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Matt Taibbi & Remembering Aaron Swartz

January 14, 2013

Good morning folks! On today’s show we have the great Matt Taibbi, (@mtaibbi) and Sam remembers Internet activist and entrepreneur Aaron Swartz. For an important summary of Swartz’s legacy and what it says about our times read this piece by Matt Stoller.

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