Asteroooooid De-FENSE!
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Asteroooooid De-FENSE!

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 13, 202641 min
  • Conversation
  • Science

There’s no question that millions of asteroids are circling the Earth at incredible speed and every one of them is just dying to get a chance to smoosh our planet and wipe out life in the universe once and for all. But Earth has an ace up its sleeve: Us! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Lisa, tell them about our new show. We have a new podcast.

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It's called Don't Lie to Me. I'm Lexi Uano. We're two best friends 22 years apart, but so close at heart.

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And I'm Lisa DiGio, the old one, which means we have wildly different references, occasionally different opinions. And at this point in my 50s, I've lived it all.

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