317: Janis Siegel and The Scent of Danger

The Third Story Podcast with Leo Sidran by Leo Sidran

Mar 28, 202636:12Music

When singer Janis Siegel was invited to help produce a Women's History Month event at the United Nations, everything seemed aligned—until she was told, just days before, that she would not be allowed to speak. She had be...

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