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Relics are treasured as something close to the divine.

Relics are treasured as something close to the divine.

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college...

I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college...

Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.

Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.

I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations....

I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations....

I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln.

I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln.

I hated the lost colony; in second grade, we were doing American History, and they...

I hated the lost colony; in second grade, we were doing American History, and they...

We go in to liberate Cuba, but Cuba still isn't free; we don't really think...

We go in to liberate Cuba, but Cuba still isn't free; we don't really think...

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact...

Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact...

In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you...

In death, you get upgraded into a saint no matter how much people hated you...

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.

I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it...

I get younger people who watch Conan or The Daily Show, but before that it...

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in...

One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in...

The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant...

The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant...

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out....

The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out....

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.

Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.

My audience is going to die before I do.

My audience is going to die before I do.

I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.

I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed.

I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered....

I loved that these two guys argued with each other as if movies actually mattered....

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they...

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they...