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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jonatha Brooke is a singer and songwriter who was invited by Woody Guthrie's daughter to visit her famous father's archives and use some of his unpublished material. The result is an album called "The Works."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rita Golden Gelman tells Anne Strainchamps how she became a professional nomad, and recounts some stories from her travels in Bali and rural Mexico.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Kelly Lambert tells Anne Strainchamps about her brain research into how using both hands on crafts projects can be as beneficial to the body as taking psychoactive medication.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sometimes when musicians break the mold, they end up creating new genres. Richard Hell didn't study music as a kid, but he loved how rock and roll let him experiment with self-expression.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Cissy Chandler was 18 years older than her husband, which he may or may not have ever known.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Linda Kauffman talks with Jim Fleming about artists who make deliberately provocative and sensational art.  She feels it’s a good thing to challenge our beliefs about what can be seen.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

James McBride won the National Book Award for "The Good Lord Bird," his novel about the abolitionist John Brown.  He explains why he doesn't like most fictional portraits of slavery and how he tried to tell a different story.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Thurman tells Anne Strainchamps about the Buddhist concept of self and why it leads to compassion and understanding.

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