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September 14, 2025 | Politics, Robin Morgan

WMC Live #479: Why We Speak. (Original Airdate 9/14/2025)

Robin's summer sum-up. Guest: Evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman on her book, The Origin of Language, positing childcare (!) is why we speak.

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