How to Create Distance Between Yourself and Your Bad Ancestors

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Nathaniel Hawthorns was a judge who put women to their death in the Salem witch trials. His family did not always spell it with the W. There's some speculation he added that to distance himself from his family legacy. Justin Timberlake was like hey out of W.

The Scarlet Letter is often included as part of a high school reading curriculum because it's good at teaching people about symbolism, and it's good at teaching people about symbolism because it uses a half-dozen symbols roughly 700 times apiece.

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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