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Mark Frost on FDR, Twin Peaks, and the Mysteries Beneath America
On this episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, Bret Bradigan welcomes returning guest Mark Frost — bestselling author, co-creator of Twin Peaks, and author of the new historical work Yankee Sphinx.
The conversation begins with Frost’s remarkable great-uncle William D. Hassett, a close adviser to both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman who kept meticulous diaries from inside the White House during some of the twentieth century’s defining moments. Frost discusses what those journals reveal about FDR’s leadership, how Roosevelt’s battle with polio shaped his empathy and political vision, and…
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