Bassem Youssef and Benari Poulten join Negin to talk about hate crimes against Asians and gun violence. They also dive into the weird world of NFTs, the other weird world of Chuck Lorre shows, and discuss what they'd do differently if they had a pandemic year re-do.

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245. Too Fungible (w/ Bassem Youssef, Benari Poulten)

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406. Brozempic (w/ Todd Barry & Mike Pesca)

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404. Hush Trip (w/ Sally Kohn & Milly Tamarez)

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245. Too Fungible (w/ Bassem Youssef, Benari Poulten)

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