>> HERE IS WHAT IS COMING UP ON THIS EPISODE OF "YOU OUGHTA KNOW."

WE GO IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS ON WHY COVID RAPID TESTS ARE LEAVING SOME PUZZLED ABOUT THE RESULTS.

A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER IS HOPING TO BRING INCLUSIVITY WITH CAREFULLY CURATED MERCHANDISE.

>> SEE HOW YOU CAN STEP INTO THE MIND OF VINCENT VAN GOGH AND EXPERIENCE HIS ART.

>> WE LEARN ABOUT LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGIST TAMMY MERCER AND THE BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM HE LEFT BEHIND FOR US TO ENJOY.

♪ >> HI, EVERYONE.

I AM SHIRLEY MIN.

>> I AM REGINA MITCHELL.

YOU CAN RELATE TO THE CONSTANT TESTING WE FEEL WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE THE HOLIDAYS.

>> ADDING INSULT TO INJURY, GETTING YOUR HANDS ON AN AT-HOME TEST WAS QUITE THE CHALLENGE.

FORTUNATELY, THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING THOSE AT-HOME TESTS AVAILABLE.

>> I ORDERED MINE RIGHT AWAY, AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> BUT THEN THERE IS THE CONFUSION.

WHAT IF YOU AND YOUR CHILD TEST NEGATIVE ONE DAY?

WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THIS HAPPENING A LOT, AND IT IS CREATING DOUBT ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN TRUST TO THESE RAPID TESTS AND IF THEY CAN DETECT THE OMICRON VARIANT.

NINA FELDMAN SAYS SCIENTISTS ARE ON IT.

SHE COVERED THIS VERY ISSUE FOR US, AND NOW SHE SHARES WITH ME WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING.

NINA FELDMAN JOINS ME NOW.

SHE COVERS HEALTH FOR WHYY.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RAPID ANTIGEN TEST.

I KEEP HEARING THAT THE RAPID TEST CANNOT DETECT OMICRON A.

ARE THEY EFFECTIVE?

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO DEBUNK THAT RAPID TESTS CANNOT DETECT OMICRON.

THEY CAN.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THEY ARE SLOWER AT DETECTING THAT INITIAL INFECTION.

WHAT RESEARCHERS I TALKED TO SAID YOU MIGHT BE MORE LIKELY TO CATCH OMICRON A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER YOU'VE BEEN INFECTED AND A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER YOU DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS.

THAT MIGHT BE WHY WE ARE HEARING ANECDOTAL REPORTS OF PEOPLE WITH SYMPTOMS THAT ARE STILL TESTING NEGATIVE THAT IS NOT BECAUSE OMICRON IS PARTICULARLY SNEAKY OR BETTER AT EVADING THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE TEST.

IT IS BECAUSE OMICRON, AS OPPOSED TO THE PREVIOUS VARIANTS, IS MORE LIKELY TO BE REPLICATING AT THE BACK OF THE THROAT AS OPPOSED TO THE NASAL PASSAGE.

>> THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE ONE OF THE NEWER SYMPTOMS FOR OMICRON WAS A SORE THROAT.

THE BEST ADVICE INTO THAT SITUATION IS ISOLATE AS IF YOU HAVE COVID, BUT TEST YOURSELF A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER YOU DEVELOP SYMPTOMS.

>> IF YOU GET A NEGATIVE RESULT AND HAVE SYMPTOMS, ONE THING YOU COULD TRY IS SWABBING THE BACK OF YOUR THROAT.

I WANT TO BE CAREFUL AND SAY THAT THE PROCESS IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR RECOMMENDED BY THE FDA.

IT IS AUTHORIZED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE REGULATORY AGENCIES IN THE U.K. AND OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE.

>> THIS PARTICULAR STORY ABOUT THE RAPID TEST ACCURACY HIT HOME FOR YOU.

>> I WAS THINKING ABOUT THESE QUESTIONS WHEN I WAS ISOLATING AT HOME FOR COVID AND WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I TESTED NEGATIVE TWICE IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO MY POSITIVE TEST.

I HAD SYMPTOMS, COLD-LIKE SYMPTOMS, TESTED ONCE WITH A RAPID TEST, CAME BACK NEGATIVE, FELT CONFIDENT I HAD A COLD, TESTED AGAIN, AND MY TEST CAME BACK NEGATIVE.

I TOOK A THIRD TEST, AND LOW AND BEHOLD, IT CAME BACK POSITIVE.

