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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

Have you ever had something happen to you that's SO embarrassing.... you wish could forget it? Well, listen to these truly humiliating stories.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Scottish Parliament member George Galloway turned the tables on the senate subcommittee who accused him of profiting from the Iraq food-for-oil scandal.

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Grace Tiffany’s new novel is called “Will.”  She talks about the Will Shakespeare in her mind with Anne Strainchamps.

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Harvey Shapiro is the editor of a collection called “Poets of World War II.” He was a gunner himself during the war.

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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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Gary Rosen edited a book called “The Right War? The Conservative Debate on Iraq.”  He describes the various lines of thought within the Conservative camp.

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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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