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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Randall 4th Graders talk about books and reading and book reports.

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

Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalogue, says it's time to get pragmatic about managing climate change.

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

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.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Theresa Maggio tells Steve Paulson about the Mattanza - the ritual capture and killing of these beautiful, massive fish that occurs every spring.

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

Svetlana Boym tells Anne Strainchamps that nostalgia was invented in the 17th century and seen as an actual physical condition for the next century of so.

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