THE POSITIVE TEST RESULT DID PREVENT ME FROM INFECTING EVERYONE AT CHRISTMAS DINNER.

RAPID TESTS ARE DESIGNED TO BE USED SEQUENTIALLY.

THAT IS WHY THEY OFTEN COME TWO IN A BOX.

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO USE THEM A COUPLE DAYS IN A ROW ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE WINDOW IN WHICH YOU CAN DETECT THE VIRUS IS LIMITED.

MAYBE YOU TAKE ONE OF THE NEXT DAY AND YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VIRAL LOAD FOR THE TEST TO DETECT IT, SO YOU TAKE THE SECOND ONE, AND THERE IS THAT FAINT LINE SHOWING THAT YOU ARE INDEED INFECTED.

>> IT'S IF YOU WERE JUST EXPOSED, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

SHOULD YOU TAKE THE TEST THE VERY DAY YOU HAVE COVID EXPOSURE?

>> THE PROBLEM IS IT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY COME BACK NEGATIVE IF YOU WERE EXPOSED TO THAT DAY.

IT MIGHT GIVE YOU A FALSE SENSE OF CONFIDENCE IF YOU HAVE NOT WAITED FOR THE INCUBATION PERIOD.

FOR DELTA, THE INCUBATION IS ABOUT FIVE DAYS.

SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE IT IS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER FOR OMICRON, 3-5 DAYS.

THEY RECOMMEND TAKING THE TEST AFTER THE VIRUS WOULD'VE HAD TIME TO REPLICATE.

>> WE CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEM, BUT YOU MIGHT NEED TO DO A TEST EVERY DAY FOR A FEW DAYS IF YOU ARE HAVING SYMPTOMS.

>> I THINK THAT IS THE WAY YOU CAN FEEL THE MOST CONFIDENT IN RESULTS.

THE QUESTION IF THAT IS REALISTIC BECAUSE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE TESTS IS ANOTHER TOOL.

THEY ARE SCREENERS AND PUBLIC TOOLS BEING USED TO REDUCE TRANSMISSION.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR SHARING WHAT YOU LEARNED IN YOUR COVERAGE.

NINA POINTS OUT THAT AT THE TAIL END OF HAVING COVID, THE RAPID TESTS ARE HIGHLY RELIABLE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO TEST OUT OF ISOLATION.

AFTER YOU'VE HAD COVID AND IF YOU TAKE THAT TEST AND IT COMES BACK NEGATIVE, YOU CAN FEEL SAFE AND BE CONFIDENT KNOWING THAT YOU CAN BE AMONG THE PUBLIC.

AMERICANS CAN NOW GET THEIR HANDS ON A FOUR AT-HOME COVID TESTS PER HOUSEHOLD.

JUST FILL IN YOUR ADDRESS AT COVIDTESTS.GOV.

>> HERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONFUSING: MAKING NEW FRIENDS.

AS WE CONTINUE OUR BETTER YOU IN 22 COVERAGE, WE TALK TO AN EXPERT ABOUT MAKING FRIENDS AS AN ADULT.

MEET PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGIST, SPEAKER AND FRIENDSHIP EXPERT DR. MARISSA FRANCO.

SHE'S ON A QUEST TO HELP US ENRICH OUR LIVES.

>> JUST LIKE WE NEED FOOD, WE NEED OXYGEN, WE NEED WATER, WE ALSO NEED HUMAN CONNECTION.

>> THAT CONNECTION CAN COME THROUGH FRIENDSHIP, BUT AS WE GET OLDER, WE MAY FIND MAKING FRIENDS IS NOT AS EASY AS IT USED TO BE.

>> CONTINUOUS UNPLANNED INTERACTIONS AND SHARED VULNERABILITY ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE MAKING FRIENDSHIPS EASY.

AS WE BECOME ADULTS, WE NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE INGREDIENTS IN THE SAME WAY.

>> THIS MEANS WE MUST BE INTENTIONAL AND WORK AT MAKING FRIENDS.

>> THE THING WE MUST DO TO MAKE FRIENDS AS ADULTS IS INITIATE, NOT WAIT UNTIL PEOPLE COME TO US.

WE HAVE TO SAY, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE CONNECTING WITH YOU.

I'D LOVE TO KEEP IN TOUCH.

>> DON'T LET FEAR, FALSE EVIDENCE, HOLD YOU BACK.

>> PEOPLE LIKE US MORE THAN WE THINK THEY DO, SO THAT IS SOMETHING I TELL PEOPLE.

