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395- This is Chance! Redux
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Mar 25, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
It was the middle of the night on March 27, 1964. Earlier that evening, the second-biggest earthquake ever measured at the time had hit Anchorage, Alaska. Some houses had been turned completely upside down while others had skidded into the sea. But that brief and catastrophic quake was just the beginning of the story. This is the story of one woman who held a community together.
This is Chance! Redux
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This is Chance! Redux
Buy Jon Mooallem’s This is Chance!
Released:
Mar 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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