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🗓️ 29 March 2024
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Adam talks with old friend and Rupaul's Drag Race producer Fenton Bailey about managing vanity in middle age and the extent to which reality TV can be blamed for everything bad in the world (with particular emphasis on Don Trump).
This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on 12th January, 2024
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.
Podcast artwork by Helen Green
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