ASSUME PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

THAT IS A MINDSET THAT WILL HELP YOU MAKE FRIENDS.

>> IF IT DOES NOT WORK OUT, DON'T GIVE UP.

>> MY ADVICE FOR HANDLING REJECTION, THE FIRST IS TO SEE YOURSELF AS SUCCEEDING WHEN YOU INITIATE, NOT WHEN THE OTHER PERSON SAYS YES.

YOU ARE STILL BUILDING A NEW SKILL THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR FRIENDSHIP, AND THAT IS THE ABILITY TO INITIATE.

>> YOU CAN PICK UP DR. FRANCO'S NEW BOOK PLATONIC: THE SURPRISING NEW SCIENCE ON HOW TO MAKE AND KEEP FRIENDS AS AN ADULT.

>> A WHILE BACK, I CHALLENGE MY INNER MARIE CONDO.

SHE IS THE JAPANESE TIDYING EXPERT TURNED NETFLIX STAR, AND SHE IS BACK WITH A NEW SERIES.

BEFORE YOU BINGE THAT, TAKE A LOOK AT HOW I PUT SOME OF HER DECLUTTERING TIPS TO WORK IN MY OWN HOME.

>> HELLO.

>> [SPEAKING JAPANESE] >> AFTER BINGING THE NETFLIX SERIES TIDYING UP WITH MARIE KONDO I,, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, STARTED DECLUTTERING.

>> EAT YOUR HEART OUT, MARIE KONDO.

>> KONDO ORGANIZES BY CATEGORY, STARTING WITH CLOTHES, BOOKS, PAPER, MISCELLANEOUS, AND THEN SENTIMENTAL ITEMS.

I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU ARE HERE IN MY BEDROOM, BUT I READY TO GET MY CLOTHES AND DRESSER IN ORDER.

WISH ME LUCK.

I AM GOING TO GET STARTED NOW.

♪ ♪ OH MY GOSH.

THIS IS IT.

NOW I HAVE TO SORT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT SPARKS JOY AND WHAT I NEED TO THINK AND LET GO.

YOGA PANTS, YES.

THIS SPARKS JOY.

THIS IS AN OLD ARMY T-SHIRT.

I AM DONATING IT.

SORRY.

I WAS FEELING SO MANY FEELINGS WHEN I SAW ALL OF MY CLOTHES PILED INTO THAT MOUNTAIN ON MY BED, AND I THINK THINGS ARE GOING PRETTY WELL.

♪ >> I THINK OVERALL THE TIDYING IS GOING REALLY WELL, BUT I AM KIND OF HITTING A WALL, AND I THINK I NEED SOME HELP.

>> I AM AMANDA JEFFERSON APPEARED IN THE OWNER OF INDIGO ORGANIZING.

>> AMANDA IS ONE OF 200 CONSULTANTS TRAINED BY MARIE KONDO HERSELF.

IT CAN BE >> FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU ARE MID PROCESS.

YOU CAN EMPTY OUT ALL THESE OTHER BINS AND BASKETS IN YOUR HOME.

IT WILL MAKE MORE SENSE.

IT IS NORMAL FOR YOU TO FEEL FRUSTRATED THAT THIS IS NOT PERFECT.

>> I'VE PILED THROUGH CLOTHING, BOOKS, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER AREAS I HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO.

YOU GET THAT WAVE OF MOMENTUM.

>> PEOPLE GET A RUSH OF EXCITEMENT, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY START TO SEE HOW THEIR DAY CHANGES.

THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE.

MARIE CALLS IT A CLICK POINT.

>> WHAT I HAVE IS I HAVE THIS TIDYING MINDSET, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I'M EXCITED TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE.

PROBABLY NEED TO GET OUT MORE, BUT IT EXCITES ME.

IT MAKES ME HAPPY.

I STILL USE KONDO'S METHOD, PARTICULARLY THE FOLDING TECHNIQUES SHE USES FOR CLOTHES.

I ALSO DON'T BUY NEARLY AS MANY THINGS AS I USED TO, BUT IF SHE TELLS ME THERE'S MORE TO BE DONE IN HER NEW SERIES, MY HUSBAND AND CHILDREN BETTER WATCH OUT.

>> WHEN JOHNSON WAS A GIRL, SHE LOVED TO READ COMIC BOOKS.

FEW OF HER HEROES LOOKED LIKE HER.

FAST TO COLLEGE, ARIEL DECIDED TO START A BUSINESS THAT WOULD MAKE HER YOUNGER SELF VERY PROUD.

