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In publishing, in reading, in visiting these historical sites. for many years, americans following henry ford thought that history was bunk. now i think they're waking up not only to european history and out of which they come but their own history. so that there is this huge renaissance, i think, in interest in history. because, you know, history made us what we are. >> well, and michael, you know, as i'm sure i don't have to tell you, regardless of the time and the setting and the story line, you know, crafting a good television series starts with the characters so what was your -- what was ...

Amazing viking leader who thought that he was descended from the gododin, and odin was the god of curiosity and poetry as well as slain warriors. i thought my central character would have this curiosity that would drive him to venture and explore west. i surrounded him with a family. he has a wife and two children. he's a family man. he loves his wife and his family, and the series in a way is also a family saga, and that's how we get into these people. >> sure. >> and into their culture. >> all right. michael, thank you for that. up next, you think the vikings are scary, you haven't heard k...

And they could rule. so, there's a great deal of bad publicity that surround the vikings and this will address it. the show addresses that in many ways. >> michael, is it true, though, that they were accurately remembered as extraordinarily tough and bad and able to sort of beat up almost all the other gangs in europe? >> they were. of course. renowned fighters. but from their point of view, you can see that it was an advantage to them to be known as particularly ferocious because if you think about it, they came over from scandinavia. let's say originally on a raid in a couple of boats with a...

the central library that was started as much of our programming is funded by the kauffman foundation, particularly mentioning them because this was their idea, and a great idea. a series called princess in the -- kansas city cradle of entrepreneurs. over time we will be doing the history of on to panera ship in kansas city, but right now we are having conversations with great contemporary entrepreneur is. here a few weeks ago. and next wednesday john mcdonald's, the bring pioneer, founder of boulevard brewing company, the finest beer in america. i hesitate to say that with samuel ada...

approach to the toll plaza we will have a complete look at all the traffic maps coming up. hot >> we have new details on the parole system that was involved with philip guido. >> in addition to the parole agent bidding the home . the district attorney has released a recent documents of all the failure of the was involved with this case. . jaycee dugard was garrido is theft of the air them. a psychological evaluation stated as perot's remarkably well in treatment. . in another report he was stated to be not a menace to society. once on parole is previous victims at was found outside o...