
Index File + A Woody Guthrie Tribute from the Archives
Clip: Season 2024 Episode 7 | 2m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
This week’s mystery person query plus Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire.
This week’s mystery person query plus Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire.
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Index File + A Woody Guthrie Tribute from the Archives
Clip: Season 2024 Episode 7 | 2m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
This week’s mystery person query plus Pop Wagner and Charlie Maguire.
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Dominic Papatola Essay | Find the Light
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Political Panel | DC Political Divide | Oct 2023
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Clip: S2024 Ep7 | 9m 9s | DFLers Ember Reichgott Junge, Abou Amara + Republicans Jen DeJournett, Fritz Knaak. (9m 9s)
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation
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Clip: S2024 Ep7 | 6m 32s | One of the tribes exiled from MN after the Dakota Uprising of 1862 has never forgotten it. (6m 32s)
"STAGE" Season Premiere | Dessa + 29:11
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