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'Afternoon Shift' #133: History convention
August 23, 2012
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'Afternoon Shift' #133: History convention
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On Thursday's
Afternoon Shift
we prepare for the 2012 political conventions by looking back on notable conventions of the past with Wally Podrazik and Craig Sautter. The biggest memory I have of the 2008 convention is this video:
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