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Be nice to someone this weekend
Jul 24, 2020
Episode 242

Be nice to someone this weekend

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Ideally, more than one someone.

We’re 135 days into the COVID-19 pandemic and the bottom could fall out of the economy in a few days. Everyone’s having a hard time in some way, so our main message for today’s happy hour episode is this: Be nice to someone, or a few someones, this weekend. Also on tap, the mask policy at McDonald’s, a somewhat-related thing about George H.W. Bush, baseball’s return and more on that AOC speech. TGIF!

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Marissa Cabrera Senior Producer
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