Malcolm glauber heater: I felt mildly guilty i was at the start of the starting line and i was looking at everyone's shoes to see if anyone else had these shoes. well if this was if this were actually an important competition i don't think you would do thatYeah you're saying that my race wasn't important to me are youDo you know what Malcolm is talking about? You can put that story in yourmaybe maybe now you're going to make my cheating but i think it's going to be an entire chapter, he says.
Maria Konnikova, Revisionist History’s ombudsman—who's also an author, psychologist and professional poker player—is back for another round. This time she reads letters from the audience on the power of debate, and whether or not certain four letter words belong in Pushkin’s podcasts. Maria and Malcolm also look at the Columbia cheating scandal from a different angle, and hand out one more sparkling Pushkin Prize.
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