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The Pride of Pine Hill

Episode #311

2025-04-04 05:00:25

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In the midst of the 1996 race for North Carolina governor, a new candidate emerged. Her name was Jolene Strickland, and her campaign slogan was “Too Good to be True.”

Barry Yeoman wrote about Jolene Strickland for The Assembly. Tricia Romano’s book is called The Freaks Came Out to Write.

Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available.