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Stephen Fry

The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss

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Why I Love Boarding School

I like words, strike that I love words. If a thing can be said in 10 words, I may be relied upon to take 100 to say it. We owe JK Rowling an enormous debt because he has explained the nature of English boarding schools. Any slightly under 7% of British people go to such institutions,. though unfortunately, they have an enormous reach and influence as we can tell by looking at our political cabinet. And so I want to ask, of course, and then you describe boarding school, especially for for Americans, I think, who aren't don't realize that that what a tradition that is perhaps in the UK. But I'm wondering to what extent you chose why you

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