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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

The past is a fascinating place to visit, especially when you consider how little it would take to make it an entirely different place.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nathan Rabin, head writer for "The Onion's" entertainment section, "A.V. Club.", explains the pivotal role popular culture has played throughout his life.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Children’s author Katherine Paterson tells Steve Paulson that too many people deny the emotional reality of childhood.  Her books are popular because she recognizes the fears children face.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Penelope Fitzgerald is considered one of the great British novelists of the last half-century. Remarkably, she didn't begin writing until she was nearly 60 - and that's partly what attracted biographer Hermione Lee.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

 Reverend Jamie Coots was a snake handler and Pentecostal preacher in Middlesboro, Kentucky.   He died this past Saturday, when the rattlesnake he was handling during a church service bit him.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Historian Jonathan Rose tells Steve Paulson that some members of the British working class in Victorian England and the early 20th century read the classics and used them as a means of intellectual emancipation.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Margaret D. Jacobs studies early 20th century policies in both the U.S. and Australia, that removed indigenous children from their homes.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Dr. Maden Kataria founded Laughter Clubs International – groups of people who meet to laugh aloud together.

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