Bill Vossler is the author of “Burma-Shave: The Rhymes, the Signs, The Times.” He talks about where the classic rhyming signs came from, and reads several examples.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Charles Mann tells Steve Paulson how there got to be two Bayer companies making aspirin; how it was marketed in South America, and what makes Anacin different from aspirin.
Robert Palmer's music writing has great influence on John Lennon. Find out why.
Renowned religious historian Elaine Pagels says the Book of Revelation is the Bible's most controversial book and she explains its enduring appeal.
Eric Nuzum writes a ghost story in the form of a memoir about growing up in a house he believed to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl in a blue dress. She stalked him.
Keli Carender is a Tea Party activist – in fact, she was the very first Tea Party activist.
Daniel Levitin runs McGill University's Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition and Expertise.
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