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Summary: <p>For this membership drive, we'll feature a brief explainer on a different topic each day. Today, <a href="https://www.wnyc.org/people/kenneth-davis/">Kenneth C. Davis</a>, author of <em>Don't Know Much About History</em> and <em>Don't Know Much About Mythology</em>, explains the pagan origins and evolution of Halloween traditions. </p>