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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 

David Couper was Chief of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department for more than 20 years. In his new book "Arrested Development" he talks about his years of service. He says that less than one percent of police departments require college degrees from their officers.  If he could change only one thing, that would be it. In this uncut interview with Jim Fleming, he relates his argument.
 
To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Novelist Erin Morgenstern has written a dark fairy tale for adults.  At the center of the novel is a magical circus.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Philosopher David Benatar argues that its time we paid more attention to gender discrimination against men.  He's the author of "The Second Sexism."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

He's produced albums for Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and Foo Fighters. After decades in the business, Butch Vig says that new technologies are changing the music industry.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Michaelis tells Steve Paulson that Charles Schultz put a lot of himself into the Charlie Brown character, was greatly influenced by his mid-Western upbringing.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bill Streever is an Alaskan biologist and a "cryophile" - someone who loves the cold.  He describes what it's like to jump into freezing water as hypothermia starts to set in.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Catherine Austin Fitts was the Federal Housing Commissioner and Assistant Secretary of Housing under the first Bush administration. She managed a Wall Street investment firm and is now president of Solari, Inc.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Film-maker Deborah Scranton gave cameras directly to troops on the ground, then spent months editing the footage they sent her.

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