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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Photographer Sarah Sudhoff has made art out of death.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

For as closely linked as the voice is to our body and sense of identity, there are also a lot of external forces affecting our voices, both social and technological. In fact, when we're talking about mediated voices—voices we hear in music, film, and of course, on the radio—we're actually not talking about "voices" any more. We're talking about signal processing. And, as media historian Jonathan Sterne tells Craig Eley, signal processing shapes the sound of all vocal media, from your telephone calls to the music of T-Pain.

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Claire Tomalin has written a biography of nineteenth century novelist Thomas Hardy which reveals that he thought of himself as primarily a poet.

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Eric Schlosser says our marijuana laws have a lot to do with class and race prejudice.

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Douglas Quin is an award-winning sound designer, naturalist and composer. His latest project is called "Fathom."

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David Kalat, author of "J-Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond" tells Steve Paulson what these Japanese gore-fests have in common.

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Dean Ripa owns and operates the Cape Fear Serpentarium. He spent decades trekking the world hunting examples of the most venomous reptiles alive.

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His job for the New York Times is to troll the internet for new and noteworthy words. What do these words tell us about the times we live in?

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