# Wright Thompson on 'The Barn' and Emmett Till

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Podcast: [Karen Hunter Is Awesome!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/karen-hunter-is-awesome-7113592)
Published: 2026-08-28T12:00:00+00:00
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On the anniversary of Emmitt Till's lynching, Karen speaks with author Wright Thompson about his book 'The Barn,' confronting the chilling history of the Mississippi shed where Till was tortured and the decades-long conspiracy of silence that followed.

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