Casual Friday w/ Heather Digby Parton & David Roth - MR Live - 11/12/20

It's Casual Friday! Sam and Emma host Heather Digby Parton, contributing writer at Salon and proprietor of the Hullaballoo blog, and David Roth, co-owner of Defector, to discuss his recent piece "I Will Create A Winning Basketball Program At The University Of Austin".

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