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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

In Sara Gruen's new novel "Ape House," a family of bonobo apes are captured to be the main attraction in a reality TV show.

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Back in 1969, Marine Karl Marlantes was dropped in the middle of a jungle in Vietnam - at the age of 23, put in charge of the lives of 40 other young men. He says he wasn't psychologically or spiritually prepared for that, or for what came after the war.

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Robert Crumb and Sophie Crumb tell Steve Paulson about her development and work.

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Film director Rodney Ascher recommends Paul Schrader's 1988 movie, "Patty Hearst."

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Susan Krieger not completely blind, but her vision is bad enough to make her legally blind. She recently got a guide dog, Teela, who is now her constant companion.

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Photographer Rachel Sussman has documented 30 of the oldest living things in the world.

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Dame Evelyn Glennie is considered one of the greatest percussionists alive today.  She’s also deaf. 

To watch/listen to her perform CLICK HERE.

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What do you do when you’re an African-American filmmaker living in a country full of people who dress up in blackface at Christmastime?  You pick up a camera. Roger Ross Williams  talks about his new documentary,  "Blackface." It's about the traditional Dutch celebration of "Black Pete" -- a Santa's helper who dresses in blackface, an Afro wig, red lipstick and big hoop earrings.

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