♪ >> WELCOME TO AMALGAM COMICS AND COFFEEHOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA, A DIVERSE GATHERING SPACE FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR NOT JUST COMICS, BUT RATHER COMMUNITY.

>> I'VE DEFINITELY GONE IN COMIC BOOK STORES AND FELT UNCOMFORTABLE.

I AM SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD THIS EXPERIENCE.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR TRADITIONAL COMIC BOOK STORE, WE ARE THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.

>> FEATURING BLACK COMICS, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANS STORYLINES AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, AMALGAM IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ON THE EAST COAST.

OWNER ARIEL JOHNSON WHO CALLS HERSELF THE HEAD NERD IN CHARGE SAYS THIS IS WHAT SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO CREATE.

>> COMICS CAN TEND TO BE WHITE, MALE, CISGENDER WITH WHITE SUPREMACY SPECKLED ON TOP, MISOGYNY, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE IT A TOUGH SPACE IN THIS WORLD WHERE ANYTHING IS SUPPOSEDLY POSSIBLE.

ONE THING WE TRY TO VERY MUCH DO IS, WHILE WE HIGHLIGHT OUR INDIES, AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SMALL, BLACK, QUEER INDEPENDENT PRESS, HERE IT IS, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, WE DON'T SEGREGATE THE TITLES.

IT'S NOT LIKE THESE ARE THE BLACK BOOKS AND HERE ARE THE ASIAN BOOKS AND INDIGENOUS BOOKS AND HERE ARE THE REGULAR BOOKS.

IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING IS JUST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN TYPE OF STORY OR CERTAIN TYPE OF CHARACTER, WE CAN TAKE YOU TO IT, BUT MY GOAL IS, EVERYBODY CAN READ EVERYTHING.

I THINK IT REALLY IS BENEFICIAL TO OUR HUMANITY TO READ STORIES THAT ARE NOT JUST ABOUT US, RIGHT?

>> AMALGAM IS NOT A LOCAL SECRET.

SINCE OPENING IN 1990 FIVE, THE FEMALE AND BLACK OWNED BUSINESS HAS MADE NATIONAL NEWS FROM CNN TO MSNBC TO BET.

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOLLOW THE STORE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH HAS JOHNSON THINKING ABOUT THE WALLS OF THIS BUILDING.

>> I LIKE THE NAME AMALGAM BECAUSE IT GIVES US ROOM TO GROW.

THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF AMALGAM, ALL THESE DIVERSE ELEMENTS MEETING IN ONE PLACE.

ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT DO NOT SEEM TO GO TOGETHER, BUT THEY CAN, AND HERE IS A PERSON WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THAT.

>> AMALGAM JUST CELEBRATED ITS SIXTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND WAS AWARDED A GRANT THAT WOULD HELP JOHNSON CREATE WRITING AND ART CLASSES IN THE SPACE.

>> THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO EXPERIENCE ART.

AT VIGNEAULT: THE IMMERSIVE EXHIBIT, HOWEVER, YOU WILL ENCOUNTER THE BRILLIANCE OF ONE OF HISTORY'S GREATEST ARTISTS IN 360 DEGREES.

>> THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A NEW WAY TO SEE ART.

HOW DO WE PUT THE GUESTS INTO THE ARTIST'S LIFE AND PAINTINGS THEMSELVES?

HOW DO WE TELL THE STORY SO EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND IT?

I BELIEVE VAN GOGH WAS MISUNDERSTOOD.

YOU CAN SEE HOW HIS PAINTINGS EVOLVED WHEN HE MOVED TO PARIS.

FOR YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH, YOU CAN SEE HIM MOVING INTO IMPRESSIONISM.

YOU GO INTO HIS EARLIER WORK, SUCH AS THE POTATO EATER, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW DARK THE COLORS ARE.

FROM THERE ON, YOU GO TO STARRY NIGHT, AND THE LATER HE WENT ON, YOU COULD SEE HOW HIS ART GREW.

HIS ART REFLECTED WHAT HE SAW.

HE HAD A DEPRESSIVE ERA.

HE WAS IN AN ASYLUM FOR A BIT.

IT IS ALL ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW HE PORTRAYED HIS LIFE.

HE USED TO PAINT WHAT HE SAW.

THE STARRY NIGHT OVER THE RHONE.

THAT WAS HIS INSPIRATION.

THE FIRST THING THAT GUESTS SEE IS A 3D MODEL OF VAN GOGH.

