The Last Refuge of Scoundrels with Kelsey McKinney & Alex Sujong Laughlin

The Distraction: A Defector Podcast by Defector Media

Jun 25, 202601:04:51Sports & Recreation

Kelsey is here! Drew is not! Alex Sujong Laughlin is also here to discuss the new season of Try Hard , the first episode of which just came out last week. Alex has written some really good and really scathing stuff about...

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