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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Davy Rothbart is the founder and editor of “Found” Magazine. He reads some samples of the notes and lists he’s found and talks about them with Jim Fleming

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Corby Kummer is the food writer for The Atlantic Monthly.  He talks with Anne Strainchamps about Flur de Sel, a gourmet sea salt imported from France.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nick Bantock bookmarks "The Fencing Master" by Arturo Perez-Reverte.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 

David Couper was Chief of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department for more than 20 years. In his new book "Arrested Development" he talks about his years of service. He says that less than one percent of police departments require college degrees from their officers.  If he could change only one thing, that would be it. In this uncut interview with Jim Fleming, he relates his argument.
 
To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Clyde Prestowitz tells Jim Fleming that India has an educated, skilled work force and can do business in English, so it's cashing in thanks to an internet-based economy.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer and illustrator Bruce McCall talks with Steve Paulson about why he hated the 1950s, and some of the fantasy cars he thinks the decade might have inspired.

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