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What Makes Mo Rocca Curious?

You know him from CBS News’ Sunday Morning, NPR’s Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, and his podcast Mobituaries. But have you caught Mo Rocca as Milton the Accountant on CBS’ “The Young and the Restless”? The humorist and correspondent joins Edgar to talk about which of his jobs was like working for “an English professor on acid” and why older folks tend to be the best storytellers.

Next, we have part one of an interview with author Ilyon Woo, telling what might be the most incredible American story I’ve ever heard – the story of Ellen and William Craft. Woo wrote about the 19th century couple’s…

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