Episode
The Jim Jefferies Show: Giving Kids in Foster Care a Leg Up
Overview
Jim weighs in on ancestry testing, chats with Ty Burrell about giving opportunities to kids in foster care and examines how kid influencers are vulnerable to exploitation.
Details
- Series
- The Jim Jefferies Show
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2019-05-07
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Giving Kids in Foster Care a Leg Up is Episode 8 in Season 3 of The Jim Jefferies Show. It aired on 2019-05-07. The runtime is 22 min.
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