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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Henry Fetter tells Jim Fleming the Yankees have been accused of buying their way to the top but both the team and the game are going strong.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Gersh Kuntzman tells Jim Fleming the Romans invented both the comb-over and painted-on hair and that toupees are much better than they used to be.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Guy Beiner is interested in how folk memory of events differs from the historical record.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Wasn't the digital economy supposed to help all of us gain access to meaningful work?  Computers would do the boring jobs while people did the stuff that matters. Instead, we've got workers replaced by robots and taxi drivers losing out to Uber. What went wrong? Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff has a word for it: growth.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Physicist Geoffrey West is trying to uncover the fundamental, physical principles that shape cities. In this UNCUT interview with Steve Paulson, he talks about how cities are - and are not - like organisms.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Graeme Gibson talks with Jim Fleming about his collection of bird literature and lore called "The Bedside Book of Birds."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Hayley (Morgan) DiMarco developed “Extreme for Jesus” for a small publisher of Bibles. There are now more than 30 books for teens and the brand does ten million dollars a year

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Neil Gaiman's latest novel is "The Ocean at the End of the Lane." In this UNCUT interview, he tells Anne about writing his first new book for adults in seven years.  They talk about childhood fears and memories, grandmothers, the language of shaping, and the three magical, mysterious women at the heart of creation. 

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