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The lost Patrice O'Neal interview about the battle of the sexes

Eight months before he died, I interviewed Patrice about love, threeways, & pimping. "When people listen to this, I'm going to be an a**hole to most people. But I'm not saying anything that's wrong."

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Jun 02, 2021
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In March of 2011, I interviewed comedian Patrice O’Neal for my (now defunct) podcast about dating and relationships. Eight months later, he died after suffering a massive stroke. For years, I thought the audio of our talk was lost. …

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