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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

Imagine what it would feel like if everywhere you went, people assumed you needed help… if complete strangers insisted on giving you a hand, whether you wanted it or not?   

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Alba is a real rabbit, created in a lab and genetically modified to glow in the dark.  Eduardo Kac talks about the moral and ethical implications of art using living subjects.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Bill Moyers has won 9 Peabody Awards and 30 Emmys, and now hosts a show on PBS.  His particular niche is exploring big ideas on television, as he did in his memorable series with myth-maker Joseph Campbell.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Biologist Cindy Engel tells Steve Paulson that wild animals self-medicate in a number of ways and that there is really no difference for animals between nutrition and medicine.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Brian Jones is an actor portraying Karl Marx in "Marx in Soho."  Jones tells Judith Strasser some of the details about Marx that helped him nail the character.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Doug Peacock is a legend in wilderness circles. A friend of Edward Abbey, Peacock was a Vietnam vet so traumatized by the war that he escaped into the wilderness once he returned to America. He says grizzlies saved his life.

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