Bonus: The Vanishing of Harry Pace

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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This week we're featuring an episode from Radiolab's latest new series, The Vanishing of Harry Pace. Harry Pace founded the first major Black-owned record label in the U.S., ushering in a new wave of American music. But it's also a mystery story, because one day, Harry Pace just disappeared. The Vanishing of Harry Pace is a series about the phenomenal but forgotten man who changed the music scene in the United States. It's a story about betrayal, family, hidden identities, and a time like no other.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, hope your summer is off to a good start.
0:02.8	The next installment of our Capitalism series drops in just a few days.
0:07.4	But, in the meantime, we have a special treat for you.
0:11.0	It's an episode from our friends over at Radio Lab,
0:13.5	from their new series, The Vanishing of Harry Pace.
0:17.0	Harry Pace founded the first major black-owned record label in the US,
0:21.5	ushering in a new wave of American music.
0:24.1	But it's also a mystery story.
0:27.1	Because one day, Harry Pace just disappeared.
0:31.2	And before we start the episode, we actually got a chance to sit down
0:34.5	and talk to the host of this series, who also hosted Dolly Parton's America.
0:39.2	You might have heard of them before.
0:42.0	I'm Shimo Liai, co-creator of The Vanishing of Harry Pace.
0:45.8	Chad Abumrod, co-creator of The Vanishing of Harry Pace,
0:48.8	and host Radio Lab.
0:51.2	The first question we have is given the last thing you did,
0:55.2	Dolly Parton's America, which is obviously about someone who's really well known.
1:01.8	Why then the move to someone like Harry Pace?
1:05.3	Oh, it's interesting.
1:06.3	When we were looking at music stories,
1:07.8	one of the people that we interviewed for Dolly Parton's America
1:11.6	wrote to us and he said,
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