Hour 2: America’s history of high-profile practical jokers dates all the way back to the founding fathers. We’ll talk this hour about how those jokes are often a way of speaking truth to power with University of Iowa professor Kembrew McLeod. His new book is Pranksters: Making Mischief in the Modern World (NYU).
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