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Jun 2019
28m 34s

What Do We Have in Common?

Wnyc Studios
About this episode

For the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, we talk about what actually happened and where we go from here.

Marc Stein is a historian at San Francisco State University.

Karla Jay is an author, activist, and Professor Emeritus at Pace University.

Raquel Willis is the Executive Editor at Out Magazine.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Mystery Mammal ("Relay"), and Little Glass Men ("Sector Vector"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

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