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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Katie Salen is a game designer, interactive designer, animator, and design educator. She talks to Anne Strainchamps about what children can learn from designing and playing games.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Peter T. Kilborn talks about the "new rootless professional class" that consists of mid-level managers and executives who move every few years (sometimes enormous distances, or to foreign countries) to advance their careers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michelle Kennedy tells Anne Strainchamps how she ended up homeless and how she managed to support herself and her three children.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Urban sprawl is a staggering problem in China as a result of the on-going Chinese industrial revolution.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The press has been pumping out opinion pieces about selfies. One of the biggest debates is, what do they say about self-esteem? We turned to the psychologists… 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Wenke traces the influence of “The Catcher in the Rye” on American culture from film to high profile crime.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Frances Perkins was the woman behind the New Deal as she was sworn in as Secretary of Labor under Franklin Roosevelt.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Robert Caro's been studying Lyndon Johnson for decades. The fourth volume of his "Years of Lyndon Johnson" is out, and when Caro stopped by the studio, Jim asked just what makes LBJ so interesting...  Listen in on the UNCUT interview here!

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