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Lucy Jago on the Northern Lights

Lucy Jago tells Steve Paulson about the life and work of the Norwegian scientist who figured out what really causes the Northern Lights.

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Leslie Kean on UFOs

Investigative journalist Leslie Kean talks to Jim Fleming about her book, "UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record."

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Richard Powers Reading from "Orfeo"

Richard Powers reads an excerpt from his novel, "Orfeo," inspired by the music of Mahler and set to Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder."

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John Strausbaugh on Blackface

John Strausbaugh says blackface (and whiteface) have long histories in this country and helped Americans learn to live with each other.

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Jim DeVita on "The Silenced"

Jim Divita tells Jim Fleming about the dystopian society he's created and why he's afraid that something like it could happen to our world. 

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Marc Maron on "The Jerusalem Syndrome"

Stand-up comic Marc Maron compiled a one-man show based on his 1998 trip to Israel. The companion book is called "The Jerusalem Syndrome: My Life as a Reluctant Messiah." Maron tells Steve Paulson about the trip and performs excerpts from the show.

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Joseph Ellis on John and Abigail Adams

While the presidency so far has appeared to be a man's game, there is now the suggestion that women have shaped the job and the men from the very beginning.

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Orville Vernon Burton on "The Age of Lincoln"

Historian Orville Vernon Burton tells Jim Fleming about the parallels between Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama.

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