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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

How exactly does social media allow someone in say, Tunis, to overthrow their government?

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Ayelet Waldman talks with Jim Fleming about maternal ambivalence and loving children when you don't like them.

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Filmmaker Albert Nerenberg's Dangerous Idea? Laugh more. 

You can also watch his laughter hack video.

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Composer Philip Glass says he was transported by "The Wayfinders" - Wade Davis' celebration of indigenous cultures.

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Carrie Rickey is the film critic for "The Philadelphia Inquirer." She talks to Steve Paulson about how Marshall McLuhan's ideas influenced David Cronenberg's 1983 sci-fi/horror film, as chronicled in her essay, "Videodrome; Make Mine Cronenberg."

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Earlier this year a new show went up at the Milwaukee Art Museum, all about folk art. We stopped by to find the beauty behind folk art.

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Bruce Watson tells Steve Paulson why Erector Sets were so huge. They reflected the spirit of America’s Industrial Age, and A.C. Gilbert marketed them directly to boys.

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Cheryl Gilkes talks with Steve Paulson about the importance of the female soloist in the tradition of gospel music.

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