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Five Books to Take On a Desert Island, Why The News Makes You Dumb, and Why Politics is the True National Pastime

Life and Books and Everything — Clearly Reformed

Five Books to Take On a Desert Island, Why The News Makes You Dumb, and Why Politics is the True National Pastime

August 10, 2020
Life and Books and Everything
Life and Books and EverythingClearly Reformed

Originally released on June 23rd, 2020, Kevin DeYoung, Collin Hansen, and Justin Taylor discuss the five books they would take on a desert island, why the news makes you dumb, and why politics is the true national pastime.

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