“The Unraveling of Mercy Louis" tells the fascinating story of a community that’s nearly torn apart following the discovery of an abandoned baby in a dumpster. A witch hunt ensures and the girls at a local high school soon begin developing mysterious twitches and tics, which quickly intensify. Eventually, the girls in the town are acting as if they’re possessed, thrashing around on the floor or grunting like animals. As strange as it all sounds, Parssinen says the book was inspired by a real episode of mass hysteria in Le Roy, New York.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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For our future show on... well... the future, Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson sat down to take a look at past forecasts.
Take a listen to the UNCUT discussion here:
Getting lost has many meanings and sometimes it’s a good thing if it allows you to go beyond your own constraints and comfort zones.
A portrait of Kathputli, India's last remaining magician's colony.
Historian Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen talks to Steve Paulson about her book, "American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas."
Jon Scieskza tells Anne Strainchamps that boys like to read funny stuff, not the books their female teachers loved as girls.
Richard Harwood talks with Anne Strainchamps about the quality of authenticity as the public perceives it in politicians.
A recent study of DNA from Neanderthal bones changed everything we thought we knew.
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