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Grateful Dead Book

Host Scott Simon talks with Dennis McNally, the author of a new book about the Grateful Dead. McNally is the official historian of the Grateful Dead, and a longtime fan. His book, "A Long Strange Trip," is a look into the phenomenon, and the history, of the original jam band. (12:00)

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.