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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ann Marlow had a successful career on Wall Street – and simultaneously, a heroin habit.  She never resorted to selling drugs or her body.  She never hit rock bottom.  After ten years, she decided to quit– and never went back.  The antithesis of the junkie stereotype.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Can you know a culture if you don’t speak the language? 

In this cross- inter- multi- cultural age, we’re surveying the map of global culture, attempting to see what’s lost – or made new – in translation.
 
Our friends at The State We're In from Radio Netherlands kick us off with an attempted translation of "gezellig!"
To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Hal Taussig thought it was time to discuss what books should be in the New Testament, so he organized discussions with a council of advisors.  They've come up with a volume that has what everybody knows, and quite a lot most people don't.  In this UNCUT interview with Jim Fleming Hal Taussig describes some of the 10 books they've added and why.

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

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Alan Doyle, Bob Hallett and Sean McCann are the founding members of the band Great Big Sea. Their music has its roots in Newfoundland traditional folk music, but it rocks!

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Anthropologist Gabriella Coleman talks about her book, "Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking."

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Henry Alford is the author of "How To Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)".

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Gerard Jones tells Steve Paulson, a dad himself, that children need to be able to “destroy” the things that scare them.

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