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To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Chelsea Cain wrote “Confessions of A Teen Sleuth: A Parody.” As she tells Anne, her book sets the record straight.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Eugene Mirman is an indie comic and the author of an outlandish self-help send-up called "The Will to Whatevs." He tells Jim Fleming that school was horrible for him and gave rise to his nerd humor.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Sarah Bakewell recommends "The Pillow Book" by Sei Shonagon (translated by Ivan Morris).

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Craig Werner, Afro-American Studies professor at the UW-Madison, tells Jim Fleming why rapper Tupac Shakur is revered today.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

74 year-old Cree musician Buffy Sainte-Marie has done a lot since she was 24. She got her Ph.D. She got politically active in the American Indian Movement and the anti-GMO movement. She raised a family. She was even on Sesame Street for five seasons—and was the first woman to breast feed on American television.

But most of us know Buffy Sainte-Marie as an iconic 60s folk singer with such hits as "Universal Soldier" and "It's My Way." And now, some 50 years after her debut album, Buffy has a new one. It’s called “Power in the Blood.” This new CD proves that this Oscar, Juno, and Golden Globe award-winning woman's career is not over yet.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff's Dangerous Idea? Open source currency as the next money model.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Orr says modern poetry shouldn't intimidate us. He's the author of "Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry."

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nick Lowe has been making music for 40 years, as a solo artist and with such bands as Rockpile and Little Village.  Many critics say he's doing his best work now, at the age of 58.

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