The Week Unwrapped: Why is Iran texting Swedes?
Plus, should we administer our own vaccines? And what's the latest outrage at X.com?
Why is Iran sending text messages to Swedes? Should we administer our own vaccines? And what's the latest outrage at X.com? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.
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