Episode 185: Beards, Chess, Aliens, and Trump

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Episode 185: Beards, Chess, Aliens, and Trump

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Jan 26, 2016

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Why are British pastors growing beards? Why can’t Muslims play chess? Why are all the space aliens dead? Why are there seven buckets of evangelicals? (And which bucket likes Donald Trump??) You’ve got questions - we’ve got answers! Sort of. (Audio Only)

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Jan 26, 2016

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