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Introducing 'The Cat'

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In today’s show, we introduce you to one of France's most beloved characters, cartoonist Philippe Geluck's 'The Cat.' Also, the completely dotty artist who’s created around 50 thousand works over half a century, and speculation that the founder of the FBI was gay, a cross-dresser or had no sex life is put to bed in Clint Eastwood's biopic "J.Edgar."

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Barbara Kingsolver, the Scientist Who Became a Novelist
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