Tell Me It's Going To Be OK

Jan 21 2025 104 ep. 28 mins 6.1k

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Foreign Policy editor Amelia Lester reassures her Australian friend Mia Freedman that despite a bankrupt, washed up reality star with a criminal record leading the free world things might be... fine.

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