61: O Death

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Episode 61: In 1911 a baseball team made up of death row inmates took to the field. They were promised that, as long as they kept winning games, they would all stay alive. In 1944, a fourteen year old boy in South Carolina was executed for a crime he didn’t commit. This episode explores the cultural role of death and capital punishment in American society. Twitter: Link Patreon: Link Shirts and more: Link

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