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322: Shouting Across the Divide

Dec. 15, 2006

Act One: Which One of These Is Not Like the Others?

Serry and her husband's love story began in a place not usually associated with romance: The West Bank. That was where the couple met, fell in love and decided to get married.

120: Be Careful Who You Pretend to Be

Jan. 22, 1999

Act One: Doing Good By Doing Bad

Ron Copeland is a historical interpreter at the Conner Prairie Living History Museum, outside of Indianapolis. For several months a year, in his job, he pretends to be a slaveowner in the old south.

Act Three: What's So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding?

Alix Spiegel travels with a group of white suburbanites as they pretend to be runaway slaves, at the Conner Prairie Living History Museum. Her goal: to find out what it is that people actually get out of this elaborate game of pretend.