…

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I'm Just Sayin - Trump's Trash Trial 3:00

4M ago3:00

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I'm Just Sayin - Trump's Trash TrialBy FCB Podcast Network

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EP 137: Mavis Machirori on promoting equity, diversity, and social justice in genomics research 41:40

4M ago41:40

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0:00 Intro 1:30 Mavis’ career arc, from starting as a midwife to researching medical innovation and technology with an emphasis on advocacy and equity 7:00 Systemic issues that are easily overlooked in medical research and advancements Webinar: Participant Diversity: Increasing the Impact of Biomedical Research Webinar 10:00 Addressing Eurocentrici…

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I'm Just Sayin - The Pope is Wrong 4:04

4M ago4:04

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I'm Just Sayin - The Pope is WrongBy FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - Oakland's Big Crime Solution 3:35

4M ago3:35

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I'm Just Sayin - Oakland's Big Crime SolutionBy FCB Podcast Network

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EP 136: Developments in ring chromosome 20 research and advocacy with Allison Watson 40:57

4M ago40:57

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0:00 Introduction 2:00 Allison’s personal journey to researching epilepsy and ring chromosome 20 syndrome 4:00 Biggest challenges families face with ring chromosome 20 syndrome 11:00 Incidence and prevalence of r(20) syndrome, and how we can improve data reliability 21:00 Applying next generation sequencing to r(20) syndrome gene research 29:00 Eng…

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Ep. 280 - JLTY Plus: You Can’t Lead a Horse to Water with RedState’s Susie Moore 50:59

4M ago50:59

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RedState Deputy Managing Editor Susie Moore joins Kira for an informal conversation about modern political discourse and why it’s so hard to start meaningful conversations. No introverts were harmed in the making of this podcast. Find Susie on X @SmoosieQ and RedState.comBy FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - Rage Therapy for the Weak in Spirit 3:40

4M ago3:40

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I'm Just Sayin - Rage Therapy for the Weak in SpiritBy FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - Dexter Taylor vs. The Rogue State of New York 3:27

4M ago3:27

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I'm Just Sayin - Dexter Taylor vs. The Rogue State of New YorkBy FCB Podcast Network

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Ep. 279 - Do We Still Need Public Broadcasting? 53:31

4M ago53:31

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Kira digs in to the debate over public broadcasting. Does America need it anymore? Can taxpayers justify the cost? What happens without it?By FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - National Police Week 5:05

4M ago5:05

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I'm Just Sayin - National Police WeekBy FCB Podcast Network

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EP 135: Integration of newborn sequencing programs into healthcare systems with Dr. Ingrid Holm 41:16

4M ago41:16

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0:00 Introduction 1:30 Ingrid’s initial interests in genetics, paediatrics, and newborn screening 2:45 How the original BabySeq project, a pioneering newborn sequencing program got started, how it’s going, and the launch of BabySeq2 8:45 Lessons from BabySeq1 and goals for BabySeq2 10:30 Potential societal and long-term considerations for those inv…

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Ep. 278 - JLTY Plus: Policy In Your Pocket with Andrew Langer 43:30

4M ago43:30

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Radio host and Director of Regulatory Freedom with CPAC Andrew Langer joins Kira to discuss the practicalities of policy and how even the most obscure policies make it to your pocket. Follow Andrew on X @Andrew_LangerBy FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - The Human Tapestry 2:16

4M ago2:16

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I'm Just Sayin - The Human TapestryBy FCB Podcast Network

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EP 134: Prenatal genetic testing and the future of AI in genetic counselling with Kira Dineen, host of DNA Today 40:44

4M ago40:44

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0:00 Introduction 1:00 The backstory of how Kira first started DNA Today in 2012, when she was still in high school! 3:30 Some of Kira’s favourite topics she has discussed on DNA Today, including the legacy of Henrietta Lacks, and the story of a Glee actress with down syndrome 10:00 Kira’s best practices for podcasting, from over 10 years of experi…

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I'm Just Sayin - Kristi Noem and Fickle Voterdom 3:21

4M ago3:21

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I'm Just Sayin - Kristi Noem and Fickle VoterdomBy FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - Casting off COVID Cope 2:56

5M ago2:56

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I'm Just Sayin - Casting off COVID CopeBy FCB Podcast Network

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I'm Just Sayin - Apologies to Mr. Arnold 4:07

5M ago4:07

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I'm Just Sayin - Apologies to Mr. ArnoldBy FCB Podcast Network

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Ep. 277 - Listener Response 24 50:53

5M ago50:53

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Kira catches up on listener thoughts - MLK and civil rights, the difference between the trucker convoy and Hamas protesters, raising families in the faith and more.By FCB Podcast Network

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