Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Dec 05 2024 50 ep. 41 mins 13.7k
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Open Source is the world’s longest-running podcast. Christopher Lydon circles the big ideas in culture, the arts and politics with the smartest people in the world. It’s the kind of curious, critical, high-energy conversation we’re all missing nowadays.

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