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1990: Mandrake the Magician

One Year by Slate Podcasts

Nov 30, 202346:49Society & Culture

A middle-aged single dad in Chicago was outraged by all the cigarette billboards popping up in Black communities. In 1990, he picked up a paint roller and became an anti-tobacco vigilante. And he did it all under a secre...

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1990: Mandrake the Magician is an episode from One Year by Slate Podcasts. A middle-aged single dad in Chicago was outraged by all the cigarette billboards popping up in Black communities. In 1990, he picked up a paint roller and became an...

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