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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Danny Gregory tells Jim Fleming that film-strips became popular around the time of the second world war and were used for industrial training and in public schools.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Christopher Miller's debut novel "Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects" takes the form of liner notes for a box set by a fictional musician.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff's Dangerous Idea?  We need to reclaim time.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Galenson talks to Steve Paulson about his theory that most artists are either old masters like Cezanne or young geniuses like Picasso.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Colin Meloy likes to lose himself in music. He’s the songwriter and lead singer of a band called The Decemberists.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nature writer David Quammen has written a book called “Monster of God.” It’s about man-eating predators. Quammen says that such beasts have often been worshiped but the habitats are being encroached on by development.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Don Lattin says the whole strange trip started when Leary swallowed some magic mushrooms in Mexico in 1960.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Brenda Peterson talks with Steve Paulson about the gray whale.  They mate and give birth in Baja, where they exhibit “friendly whale syndrome” and migrate to Alaska.

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