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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Filmmaker Philip Groning talks with Anne Strainchamps about the six months of silence he filmed with the Carthusian monks of the Grand Chartreuse in the French Alps.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The WPA built 650 thousand miles of highways and employed 8 and a half million people. We explore its legacy

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Singer/songwriter Lisa Germano played violin for rock artist John Mellencamp.  Her own album, “Geek the Girl” contains a song, “The Psychopath,” based on her experiences with an obsessed fan.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Joseph Lekuton was born in Kenya to a tribe of Maasai nomads. Later, he came to America and eventually got a master’s in educational policy from Harvard.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rachel Cohen tells Steve Paulson that Ulysses S. Grant owed his publishing success to Mark Twain, and many other unlikely connection stories.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Back in 1973, country music legend Johnny Cash gave his daughter Roseanne a list of 100 songs he considered essential. Now, music critic Michael Streissguth takes us behind the scenes.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lucy Kaylin tells Steve Paulson that the average age of American nuns is seventy, and that many orders are folding.   

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Jim Elledge is the co-editor (with Susan Swartwout) of “Real Things,” an anthology of poetry that references popular culture.

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