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Q&A with historian Doug Winniearski, delivered directly

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Now you're going to hear more about The Great Awakening

and Religious Life in early New England

with Doug in episode 182.

When we explored details from his book,

Darkness Falls on the Land of Light.

Published by the producers of Ben Franklin's world,

the Omaha Stroh Institute,

and their partners, the University of North Carolina Press. the

O'Mahandro Institute and their partners, the University of North Carolina press.

Now, darkness falls on the land of light

is the story of how ordinary New Englanders

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