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TTBOOK Technical Director Caryl Owen invites listeners to remix the TTBOOK theme music.

If you want to give it a whirl, the most important instruction is: please submit your remix as a 16bit, 44.1K (CD standard) .wav file. Mp3s won't work! 

You can download files here and drop your remixes here.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Susan Burch teaches at Gallaudet University and is the author of “Signs of Resistance: American Deaf Cultural History, 1900 - 1942.”  She talks about the “oralist” movement which required the deaf to learn sign language and lip reading.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What compels someone to commit acts of terror? Anthropologist Scott Atran has spent a decade talking with jailed suicide bombers and jihadist leaders. He says they're motivated by core human values: brotherhood, loyalty and the dream of a better world.

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The idea of a universal basic income is getting serious consideration these days from governments -- in Switzerland, Finland, even Kenya. Could it get traction in the U.S.? Absolutely, says journalist Rutger Bregman.

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But how do to help people slow down and get to know their communities? Not just the people, the coffee shops and subway map.

How to get residents thinking about the natural systems and urban infrastructure that supports city life?

Artist Mary Miss has some ideas...

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William Christenberry never intended to cross the path of the pain of others with his photos. He takes photos of simple buildings, mostly in Hale County, Alabama.

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Two experts talk about Vastu, a Hindu philosophy for designing buildings in harmony with the universe.

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Icelandic novelist Sjon blends folk stories, surrealism and ancient myth. He also writes songs for his fellow Icelander, Bjork. In this EXTENDED interview, Sjon talks with Steve about fables, fairy tales and literature.

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