Vampires, Werewolves, and Abraham Lincoln

Studio 360 | Jun 21, 2012

Kurt Andersen talks with Timur Bekmambetov, director of a new movie that shows us Abraham Lincoln as we never knew him: vampire hunter. The playwright Eve Ensler and Michigan politicians stage The Vagina Monologues on the steps of the state capitol. And novelist Glen Duncan explains why werewolves show us how human we really are.

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