The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea.

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What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.

What are you hiding? No one ever asks that.

Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for...

Not that I want the current president killed. I will, for the record and for...

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

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

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...

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....

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...

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...

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

I'm a big fan of editing and keeping only the interesting bits in.

Relics are treasured as something close to the divine.

Relics are treasured as something close to the divine.

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....

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...

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.

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then...

Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then...

Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.

Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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....

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of...

While I gave up God a long time ago, I never shook the habit of...