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283: Pun Intended (featuring Janani Krishnan-Jha and Hedvig Skirgård)
Puns. Some people love them, some people hate them. But why do some people find puns so exasperating? And why do we make them anyway? What's it like to be on the receiving end of a rapid-fire pun off? Daniel and Kylie are going against the groan on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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By Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård
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Puns. Some people love them, some people hate them. But why do some people find puns so exasperating? And why do we make them anyway? What's it like to be on the receiving end of a rapid-fire pun off? Daniel and Kylie are going against the groan on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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