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I’m spending the week of Thanksgiving aboard Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas, where Internet access costs $35 for one hour. So in honor of my isolation on a cruise ship, here’s the transcript
I’m spending the week of Thanksgiving aboard Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas, where Internet access costs $35 for one hour. So in honor of my isolation on a cruise ship, here’s the transcript
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