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No Place Like Home?

"The Wizard of Oz" (1939)
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When you start a show called "Midwesternish," at some point there'll be an episode about The Wizard of Oz. If this film defines Kansas for the entire world, what exactly does it say and do we believe it? 

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Music: "Filing Away," "In Passage" and "On Belay," by Blue Dot Sessions; all have been edited for length.

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