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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What is water? When Anne Strainchamps asked Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, Kimberly Blaeser called up the story and myth of the Anishinaabe. Blaeser says growing up on the White Earth Reservation, surrounded by lakes, made her who she is today.

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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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Sonu Shamdasani is a historian of psychology at University College, London, and editor of Carl Jung's "Red Book."

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Robin Swicord wrote and directed "The Jane Austen Book Club."  She talks with Anne Strainchamps.

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Steve Earle has been Nashville’s bad boy for years. He talks about his controversial new album, “Jerusalem,”  and his opposition to war in Iraq.

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Shane Carruth wrote, directed and stars in the low-budget movie “Primer”.  Anne Strainchamps talks with him about science, math and storytelling.

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Ruth Leitman directed a documentary film called “Lipstick and Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling,” about the first female professional wrestlers.

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Tom Standage talks about his book, "Writing on the Wall: Social Media -- The First 2,000 Years."

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