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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Seth Kane Kwei launched a revolution in Ghanaian funeral practices in the early 1950s, when he redesigned a chief's traditional palaquin into a coffin. His grandson, Eric Adjetey Anang, is now carrying on his grandfather's work, making coffins that reflect the trades, accomplishments and dreams of the deceased. 

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A deck of "Oblique Strategies" cards has been used by artists to create music and write book.

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Eugene Thacker talks to Anne Strainchamps about what horror and philosphy have in common in this UNCUT interview from our "Horror" show.

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Hilla Medalia made a documentary for HBO called "To Die in Jerusalem."  It's about a Palestinian suicide bomber and one of her victims.

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Gersh Kuntzman tells Jim Fleming the Romans invented both the comb-over and painted-on hair and that toupees are much better than they used to be.

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Pulitzer prize-winning poet Gary Snyder reflects on what it means to be a Buddhist animist, his Zen training in Japan, the meaning of gratitude, and the importance of exploring "the wild areas of the mind."

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Historian Guy Beiner is interested in how folk memory of events differs from the historical record.

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Graeme Gibson talks with Jim Fleming about his collection of bird literature and lore called "The Bedside Book of Birds."

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