What's Left When You're Right?
More often than not, a fight is just a fight... Someone wins, someone loses. But this hour, we have a series of face-offs that shine a light on the human condition, the benefit of coming at something from a different side, and the price of being right.
Special thanks to Mark Dresser for the use of his music.
- Duration
- 1h 4m
- Broadcast on
- 05 Sep 2019
- Audio Format
- other
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More often than not, a fight is just a fight... Someone wins, someone loses. But this hour, we have a series of face-offs that shine a light on the human condition, the benefit of coming at something from a different side, and the price of being right.
Special thanks to Mark Dresser for the use of his music.
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More often than not, a fight is just a fight... Someone wins, someone loses. But this hour, we have a series of face-offs that shine a light on the human condition, the benefit of coming at something from a different side, and the price of being right.
Special thanks to Mark Dresser for the use of his music.