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Suppose the South had won the Civil War and slavery were still a part of America. Kevin Wilmot's mockumentary Confederate States of America dreams up a world where slaves are bought and sold over the Internet, and the U.S. has a tense relationship with Canada.

In 1917, the Hall brothers sold tissue paper during the holiday season for gift wrap in a shop in downtown Kansas City, Mo — until they ran out. They quickly turned to something they had on hand, envelope liners; they sold out again, and a few years later, they were printing their own decorative gift wrap. It was the first product Hallmark made other than gift cards.

Leftovers are a special part of Thanksgiving, but sometimes, they're in need of a little help. A little heat, perhaps, from a product that has become as quintessentially American as turkey: TABASCO. For Morning Edition, NPR's Renee Montagne reports on the epic history of TABASCO, Louisiana's premier hot sauce.

We look at the long history of opioid abuse in the U.S. and the first crisis in the 19th century with morphine.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Zachary Karabell, author of Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal, about the dream to build a waterway that would unite the East and the West.

Commentator Cokie Roberts answers listener questions and talks with NPR's Noel King about the history of immigration and asylum laws.

The Undefeated's Rhiannon Walker talks with Steve Inskeep about the legacy of Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams and the history of social activism in professional sports.

Ahead of the Nobel Prizes being awarded this week, curator of the Nobel Museum Gustav Källstrand talks about the history of the prizes and how winners are chosen.

Members of the House have left Washington for the summer break. Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with David Greene about the history of the congressional recess.

The hero and the heroine of Peter Carey's new novel are separated by 150 years — and are brought together by an enormous, 19th-century, mechanical duck. The Chemistry of Tears is the 12th novel by the Australian-born, two-time Booker Prize-winning author.