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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.

We look at the history of zombies and the American obsession with them.

Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep and answers listener questions about the official response to the State of the Union address.

President Trump wants to abolish the Education Department as a standalone agency. He's the latest Republican to try. NPR's Michel Martin looks back on the history with Alyson Klein of Education Week.

NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses the history of presidential pardons Rachel Barkow, Professor of Law at New York University.

Alice Furlaud discovers that some of her favorite cat toys are manufactured in China where it is not uncommon to eat cats. She finds this curious.

This month, Indiana's first hate crime law in more than 40 years goes into effect. The first-ever hate crime law in the state went into effect in 1947, a story that has been largely lost to history.

Edward Berkowitz is a professor of history and public administration and at George Washington University, where he also directs the Program in History and Public Policy. He is an expert on the history of Social Security.

A longtime symbol of labor protests, Scabby the Rat, can be seen outside stores, factories or other places where unions don't like hiring practices. But these days, Scabby is in the courts, too.