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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Vince Staten tells Anne Strainchamps that barbershops give men a sense of community as well as haircuts and that nothing beats a barbershop shave.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The demographics of the United States are changing: how does the latest wave of immigration fit into the historical pattern?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Sean Wilentz tells Jim Fleming the birth of Dylan’s music is deeply bound up in the politics of the time.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Book of Pythia is part of the sacred scrolls of the Twelve Tribes of Kobol and in the four seasons of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, The Book of Pythia plays a crucial role. This may be a fictional universe, but the book itself is real.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Senegalese pop star Youssou N'Dour is the top-selling African musician of all time.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The Oxford English Dictionary was created in 1857, and was expected to be finished within ten years. The first edition was finally completed 71 years later.

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Sonu Shamdasani is a historian of psychology at University College, London, and editor of Carl Jung's "Red Book."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Steve Earle has been Nashville’s bad boy for years. He talks about his controversial new album, “Jerusalem,”  and his opposition to war in Iraq.

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