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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Tracy Daugherty talks about Donald Barthelme and his passion for jazz.
We hear a round-up of some of the latest research into happiness, from economist Richard Layard, and psychologists Robert Biswas-Diener and Sonja Lyubomirsky.
A great deal of our thinking is shaped by our unconscious minds, such as routine tasks we do automatically.
Susan Sontag’s new book about the imagery of war is “Regarding the Pain of Others.” She says that graphic war photos can be very powerful, but they often elicit complicated reactions among viewers.
Helen Turrner is the "Queen of Barbecue," the owner and pitmaster of Helen's Bar-B-Q in Brownsville, Tennessee. She's one of the few women pitmasters.
Journalist Samuel Freedman says that American Jews are free to assimilate to whatever extent they choose, but this very freedom has caused new tensions and divisions within the Tribe.
To the Best of Our Knowledge is produced at Wisconsin Public Radio, and if there’s one thing we know here in America’s dairyland, it’s cows. So as long as we’re talking about lies that last… have you ever tried to tip a cow?
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