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Running On Fumes Part 2: Freedom

From: Elliot Ward
Series: Running On Fumes: An Adventure in America
Length: 20:05

Exploring the idea of freedom in the American west through Mormons at BYU and a hermit in the hills of California Read the full description.

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Playing: Running On Fumes Part 2: Freedom
From: Elliot Ward

Default-piece-image-2 Thinking about what America means, it doesn't take long to get to freedom. But, for all its repetition, what does freedom really mean to Americans today? What does it mean to live in the Land of the Free? This section looks for freedom in the same place American's have for generations: the west. It tells the story of a dean at BYU who sees everything through the lens of the church and of a woman living in the hills of california who has found her own personal paradise.

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Thinking about what America means, it doesn't take long to get to freedom. But, for all its repetition, what does freedom really mean to Americans today? What does it mean to live in the Land of the Free? This section looks for freedom in the same place American's have for generations: the west. It tells the story of a dean at BYU who sees everything through the lens of the church and of a woman living in the hills of california who has found her own personal paradise.