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Weirder Together with Ben Lee and Ione Skye

Tropical Storm Hilary, "Jewface" and Elon Rolling Through Stop Signs

Season 2, Ep. 81

We survived Tropical Storm Hilary and sit down to chat about it all!


The Ronan Farrow Elon Musk article we discuss can be found at

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule


Ben's upcoming EP can be pre-saved at

https://sndo.ffm.to/6a0rok9

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