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Jan 2020
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S2 – INTERVIEW 4: Nancy Rubin Stuart

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Our interview with Nancy Rubin Stuart, whose award winning biographies of American women include The Reluctant Spiritualist, our guide to the life of Maggie Fox for this season of Unobscured. 
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