John U. Bacon (Part Two)

John U. Bacon (Part Two)

June 25, 2026 · 18 min · Episode 143

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In this episode, John U. Bacon discusses his book and the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

John U. Bacon's book The Gales of November is a New York Times non-fiction best-seller. In this second part of our interview, Bacon speculates about the causes of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, which went down in the waters of Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.

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