The Two Humans take a long, unblinking look at rubbernecking to figure out just what the hell is going on over there!

Episode 68: A Rubbernecker’s Guide to the Universe, OR, I’m Not Staring at You, I’m Staring with You

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

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