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Episode Synopsis
Atlantic editor Vann R. Newkirk II talks to Kim about the mutability of memory, as seen through two portraits of the abolitionist John Brown. He also explains how a photograph of his mom helped him to appreciate the fragility of democracy in the United States, and why he tries to keep a garden wherever he goes.
See the portraits we discuss:
George Washington Carver
John Brown daguerreotype
John Brown painting
Marylin Thurman Newkirk
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