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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and songwriter who was invited by Woody Guthrie's daughter to visit her famous father's archives and use some of his unpublished material.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

According to John Leland, the hipster is an outsider who crosses boundaries and challenges the mainstream. He also talks about the overlap between being hip and using drugs.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

When he was a young professor, philosopher Mark Rowlands adopted a wolf named Brenin, who turned into his constant companion.  He reflects on the life lessons he learned from Brenin.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Richard Nelson hikes through the Alaskan wilderness recording sounds you can't hear anywhere else, and he plays excerpts during this conversation with Anne Strainchamps.

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

Novelist Jane Hamilton talks with Steve Paulson about the role of nostalgia in literary fiction.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

If evolution is a game called survival of the fittest, how do you explain altruism? The “altruism equation” is a mathematical rule discovered by George Price...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jayne Anne Phillips is the author of several novels and two collections of widely anthologized short stories...

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