# John U. Bacon

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Podcast: [Vital Voices](https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622)
Published: 2026-06-19T04:43:01+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wets.org/podcast/vital-voices/2026-06-19/john-u-bacon
Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s374/audio/2026/06/vitalvoicespodcastepisode142.mp3
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Duration seconds: 1080

## Resource

We contemplate the final hours of the freighter The Edmund Fitzgerald, with author John U. Bacon.

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