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John U. Bacon (Part Two)

Podcast: Vital Voices
Published: Feb 11, 2026
Duration seconds: 1080
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Summary

In part two of our conversation, John U. Bacon, author of the bestselling book The Gales of November, discusses factors that led to the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.