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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In a small town in northern Wales you'll find a playground where it's normal for kids to play with rusty tools or build fires. It's called the Land, and it's an example of an adventure playground — where kids are free to take risks. The Land's manager, Claire Griffiths, gives us an insider's view of an adventure playground.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Television is rife with shows about female spies, whether it's Nikita, Covert Affairs, the Americans, or Homeland. It really seems like spy girls are having a moment on TV, but how true to life are these popular depictions? We turned to former CIA operations officer Valerie Plame Wilson to find out.

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Comedian and writer Tony Hawks conceived the daft idea of hitch-hiking around Ireland with a small refrigerator.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Stephen Thompson is an editor at The Onion newspaper, and editor of “The Onion A.V. Club: The Tenacity of the Cockroach.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

It’s hard to wrap your head around climate change. How do you really take in the concept of planetary change over decades or even centuries? Visual artist Kambui Olujimi explores different ideas about time in his one-man show “Zulu Time.”

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Russell Simmons has been called the godfather of hip hop.  He tells Steve Paulson he got his start selling street drugs as a teenager.

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Film director Rodney Ascher recommends Paul Schrader's 1988 movie, "Patty Hearst."

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Steven MacDonald plays bass. He recorded himself playing along with the band White Stripes’ latest CD.  Then he made the altered music available on the internet.

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