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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Ellen Handler-Spitz talks with Jim Fleming about the how imagination develops in childhood.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

More than 100 million people have Twitter accounts. Every moment, across the globe, they are posting thousands of short digital messages; that’s a lot of data.

Maybe it can help us keep an eye out for cultural change?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sound engineer Ryan Schimmenti put it best, "every space has a sound, every sound tells a story." Using high-end equipment he documents and records the "voices" of buildings.

There are a lot of those sounds in this piece. But if you want more . . .

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Greenberger transforms the words of elderly people in his series of "Duplex Planet" zines, comic books, spoken-word performances and radio plays.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Writer Benjamin Kunkel bookmarks Herman Daly's "Steady-State Economics."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dan Lamoureux is a self-described dork who produced and directed the documentary film "Nerdcore for Life."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

You're either funny, or you're not. Right? 

At Chicago's Second City training center, you can learn to get more giggle. 

Matt Hovde runs the training center, and gives us a crash course in comedy.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dewey Sadka, creator of the Dewey Color System, claims you can identify your personality by dissecting your favorite and least favorite colors.  Doug Gordon puts himself up for analysis.

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