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Nov 2021
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EP112: Invention of Time Zones, Paw Summ...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, in America, we have four time zones: Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern. But we used to have thousands!; Dennis Peterson shares memories of his Appalachian storytelling grandfather; and Trudy Cathy White on identity and climbing the mountains of life

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Invention of Time Zones

10:00 - Paw Summers: Storyteller

23:00 - She's The Daughter Of Chick-fil-A's Founder, But That's Not Who She REALLY IS

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