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Ijeoma Oluo, Jill Lepore, and The Bengsons
Episode 488

Ijeoma Oluo, Jill Lepore, and The Bengsons

This episode features writer Ijeoma Oluo, historian Jill Lepore, and music from indie folk duo The Bengsons

Live Wire with Luke Burbank · PRX

November 19, 202151m 39s

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Show Notes

Host Luke Burbank and Elena Passarello make some small wishes for the future; Jill Lepore, historian and staffer at The New Yorker, tells us about the first American company to predict voter behavior through the use of computers; writer Ijeoma Oluo envisions a future free from racism and sexism in her book Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America; and indie folk duo The Bengsons spread a little hope with their viral hit "The Keep Going Song."