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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Gilmour decided to let his son, Jesse, drop out of school, provided that he agree to watch three movies a week with his father. He talks about this experience.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

No one expected the latest inspiration: "Ed Gein: The Musical."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Gabe Hudson was a Marine Reservist whose unit served in the Gulf War. Hudson himself didn’t see combat, but based on his friends’ war stories, Hudson has written a book of surreal short stories.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Daniel Cavicchi spent three years talking to his fellow  Bruce Springsteen fans. The result is a book called “Tramps Like Us: Music and Meaning among Springsteen Fans.”

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

There are lots of ways we identify ourselves – where we come from, our race, our religion… but perhaps nothing shapes our identity more than whether we’re a man or a woman. But even that can get really complicated.  Independent producer Aubrey Ralph explains.

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This six minute short film sets a typical frat house scene with heightened visual intensity: beer pong, drunk girls, guys with their shirts off doing shots, hazing rituals, fights. The twist is that the guy at the center of the film is clearly attracted to one of his frat brothers.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Stockman. Stockman? Uhm, Stockman? Oh yeah, President Reagan’s budget director. One of the architects of supply-side economics. Well, he’s back in the limelight all these years later with his best-selling book “The Great Deformation”.

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Edmund White recommends Henry Green's 1950 novel, "Nothing."

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