Kid Again Episode 7 Exchange Student
Mike finds himself back in high school in this time traveling audio series. This is Episode 7, "The Exchange Student."
Race Riots in York, 1969
enAugust 28, 2018
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About this Episode
People in York, PA still talk about those days. The unrest happening around the country came to us. Fires, shooting, National Guard...how quickly a place can devolve into a war zone. And for what--ridiculous outmoded ideas that we are somehow so different. Let's take another, closer, better look at others.
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