At its peak, over 350 million people around the world read “Peanuts” every day. Its creator, Charles Schulz, led a much darker life than anyone realized, and he put his troubles into the funny pages. Kurt talks with biographer David Michaelis about how America’s most beloved comic strip made “depressed” a household word.
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