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Jul 2024
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Bonus Episode: Rachel Maddow in Conversa...

RACHEL MADDOW, MSNBC
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In a live conversation recorded at the Provincetown, MA Town Hall on May 26, Rachel and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner discuss “Ultra,” her book “Prequel,” and the rise of fascism both throughout history and in our current political moment. 
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