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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Tom Szaky tells Jim Fleming how his company turns candy wrappers and juice bottles into pencil cases and backpacks.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Humorist Roy Blount Junior believes New Orleans is the cradle of American culture.

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

Taner Edis says the state of science is dismal in the Muslim world today.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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

Sandy Tolan tells Jim Fleming that he became a fan of Hank Aaron’s as a boy in Milwaukee, and was thrilled when “The Hammer” threatened to eclipse Babe Ruth’s home run record.

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

This book really got us excited. 12 x 36. 10 pounds. Everyone wanted to touch it. Borrow it. Talk about it. It felt like magic. And the title was just as mysterious – Codex Seraphinianus. Publisher Charles Mier tell us what the hell it is (and what is isn't).

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