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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Adam Mansbach is a white boy from an affluent Boston suburb who’s devoted himself to hip hop culture.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Andy Ross and Sean Weitner put up on the Internet (at the Flak Magazine website) their audio commentary on David Lynch’s film “Mulholland Drive.”   They talk about it with Jim Fleming, and we hear clips of the film and the commentary.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Somalia didn’t have a written language until the 1970's, and today, many if not most Somalis still live within an oral tradition. And in that tradition the poet is king.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What's the difference between a good artist and a great one?  Graphic artist Austin Kleon likes to quote TS Eliot: "Good artists copy; great artists steal."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Anne Fadiman talks about the delight she and her brother took as children with collecting (and killing) butterflies.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Humans become walking advertisements in Carter Lee's tale of sponsorship run amok.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Why does this teenager believe that poetry is the literary art most relevant to our lives today?

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Journalist Adam Cohen has written a book about E-bay.  He tells Steve Paulson that the on-line auction house has been profitable since day one and will sell just about anything.

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