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The gurus of how-to Ubell and Son take listeners’ calls on home repair. Forensic anthropologist Clea Koff’s work has led her to the sites of some of the worst genocides of human history, including mass graves in Rwanda and parts of the former Yugoslavia. She explains how efforts to exhume bodies in these areas has not only helped in establishing the identity of the victims but uncovered evidence of war crimes, The Bone Woman. Diarmaid MacCulloch explores the intricacies of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation and how it has shaped Western culture, The Reformation: A History.