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Oct 2023
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The Secret Life of Josephine Baker - Jos...

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19-year-old Josephine Baker leaves her life in the U.S. behind and arrives in Paris to try her luck onstage. She falls in love with the city, but what will she have to do in order to succeed there? With Ariana DeBose.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/46I6I3s.

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