THE FIRST TWO EXHIBITS ARE ALL ABOUT VAN GOGH, HIS LIFE AND HIS ART.

IT EXPLAINS MORE OF HIS HISTORY, HIS TIMELINE.

FROM THERE, YOU GO INTO THE IMMERSIVE ROOM, THE LIGHT SHOW, AND THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE WHERE GUESTS CAN SIT THERE AND ENJOY A LIGHT SHOW THAT BRINGS ALL OF HIS LIFE'S WORK ON THE FLOOR AND THE WALLS.

VAN GOGH HAS OVER 2100 PIECES OF WORK, SO HOW DO WE SHOW THAT AND BE INCLUSIVE?

YOU WILL SEE THE PROJECTORS GO ALL OVER THE WALL AND FLOOR TO GIVE EVERYONE A SENSE OF BEING IMMERSED IN THE PAINTING ITSELF.

THE NEXT ROOM, GUESTS CAN CHOOSE ONE OUT OF EIGHT DRAWINGS FROM VAN GOGH TO COLOR IN THEMSELVES.

YOU CAN TOUCH THE BED AND THE CHAIRS AND THE DRESSER THAT IS THERE.

WE MAKE THE LIGHT SHOW.

IT IS A WAY TO PUT YOU IN TECHNOLOGY BUT PUT YOU INTO THE ARTIST'S LIFE.

IT'S IT GIVES YOU MORE OF AN INSIGHT INTO WHO VAN GOGH WAS AND WHAT HE THOUGHT OF HIS PAINTINGS.

WE WANT YOU TO EXPERIENCE VAN GOGH'S LIFE.

OUR LAST EXPERIENCE IS THE VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCE.

IT SHOWS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE ARTIST, A 10 MINUTE WALK THROUGH WHERE HE LIVED IN FRANCE.

IT GOES DOWN INTO THE TOWN AND SHOWS WHERE HE DID A LOT OF HIS FAMOUS PAINTINGS, SUCH AS STARRY NIGHT.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE GOING TO REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

>> VAN GOGH: THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE WILL RUN THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY.

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION, CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE.

♪ >> MORE THAN ANYTHING, DOYLESTOWN ARCHAEOLOGIST HALEY CHAPMAN MERCER BELIEVES IN PROTECTING THE PAST, AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO KEEP SUCH IMPORTANT HISTORY SAFE THAN IN A CASTLE.

♪ >> WE ARE STANDING INSIDE THE CASTLE IN DOYLESTOWN, THE HOME OF HENRY CHAPMAN MERCER.

MERCER GREW UP AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO HARVARD, TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY IN EUROPE, WORKED AS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST FOR A TIME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

HE TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY.

I LIKE TO THINK HIS BRAIN WAS ON RECORD IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 1800S.

WHEN HE FINALLY CAME BACK TO HIS FAMILY IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 1800S, HE TURNED HIS EYE AWAY FROM ARCHAEOLOGY AND BEGAN COLLECTING PREINDUSTRIAL HAND TOOLS.

HE GOT INTERESTED IN CERAMICS AND POTTERY.

HE EVENTUALLY WENT INTO THE TILE MAKING BUSINESS, PRODUCING ARTS AND TILES, AND HE CREATED THE MORAVIAN POTTERY AND TILE WORKS.

BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO COLLECTING ALL OF THESE HAND TOOLS IN 1897, TRYING TO DOCUMENT THE WAY PEOPLE IN THE PAST LOOKED AT AMERICA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, HE WAS BUILDING THAT COLLECTION, AND THAT EVENTUALLY FOUND EXPRESSION IN WHAT IS TODAY MERCER MUSEUM, THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

THAT BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1913 AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1916.

ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE INCREDIBLE MONUMENTS TO MERCER'S IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY.

♪ AT THE MERCER MUSEUM, YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY EVERYTHING IT TOOK TO MAKE AMERICA.

A WAGON IS SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING.

A COLLECTION OF CAST-IRON PANS.

TORTOISESHELL TOOLS AND PRODUCTS MADE OF THOSE SUBSTANCES.

HERE, TILES NOT ONLY OF MERCER'S OWN MAKING, BUT ALSO TILES BEING COLLECTED FROM OTHER PLACES AROUND THE WORLD, CHINA, THE MIDDLE EAST, SPAIN.

A LOT OF THESE ARE EMBEDDED INTO THE WALLS OF BOG HAIL.

MERCER IS VERY OFTEN THOUGHT OF AS A RENAISSANCE MAN, WAS VERY ARTISTIC, BUT ALSO SCIENTIFIC.

