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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Callahan is a C5-6 quadriplegic. With only limited arm movement, he’s become a successful cartoonist. Callahan explains why he doesn’t shy away from outrageous cartoons.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer and activist Linda Tirado has lived a lot of shabby apartments over the years. She's dealt with greedy landlords, flooded apartments and bug infestations. As she writes in her memoir "Hand To Mouth: Living In Bootstrap America," substandard housing is just a fact of life when you're part of the working poor in America.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Margaret Salinger talks about her childhood in the woods of New Hampshire with her father, J.D. Salinger.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

August is Ghost Month in Taiwan—a time to commemorate the dead: burn incense, visit shrines, honor ancestors, and avoid large purchases.  It's also the setting for Ed Lin's newest mystery.  Lin is a 3-time winner of the Asian-American Literary Award. 

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Madeline Kunin was the first female governor of Vermont - she served three terms and went on to serve as the Deputy Secretary of Education in the Clinton Administration.  So, ask a product of feminism where the movement is heading next and she'll tell you, it's all about women, work, and family.

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Mark Ross talks recounts the nightmare of being kidnaped, along with a group of tourists he was guiding, by armed rebels in Uganda.

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Charles Yu on quantum parenting, time travel and other science fictional paradoxes. Yu is the author of the acclaimed novel "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe."

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Matthew Johnson founded Far Possum Records to preserve the Delta and Hill Country blues he loves.  Now he produces recordings which feature hip-hop and techno style re-mixes of his classic recordings.

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