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Katie Thornton is a Peabody Award-winning longform journalist and historian specializing in "incredibly interesting stories about very boring things," such as infrastructure, cemeteries, and radio history. Her work often uses archival research to examine how historical systems shape modern politics and daily life. Major Featured Works The Historian | Oberlin College and Conservatory

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