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                                    <description><![CDATA[Been wondering what it’s like to live like the super-boujee? Well wonder no longer!!!]]></description>
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        <title>Episode 1.4: Chris Takes on the 2026 Virginia General Assembly Session, Redistricting, Casinos, and more!</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Let’s nerd about the 2026 Virginia General Assembly Session. We’ll chat about redistricting, casinos, and strip searches!]]></description>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Here’s your chance to learn about my time at Call on Congress and get a taste of my advocacy work with Fight CRC! Please forgive my lack of editing skills!]]></description>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[March is colorectal cancer awareness month and I wanted to begin sharing my colon cancer journey with you to kick off this month. If you’ve been putting off your colonoscopy, go get screened!]]></description>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[What’s my inspiration for this awesome podcast? Find out now and we’ll talk about James Van Der Beek and the two greatest songs ever written!

Links I promised:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L7QIqf6oJnA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DVx8L7a3MuE&amp;pp=0gcJCUABo7VqN5tD
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[What’s my inspiration for this awesome podcast? Find out now and we’ll talk about James Van Der Beek and the two greatest songs ever written!

Links I promised:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L7QIqf6oJnA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DVx8L7a3MuE&amp;pp=0gcJCUABo7VqN5tD
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Coming soon to a podcasting platform near you: Chris takes on the world — candid conversations covering serious topics and lighter, offbeat moments. Join him as he shares opinions, stories, and the things that interest him.</p>
<p>Chris is a husband, father, lawyer, amateur lobbyist, stage-three colon cancer survivor, pickle enthusiast, music lover and history savant. Expect honest, unfiltered reflections drawn from his life and experiences.</p>
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