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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sean Bonner tells Anne Strainchamps about "Met Blogs" a worldwide network of city-focused blogs.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jane Austen abandoned her novel "Lady Susan," but filmmaker Whit Stillman has revivied it - in a new film and novel, both called "Love and Friendship." He talks about why he loves Austen and the 18th century.

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William Powers had returned home from abroad, in shock at the excess of American culture. Then he found a woman he calls Dr. Jackie Benton, living sustainabily in a 12 x 12 house in rural North Carolina.  He tells her story in the book "Twelve by Twelve."

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Tom Reynolds risked his mental health to compile "I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard."

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The Bad Plus is a hot young jazz trio that puts a jazz spin of rock classics from Nirvana and Black Sabbath. 

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Simon Singh is the author of “Big Bang.” He tells Jim Fleming that the theory is widely accepted now, but that there are still things we don’t understand.

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Rudolph Bell tells Jim Fleming that Italian parents of 500 years ago had some very modern ideas about child rearing.  And a few wacky ones about pre-determining the sex of your baby.

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Steve Venwright put out a CD called “The Further Somniloquies of Dion McGregor.”  McGregor talks in his sleep like you’ve never heard before.

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