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Podcast: Speak Your Piece: a podcast about Utah's history
Episode: Joe Hill (1879-1915): Labor Troubadour, Union Organizer & Execution in Utah (Season 1, Ep. 12 - Part 1)
Description: Date: 02.10.2020 (Season 1, Ep. 12; 36:41 minutes and 27:12 minutes (two audio segments). To read the complete Speak Your Piece shownotes for this episode click here.  Summary: Former Salt Lake Tribune Photo Editor Jeromy Harmon, breaks down Joe Hills’ crime (the murder of a grocer and his son on 773 South West Temple), his likely unwarrented arrest, the threat he and labor unions represented to Utah early 20th century power structure, Hill’s trial, the many letters of appeal from around the world, and his unstoppable execution at the Utah State...