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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sabrina Dhawan tells Steve Paulson that the Bollywood film industry is more productive than its California counterpart.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Harvard University historian John Stauffer talks with Steve Paulson about whether or not Lincoln was a racist.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Most of us are hungry for light.   We crave sunny days and clear skies, we like big windows and well-lit rooms.  But some people have a more complicated relationship with light. John Merfeld, a physics student at Tufts University, has a genetic condition called albinism that renders his body unable to properly absorb light. It's made him acutely aware of its unique power, beauty, and danger.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Scott Jennings provides an essay on Kurt Cobain, the effects of heroin on Cobain’s music, and his legacy for a whole generation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Shelley Mitchell has created a one-woman play called "Talking with Angels."  She talks with Anne Strainchamps about the play and the historical incident and book on which it's based.

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How come many of the latest pop songs sound as if they could have been released decades ago? Music journalist Simon Reynolds tells Steve Paulson that our obsession with our immediate past could get in the way of future creativity.

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So your future self’s woken up at home on this weekday in 2055. Time for work, right? But what kind of work? With America’s old industries sagging, what kind of jobs will we do? Here's MIT management professor, Erik Brynjolfsson.

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Sounds from the Dane County Farmer’s Market, right here in Madison, Wisconsin.  Our farmer’s market is the largest in the country.

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