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Uncovering Roots
Widely available, three episodes with more to come in 2024
This moving and powerful new podcast gives a voice to lesser-known people whose stories need to be heard. Armenian genocide survivor Aurora Mardiganian is the subject of the strong opening episode, pieced together with interviews from people who knew her. Resilient doesn’t come close to describing the woman who suffered torture and brutality before she escaped to New York. Hannah Verdier
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