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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: "Redemptive Dreams: Engaging Kevin Starr's California Past, Present, and Future
Description: When historian and California state librarian Kevin Starr passed away in 2017, he left behind a legacy of historiography and storytelling that was unrivaled, including his mammoth California Dream series. Former Governor Jerry Brown said that Starr "chronicled the history of California as no one else. He captured the spirit of our state and brought to life the characters and personalities that made the California story. His vision, like California itself, was bigger than life."Now a group of academics is taking a new look at Starr and his works, including the largely unexplored role of his Catholic fai...