This week, we look back at some of the best interviews on The Exchange this year. We talked with Jon Meacham about his new Abe Lincoln biography, All That is Light.
We also talk with author Susan Jonusas about her new book that tells the story of the Bloody Benders of Kansas, Hell's Half Acre.
![Hell's Half-Acre:The Untold Story of the Benders, A Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/df7bbc2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/582x875+0+0/resize/880x1323!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F91%2F4d%2F87ff6c7845cdadd205710c2544ad%2Fscreen-shot-2022-03-10-at-12.05.39%20PM.png)
Susan Jonusas
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Susan Jonusas
And we talk with the creator of a new documentary about the life of Hawkeye football legend and war hero Nile Kinnick.
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