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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Grant McCracken talks about his book, "Culturematic."  McCracken says that "Culturematics" draw from culture to create culture."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Helen Benedict talks with Anne Strainchamps about the sexual harassment and sexual abuse endured by female soldiers in Iraq which often begins before they leave the United States.

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Before he was a crooner, BIng Crosby was totally hip and outsold Sinatra. But he couldn't make the jump to rock and roll.

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Herman Gollob is the author of “Me and Shakespeare: Adventures with the Bard.”  He talks about how he became addicted to Shakespeare’s plays in his later life and why he teaches them to senior citizens.

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An EXTENDED interview with linguist Geoffrey Nunberg on "assholes."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Although people have long been curious about the experience of death, the science of the question is still relatively young.

Dutch cardiologist Pim van Lommel is one of the leading near death experience researchers. He says all this time studying death has got him curious about his own end. 

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Gore Vidal talks about why he greatly admires the founding fathers and why we don’t have politicians like them today.

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Harvey Sachs and Jim Fleming talk about Beethoven's political leanings and philosophical aspirations and how they're reflected in his last symphony.

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