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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Art critic and historian Michael Fried talks about his early days in New York and his friendship with the gifted and difficult dean of American critics, Clement Greenberg.

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

Doug Worgul works for Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que in Olathe, Kansas. He's also a writer and the author of a barbecue novel called, "Thin Blue Smoke." He explains what makes Kansas City style barbecue different from other styles.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Mariana Gosnell tells Anne Strainchamps why ice floats, and stories about ice bergs.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

One of this summer's hot new reads is Dean Bakopoulos' new novel, "Summerlong."  It's the story of Claire and Don Lowry.  They've been married for a long time.  And they're now back in the college town where they met -- Grinnell, Iowa.  Claire wanted to be a writer but wound up a stay-at-home mom, while Don is a real estate agent.  When we meet them, they're deeply in debt and unbeknownst to Claire, they're also behind on their mortgage.  And then everything begins to fall apart.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jason Spingarn-Koff is a film-maker whose new documentary is called "Life 2.0." It tells the stories of several people who immerse themselves in the "Second Life" computer game...

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Henrietta Lacks was a poor, African American woman who died of cervical cancer at the age of 31...

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Jan Harold Brunvand reviews some of his favorite urban legends for Steve Paulson and explains that they always happened to a friend of a friend.

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