Authenticity

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June 13, 2010

There's no question – we crave authenticity. You want "real" Chinese or Mexican food? Then make sure you find a restaurant that makes food the way it's made in the old country. Music lovers are also obsessed with authenticity - from folk and blues to rap... just consider the mantra of hip hop - "keeping it real." In this hour of To The Best Of Our Knowledge, we'll explore this cult of authenticity

Richard Todd on the Search for Authenticity

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Cultural Critic Richard Todd looked at modern life and saw others telling what is and isn't real.

Sherman Alexie on Authentic Indian

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Sherman Alexie is a celebrated fiction writer who is also Spokane, and who has strong opinions about what it means to be a real Indian.

Yuval Taylor on Music Authenticity

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Music critic Yuval Taylor tells Steve Paulson that authenticity in music is a complicated business.

Vikram Chandra on Indian Writers

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Vikram Chandra writes in English, the language of the colonizer, and faces accusations that he's not really an Indian writer.

Barry Glassner on Authentic Food

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Don't look for authenticity on your plate! That's the message of Barry Glassner's book, "The Gospel of Food."

Great Big Sea's "The Hard and the Easy"

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Alan Doyle, Bob Hallett and Sean McCann are the founding members of the band Great Big Sea. Their music has its roots in Newfoundland traditional folk music, but it rocks!

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Richard Todd

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Sherman Alexie

Sherman Alexie

Author, Poet, Screenwriter, Filmmaker
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Sherman Alexie

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Yuval Taylor

Researcher
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Vikram Chandra

Barry Glassner

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August 02, 2024