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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: An Ode To The Obit w/ Don Van Natta and Jacob Feldman
Description: As it happens, the This Day team has a bunch of cool new projects coming out over the next week or two. So, we’re going to feature them here.
Today: Our producer and researcher Jacob Feldman is also one of the co-writers of the excellent Sunday Long Reads newsletter. They just launched a podcast series about the art of the obituary. Jacob is joined by Don Van Natta to talk about Ronald Reagan’s obit and what they learned about the artform.
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