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Dec 2017
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Episode #31: Season Finale, Art and WWII...

Jennifer Dasal/ArtCurious
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World War Two was the bloodiest, biggest, and most destructive war of all time, decimating entire countries and taking the lives of millions. And as we have learned over the last 10 episodes of the ArtCurious Podcast this season, art was affected in many different ways due to the impact of the war. Art was used to document the experience of soldiers in battl ... Show More
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