HE BEGAN COLLECTING EVERY DAY THINGS PEOPLE WERE THROWING OUT.

THE OTHER ASPECT OF MERCER I FIND INTERESTING IS HE WAS LIVING IN GREAT CHANGE.

HE HAD ONE FOOT FIRMLY IN THE PAST, AS SOME OF US DO.

IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MONUMENT TO THAT IDEA.

HE IS SURROUNDING HIMSELF WITH REMINDERS WHEREVER HE CAN.

>> IF YOU WANT TO PLAN A TRIP, CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE.

>> EVERYBODY LOVES I LOVE LUCY!

I LOVE THE EPISODE WHEN SHE IS WORKING AT THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY AND SHOVING ALL OF THE CHOCOLATE FROM THE CONVEYOR BELT TO HER MOUTH.

>> SHE SLIPS AND FALLS.

THE BEST PART IS, I NOW GET TO INTRODUCE MY CHILDREN TO HER THROUGH THE RERUNS.

>> A GREAT IDEA.

PATRICK STONER INTERVIEWED THE STARS OF "BEING THE RICARDOS" AND ASK THEM HOW THEY CHANNEL LUCY AND RICKY.

>> I WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH MY HUSBAND WHO IS GENUINELY IMPRESSED BY ME.

ALL I HAVE TO DO TO KEEP IT IS KILL IT 36 WEEKS IN A ROW.

>> THERE ONCE WAS A LITTLE TV SHOW CALLED I LOVE LUCY.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT.

AARON SORKIN CERTAINLY DID.

HE'S CREATED "BEING THE RICARDO'S," A CONDENSATION OF THEIR STORY.

JAVIER BARDEM IS DESI.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE INTIMIDATION OF PLAYING LUCY?

>> THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE I WAS LIKE, I'VE GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT NOSE.

I DON'T LOOK LIKE HER.

HE WAS LIKE, PLEASE, STOP.

NICOLE, I JUST WANT YOU TO EMBRACE HER HEART AND SOUL.

I WANT YOU TO PLAY THE HUMAN BEING.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET MIRED DOWN IN DOING AN IMITATION OR A DIRECT REPLICATION OF WHO SHE IS.

I WANT TO SEE THE MOTION THROUGH YOU.

I WANT TO FEEL THESE PEOPLE.

>> AN IMPRESSION.

>> THE POINT IS, WHAT IS BEHIND THOSE CHARACTERS?

EVERYBODY KNOWS THE RICARDOS, BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY WERE IN THE REALITY.

>> WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT LUCY WAS LIKE OFFSCREEN.

LET'S FACE IT, DESI HIT ALMOST EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS REAL SELF.

HE WAS NOT EXACTLY HONEST ON THE SURFACE.

WHERE DID YOU GO TO FIND HIM?

>> THERE WERE SOME INTERVIEWS WHEN HE WAS OLDER THAT WERE HELPFUL.

>> LOOKING BACK.

>> YOU COULD SEE THE WEIGHT OF SPEAKING, EVEN THE TONE OF VOICE, IT WOULD BE THE SAME ENERGY.

>> DESI' IDEAS OF HOME WAS WHAT HE WAS BROUGHT UP IN, AND IT WAS NOT THE IDEA OF WHAT MOST OF US WHO WERE BORN IN AMERICA HAD A HOME.

IT INVOLVED HIM BEING, SHALL WE SAY, MUCH FREER.

>> ALSO, HE WAS EDUCATED IN A VERY SPECIFIC CULTURE AND SPECIFIC TIME IN HISTORY.

THAT IS NOT TO EXCUSE HIM, BUT IT MEANS WE ARE CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAY WE'VE BEEN TAUGHT AND EDUCATED WHEN WE WERE LITTLE.

HE WAS DIFFERENT FOR THAT.

>> DID YOU LOVE LUCY?

>> YEAH, AND MORE SO NOW.

SHE WOULD NOT GIVE UP.

HER DESIRE TO HAVE A HOME, HER HEART, AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHING, SHE ALSO WANTED A HOME, KIDS AND A HUSBAND.

SHE ALSO WANTED A BIG BITE OUT OF THIS WORLD.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT'S EPISODE.

WE HOPE YOU LEARNED A FEW THINGS.

I KNOW I DID.

>> ME TOO, AND ALSO GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS ABOUT COOL PLACES TO CHECK OUT.

GOODBYE, EVERYONE.

>> GOOD NIGHT.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.